As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2012
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Boyd Gaming Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada | 88-0242733 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
and Additional Subsidiary
Guarantor Registrants
(see table of Additional Registrants below)
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ninth Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Josh Hirsberg
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Boyd Gaming Corporation
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ninth Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
(702) 792-7200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Brandon C. Parris, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone: (415) 268-7000
Facsimile: (415) 268-7522
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller 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 | ¨ | Accelerated filer | x | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of each class of securities to be registered |
Amount to be registered (1)(2)(3) |
Proposed maximum offering price per unit (3) |
Aggregate maximum offering price (3)(4)(5) |
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share |
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Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share |
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Debt Securities |
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Guarantees of Debt Securities (6) |
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Warrants |
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Rights |
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Units (7) |
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Total |
$750,000,000 | $85,950.00 | ||||||
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(1) | Also includes an indeterminate number of shares of common stock or preferred stock as may be issued by the Registrant upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any securities that provide for such issuance. Except as provided in Rule 426(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, in no event will the aggregate offering price of all types of securities issued by the Registrant pursuant to this registration statement exceed $750,000,000. |
(2) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction. |
(3) | Pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3, the table lists each of the classes of securities being registered and the aggregate proceeds to be raised, but does not specify by each class information as to the amount to be registered, proposed maximum offering price per unit, and proposed maximum aggregate offering price. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the registrant is offsetting $29,475.00 of the registration fee of $85,950.00 against the $29,475.00 that was previously paid with respect to securities of the registrant that were registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-156096) initially filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2008 and declared effective on December 22, 2008 and which were not sold. |
(4) | The proposed maximum aggregate offering price has been estimated solely to calculate the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(5) | Includes consideration to be received by us, if applicable, for registered securities that are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of other registered securities. |
(6) | Guarantees of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any of the Debt Securities may be provided by one or more subsidiaries of Boyd Gaming Corporation. No separate consideration will be received for such guarantees and, pursuant to Rule 457(n) of the Securities Act of 1933, no separate registration fee is payable for such guarantees. |
(7) | Consisting of some or all of the securities listed above, in any combination, including common stock, preferred stock and warrants. |
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 the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization |
I.R.S. Employer Number | ||
Blue Chip Casino, LLC |
Indiana | 35-2087676 | ||
Boyd Atlantic City, Inc. |
New Jersey | 93-1221994 | ||
Boyd Biloxi, LLC |
Mississippi | 45-2844774 | ||
Boyd Louisiana Racing, L.L.C. |
Louisiana | 45-4113740 | ||
Boyd Racing, L.L.C. |
Louisiana | 91-2121472 | ||
Boyd Tunica, Inc. |
Mississippi | 64-0829658 | ||
California Hotel and Casino |
Nevada | 88-0121743 | ||
California Hotel Finance Corporation |
Nevada | 88-0217850 | ||
Coast Casinos, Inc. |
Nevada | 20-0836222 | ||
Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc. |
Nevada | 88-0345706 | ||
Echelon Resorts LLC |
Nevada | 30-0346702 | ||
M.S.W., Inc. |
Nevada | 88-0310765 | ||
Par-A-Dice Gaming Corporation |
Illinois | 37-1268902 | ||
Red River Entertainment of Shreveport, LLC |
Louisiana | 27-3075666 | ||
Sam-Will, Inc. |
Nevada | 88-0203673 | ||
Treasure Chest Casino, L.L.C. |
Louisiana | 72-1248550 |
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 APRIL 24, 2012
PROSPECTUS
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
$750,000,000
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Guarantees
Warrants
Rights
Units
We may offer and sell from time to time common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights and units that include any of these securities. The preferred stock or warrants may be convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common or preferred stock or other of our securities. The debt securities may be convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, common stock. This prospectus also covers guarantees, if any, of our obligations under any debt securities, which may be given by one or more of our subsidiaries. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol BYD.
We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis.
This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities and the general manner in which they may be offered. The specific terms of any securities to be offered, and the specific manner in which they may be offered, will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and each applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.
See the Risk Factors section of this prospectus on page 3, our filings with the SEC and the applicable prospectus supplement for certain risks that you should consider before investing in our securities.
None of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or any gaming regulatory authority or commission or any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities nor passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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This document is called a prospectus and is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), using a shelf registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings in amounts that we will determine from time to time.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities described in this prospectus we will provide a prospectus supplement, incorporate information by reference into this prospectus, or use other offering material, as applicable, containing more specific information about the terms of the securities that are being offered. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings and securities. This prospectus, together with applicable prospectus supplements, any information incorporated by reference, and any related free writing prospectuses we file with the SEC, includes all material information relating to these offerings and securities. We may also add, update or change in the prospectus supplement any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including without limitation, a discussion of any risk factors or other special considerations that apply to these offerings or securities or the specific plan of distribution. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and a prospectus supplement or information incorporated by reference having a later date, you should rely on the information in that prospectus supplement or incorporated information having a later date. We urge you to read carefully this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference, before buying any of the securities being offered.
You should rely only on the information we have provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus.
Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made under it implies that there has been no change in our affairs or that the information in this prospectus is correct as of any date after the date of this prospectus. You should assume that the information in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document and that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security.
The registration statement containing this prospectus, including exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional information about us and the securities offered under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We have filed and plan to continue to file other documents with the SEC that contain information about us and our business. Also, we will file legal documents that control the terms of the securities offered by this prospectus as exhibits to the reports that we file with the SEC. The registration statement and other reports can be read at the SEC Internet site or at the SEC offices mentioned under the heading Available Information.
This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under Available Information.
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We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), with respect to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. For further information with respect to us and the securities covered by this prospectus, please see the registration statement and the exhibits filed with the registration statement. A copy of the registration statement and the exhibits filed with the registration statement may be inspected without charge at the Public Reference Room maintained by the SEC, located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the website is http://www.sec.gov. You can also obtain information about us from the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, on which our common stock is listed.
We are subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), and, in accordance therewith, we file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Such periodic reports, proxy statements and other information are available for inspection and copying at the Public Reference Room and website of the SEC referred to above. We maintain a website at http://www.boydgaming.com. You may access our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC free of charge at our website as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Our website and the information contained on that site, or connected to that site, are not incorporated into and are not a part of this prospectus.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SECs rules allow us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus from the date we file that document. Any reports filed by us with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and before the date that the offering of the securities by means of this prospectus is terminated will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the following documents or information filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
| Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011; |
| The description of our common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which became effective on October 15, 1993, including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such description; |
| The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for Marina District Development Company, LLC, d.b.a. Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa filed as Exhibit 99.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010; and |
| All documents filed by Boyd Gaming Corporation under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, on or after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of this offering. |
Additionally, all documents filed by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after (i) the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement, and (ii) the date of this prospectus and before the termination or completion of this offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any information that we subsequently file with the SEC that is incorporated by reference as described above will automatically update and supersede any previous information that is part of this prospectus.
We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of any or all documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference into this prospectus excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. Written or telephone requests should be directed to Boyd Gaming Corporation, 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ninth Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, Attention: Investor Relations; telephone (702) 792-7200.
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This prospectus, including the documents we incorporate by reference into it, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the future. These forward looking statements can often be identified by their use of words such as expect, believe, anticipate, outlook, could, target, project, intend, plan, seek, estimate, should, may and assume, as well as variations of such words and similar expressions referring to the future.
Forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. If any of those risks and uncertainties materialize, actual results could differ materially from those discussed in any such forward-looking statement. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements are those discussed under the heading Risk Factors below, those discussed under the heading Risk Factors and in other sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as well as in our other reports filed from time to time with the SEC that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See Available Information and Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference for information about how to obtain copies of those documents.
All forward-looking statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into it are made only as of the date of the document in which they are contained, based on information available to us as of the date of that document, and we caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements in light of the risks and uncertainties associated with them. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investing in our securities involves significant risks. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading Risk Factors contained in, or incorporated into, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference herein or therein. Each of the referenced risks and uncertainties could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our securities.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER
We may issue from time to time, in one or more offerings the following securities:
| shares of common stock; |
| shares of preferred stock; |
| debt securities, which may be senior or subordinated, may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries and may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock; |
| warrants exercisable for debt securities, common stock or preferred stock; |
| rights to purchase any of such securities; and |
| units of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or warrants, in any combination. |
This prospectus contains a summary of the material general terms of the various securities that we may offer. The specific terms of the securities will be described in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, which may be in addition to or different from the general terms summarized in this prospectus. Where applicable, the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus will also describe any material United States federal income tax considerations relating to the securities offered and indicate whether the securities offered are or will be listed on any securities exchange. The summaries contained in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplements, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus may not contain all of the information that you would find useful. Accordingly, you should read the actual documents relating to any securities sold pursuant to this prospectus. See Available Information and Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference for information about how to obtain copies of those documents.
The terms of any particular offering, the initial offering price and the net proceeds to us will be contained in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, relating to such offering.
General
The following summary of the material features of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and other applicable law. See Available Information.
Pursuant to our amended and restated articles of incorporation, we are currently authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.
Common Stock
Dividends
Subject to provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or the NRS, and to any future rights which may be granted to the holders of any series of our preferred stock, dividends are paid on our common stock when and as declared by our board of directors.
Voting rights
Each holder of shares of our common stock is entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of our common stockholders. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to cumulative voting rights.
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Restrictions
Each holder of shares of our common stock will be subject to and comply with any rules, regulations and any other laws which we or any of our subsidiaries or partnerships must comply with in connection with our gaming business, and each share of our common stock will be subject to redemption at its then fair market value as determined by our board of directors if necessary to comply with the rules, regulations and laws of our gaming business.
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that as long as we remain either a holding company or an intermediary holding company subject to the statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or interpretations (the Gaming Laws) of any gaming authority (the Gaming Authorities), all securities issued by us shall be held subject to the applicable provisions of such Gaming Laws. Not by way of limitation, if we become, and so long as we remain, either a holding company or an intermediary holding company subject to regulation under the New Jersey Casino Control Act (the New Jersey Act), the Indiana Riverboat Gambling Act (the Indiana Act) or any other Gaming Authority which has similar requirements, all securities issued by us shall be held subject to the condition that if a holder thereof is found to be disqualified by either the New Jersey Casino Control Commission pursuant to the New Jersey Act, the Indiana Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indiana Act, or any other Gaming Authority which has similar requirements, such holder shall, at the election of the Corporation, either: (i) sell any or all of such securities to us at the Redemption Price (defined below); or (ii) otherwise dispose of such holders interest in us, all within 30 days following our receipt of notice (the Notice Date) of the holders disqualification. The Redemption Price shall be the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of the such securities between the Notice Date and the date 30 days after the Notice Date or (ii) such holders original purchase price for such securities. The disqualified holder will also be responsible for and will pay all costs associated by us in connection with the disposition or redemption of securities, including but not limited to attorneys fees. Promptly following the Notice Date, we shall either deliver such written notice along with our election personally to the disqualified holder or shall mail it to such holder at the address shown on our records, or use any other reasonable means to provide notice. Our failure to provide notice to a disqualified holder after making reasonable efforts to do so shall not preclude us from exercising our rights. If any disqualified holder fails to dispose such holders securities within 30 days following the Notice Date, we, by action of our board of directors, may redeem such securities at the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of such securities between the Notice Date and the date 30 days after the Notice Date or (ii) such holders original purchase price for such securities. So long as we are a publicly traded holding company as defined in the New Jersey Act and the Indiana Act, commencing on the Notice Date, it shall be unlawful for the disqualified holder to: (i) receive any dividends or interest upon any securities issued by us held by such holder; (ii) exercise, directly or through any trustee or nominee, any right conferred by such securities; or (iii) receive any remuneration in any form, for services rendered or otherwise, from us or any of our subsidiaries that holds a casino license.
Liquidation
If we are liquidated, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive all remaining assets available for distribution to stockholders after satisfaction of our liabilities and the preferential rights of any of our preferred stock that may be outstanding at that time.
Preemptive rights
The holders of our common stock do not have any preemptive, conversion or redemption rights by virtue of their ownership of the common stock.
Preferred Stock
Shares of our preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, and our board of directors is authorized to determine the designation and to fix the number of shares of each series. Our board of directors is further authorized to fix and determine the dividend rate, premium or redemption rates, conversion rights, voting rights, preferences, privileges, restrictions and other variations granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of our preferred stock.
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Prior to the issuance of shares of a series of preferred stock, our board of directors will adopt resolutions and file a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. The certificate of designation will fix for each series the designation and number of shares and the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the shares including, but not limited to, the following:
| voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock; |
| any rights and terms of redemption; |
| the dividend rate(s), period(s) and/or payment date(s) or method(s) of calculation applicable to the preferred stock; |
| whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative, and if cumulative, the date from which dividends on the preferred stock will accumulate; |
| the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs; |
| the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which the preferred stock will be convertible into common stock, another series of preferred stock, or any other class of securities being registered hereby, including the conversion price (or manner of calculation) and conversion period; |
| the provision for redemption, if applicable, of the preferred stock; |
| the provisions for a sinking fund, if any, for the preferred stock; |
| liquidation preferences; |
| any limitations on the issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the class or series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs; and |
| any other specific terms, preferences, rights, limitations or restrictions of the preferred stock. |
In addition to the terms listed above, we will set forth in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or related free writing prospectus the following terms relating to the class or series of preferred stock being offered:
| the number of shares of the preferred stock offered, the liquidation preference per share and the offering price of the preferred stock; |
| the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any, for the preferred stock; |
| any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange; and |
| a discussion of any material and/or special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock. |
Certain Anti-Takeover Matters
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaw Provisions
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws contain certain provisions that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our board of directors and in the policies formulated by our board of directors and to discourage an unsolicited takeover of our company if our board of directors determines that such a takeover is not in the best interests of our company and stockholders. However, these provisions could have the effect of discouraging certain attempts to acquire us or remove incumbent management even if some or a majority of our stockholders deemed such an attempt to be in their best interests, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of our common stock held by stockholders.
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Our amended and restated bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholder proposals and the nomination, other than by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee thereof, of candidates for election as directors. We may reject a stockholder proposal or nomination that is not made in accordance with such procedures. In addition, our amended and restated bylaws provide that:
| stockholders owning not less than 66 2/3% of our entire capital stock that is issued, outstanding and entitled to vote may cause a special meeting of stockholders to be called; and |
| our bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular meeting of the stockholders (or at any special meeting thereof duly called for such purpose) by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of our entire capital stock that is issued, outstanding and entitled to vote. |
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that a director may not be removed from office without cause unless by the vote of the holders of 66.67% or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation also contain the redemption provisions discussed above under Common Stock Restrictions which could have the effect of discouraging certain attempts to acquire us.
Nevada Takeover Statutes
Nevadas Combination with Interested Stockholders Statute and Control Share Acquisition Statute may both have the effect of delaying or making it more difficult to effect a change in control of our company.
The Combination with Interested Stockholders Statute prevents an interested stockholder and an applicable Nevada corporation from entering into a combination, unless certain conditions are met. A combination means any merger or consolidation with an interested stockholder or affiliate of an interested stockholder, or any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition, in one transaction or a series of transactions with an interested stockholder or affiliate of an interested stockholder:
| having an aggregate market value equal to more than 5% of the aggregate market value of the assets of the corporation; |
| having an aggregate market value equal to more than 5% of the aggregate market value of all of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation; or |
| representing more than 10% of the earning power or net income of the corporation. |
An interested stockholder means (i) the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting shares of the corporation or (ii) an affiliate or associate of the corporation who at any time within 2 years immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting shares of the corporation. A corporation may not engage in a combination within two years after the interested stockholder acquired his shares unless the combination or the purchase of shares made by the interested stockholder was approved by the board of directors before the interested stockholder acquired such shares or the combination is approved by the board of directors and, at or after that time, the combination is approved at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the corporation representing at least 60% of the outstanding voting power of the corporation not beneficially owned by disinterested stockholders. If such approval is not obtained, then after the expiration of the two-year period, the business combination may be consummated (a) if the combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder was approved by the board of directors before the person became an interested stockholder, (b) if it is approved at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the corporation by a majority of the voting power held by disinterested stockholders, or (c) if the consideration to be paid by the interested stockholder for disinterested shares of common and preferred stock, as applicable, is at least equal to the highest of:
| the highest price per share of such stock paid by the interested stockholder within the two years immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the combination or in the |
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transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, whichever is higher, plus interest from that date through the date of consummation of the combination and less any dividends paid during the same period; |
| the market value per share of such stock on the date of the announcement of the combination or the date the interested stockholder acquired the shares, whichever is higher, plus interest from that date through the date of consummation of the combination and less any dividends paid during the same period; or |
| the amount specified in the corporations articles of incorporation, including in any certificate of designation for the class or series of shares are entitled upon the consummation of a transaction of a type encompassing the combination. |
Nevadas Control Share Acquisition Statute prohibits an acquiror, under certain circumstances, from voting shares of a target corporations stock after crossing certain threshold ownership percentages, unless the acquiror obtains the approval of the target corporations disinterested stockholders. The Control Share Acquisition Statute specifies three thresholds: (i) one-fifth or more but less than one-third, (ii) one-third or more but less than a majority, and (iii) a majority or more, of the outstanding voting power in the election of directors. Once an acquiror crosses one of the above thresholds, those shares in the immediate offer or acquisition and those shares acquired within 90 days become Control Shares (as defined in the statute) and those Control Shares are deprived of the right to vote until disinterested stockholders restore the right. The Control Share Acquisition Statute also provides that in the event Control Shares are accorded full voting rights and the acquiring person has acquired a majority or more of all voting power, all other stockholders who do not vote in favor of authorizing voting rights to the Control Shares are entitled to demand payment for the fair value of their shares. Our board is required to notify such stockholders within 10 days after the vote of the stockholders that they have the right to receive the fair value of their shares in accordance with statutory procedures established generally for dissenters rights.
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification Matters
Article IX of our amended and restated articles of incorporation and Article 10 of our amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by law. We also have entered into indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors and provide indemnity insurance pursuant to which directors and officers are indemnified or insured against liability or loss under certain circumstances which may include liability or related loss under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Listing
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol BYD.
Transfer Agent And Registrar
The Transfer Agent and Registrar for our common stock is Wells Fargo Shareowner Services.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
General
We may offer and sell debt securities from time to time pursuant to this prospectus that will constitute either senior or subordinated debt of Boyd Gaming. Our obligations under our debt securities that we may offer from time to time may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries. Senior debt securities will be issued under a base senior debt indenture, as supplemented by a supplemental senior debt indenture, between Boyd Gaming and an entity, identified in the applicable prospectus supplement, as trustee. Likewise, subordinated debt securities will be issued under a base subordinated debt indenture, as supplemented by a supplemental subordinated debt indenture, between Boyd Gaming and an entity, identified in the applicable prospectus supplement, as trustee. The base senior debt indenture and the base subordinated debt indenture, as each may be supplemented, amended or modified from time to time, are sometimes collectively referred to in this prospectus as the indentures. In this section of the prospectus, the term Boyd Gaming refers only to Boyd Gaming Corporation and not to any of its subsidiaries.
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The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to the debt securities and the indentures. The summary is not complete. For a full description of these provisions, including the definitions of certain terms used in this prospectus, and for other information regarding the debt securities, see the indentures.
We have filed a form of the base senior debt indenture and a form of the base subordinated debt indenture as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. You should not rely on this summary because the indentures and not this summary define your rights as a holder of the debt securities. When the debt securities are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the debt securities as described in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or related free writing prospectus will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section. This summary and any description of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of the applicable indenture, as such indenture may be supplemented, amended or modified from time to time as provided therein.
The registered holder of a debt security will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered holders will have rights under the applicable indenture.
Provisions Applicable to Both Senior and Subordinated Debt Securities
General
The debt securities will represent our unsecured senior or subordinated obligations and may be issued from time to time in one or more series. A prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, relating to any series of debt securities offered by Boyd Gaming will include specific terms relating to the offering. These terms will include some or all of the following:
| the title and classification of the debt securities; |
| any limit on the total principal amount of the debt securities; |
| the person to whom any interest shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name the debt securities is registered; |
| the price or prices at which the debt securities will be issued; |
| the dates on which the debt securities will mature; |
| the interest rate or the method for determining the rate that the debt securities will bear and the date from which any interest will accrue; |
| the interest payment dates for the debt securities; |
| any mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provisions; |
| the place where we will pay, or the method of payment of, principal, premium and interest on the debt securities; |
| whether such debt securities will be guaranteed and the terms of such guarantees; |
| whether such debt securities will be convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, common stock; |
| whether such debt securities of a series will be exchangeable for debt securities of the same series or of a different series; |
| any mandatory or optional redemption periods and prices; |
| the currency or currencies in which we will pay principal, premium and interest on the debt securities; |
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| the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities, if other than the principal amount thereof, payable upon acceleration of maturity thereof; |
| the manner in which we will determine the amounts of principal, premium or interest payments on the debt securities if these amounts may be determined by reference to an index or based on a formula; |
| if Boyd Gaming has elected not to apply the defeasance section of the indenture to the debt securities; |
| the security registrar and the paying agent for the debt securities; |
| whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of one or more global securities, and if so, the depositary for that security or securities and information with respect to book-entry procedures; |
| any covenants of Boyd Gaming with respect to a series of debt securities; and |
| any other terms of the debt securities. |
The terms and conditions, if any, upon which the debt securities are convertible into common stock or preferred stock will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, documents incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus. Such terms will include the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the holders or Boyd Gaming, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of redemption of such debt securities and any restrictions on conversion.
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, the debt securities will be issued in registered form, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
To the extent applicable, we will also describe any special provisions for the payment of additional amounts with respect to the debt securities in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus.
We may issue debt securities at a discount below their stated principal amount, creating original issue discount, or OID, for United States federal income tax purposes. Even if we do not issue the debt securities below their stated principal amount, the debt securities may be deemed to have been issued with OID for such purposes because of certain interest payment characteristics. We will describe in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus the material United States federal income tax considerations applicable to debt securities issued at a discount or deemed to be issued at a discount, and will describe the material United States federal income tax considerations that may be applicable to the particular debt securities.
The debt securities will represent our general unsecured obligations. Since we are a holding company, our ability to meet our obligations under the indentures and the debt securities will be dependent on the earnings and cash flows of our subsidiaries and the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to advance funds to us.
All existing and future debt and other liabilities of Boyd Gamings subsidiaries, including the claims of trade creditors, secured creditors and creditors holding debt and guarantees issued by such subsidiaries, and claims of preferred stockholders, if any, of such subsidiaries, will be effectively senior to the securities issued under the indentures. Boyd Gaming could be dependent on the earnings of any such subsidiaries and the distribution of those earnings to Boyd Gaming could be limited by statutory and contractual restrictions or other business considerations.
Debt securities issued under the indentures will also be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.
Although the indentures may contain limitations on the amount of additional indebtedness which Boyd Gaming and its restricted subsidiaries may incur, the amounts of such indebtedness could still be substantial and, in any case, such indebtedness may be secured debt, senior debt or indebtedness of its subsidiaries.
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Provisions Applicable Solely to Senior Debt Securities
We may issue senior debt securities under the senior debt indenture. As to the right of payment of principal (and any premium) and interest, each series of senior debt securities will rank equally with each other series issued under the senior debt indenture and will rank senior to all subordinated debt securities that may be issued.
Provisions Applicable Solely to Subordinated Debt Securities
Debt securities issued under the base subordinated debt indenture will be subordinated unsecured obligations of Boyd Gaming. These debt securities may be designated as senior subordinated or subordinated. The payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the debt securities is subordinated in right of payment, as set forth in the indenture and described in any applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus to the payment when due of all senior debt of Boyd Gaming. Debt securities issued under the subordinated debt indenture will rank subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt, equal with all existing and future senior subordinated debt to the extent senior subordinated debt securities are issued under the indenture, equal with each other series issued under the subordinated debt indenture, except to the extent specifically provided in the indenture and described in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus and senior to any future indebtedness of Boyd Gaming that is specifically subordinated to such securities.
Guarantees
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any debt securities may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries. Such guarantees will be full, unconditional, and irrevocable, and will be joint and several, unless provided otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus. The other terms of any such guarantees, including any limitations thereon and the terms of release and discharge of any guarantor therefrom, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus.
General
We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or any combination of these securities. We may issue the warrants independently or together with any underlying securities, and the warrants may be attached or separate from the underlying securities. We may also issue a series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of such series and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants.
The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to the warrants that we may issue. The summary is not complete. When warrants are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the warrants as described in a prospectus supplement information, incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section.
This summary and any description of warrants in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of any specific warrant document or agreement, which we will file with the
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SEC for incorporation by reference into this prospectus. See Available Information and Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference for information on how to obtain a copy of a warrant document when it is filed.
When we refer to a series of warrants, we mean all warrants issued as part of the same series under the applicable warrant agreement.
Terms
The applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, may describe the terms of any warrants that we may offer, including but not limited to the following:
| the title of the warrants; |
| the total number of warrants; |
| the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued; |
| the currency or currencies that investors may use to pay for the warrants; |
| the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire; |
| whether the warrants will be issued in registered form or bearer form; |
| information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; |
| if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of warrants that may be exercised at any one time; |
| if applicable, the designation and terms of the underlying securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each underlying security; |
| if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related underlying securities will be separately transferable; |
| if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax considerations; |
| if applicable, the terms of redemption of the warrants; |
| the identity of the warrant agent, if any; |
| the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of the warrants; and |
| any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures, and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants. |
Warrant Agreements
We may issue the warrants in one or more series under one or more warrant agreements, each to be entered into between us and a bank, trust company, or other financial institution as warrant agent. We may add, replace, or terminate warrant agents from time to time. We may also choose to act as our own warrant agent or may choose one of our subsidiaries to do so.
The warrant agent under a warrant agreement will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants issued under that agreement. The warrant agent will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders of those warrants. Any holder of warrants may, without the consent of any other person, enforce by appropriate legal action, on its own behalf, its right to exercise those warrants in accordance with their terms. Until the warrant is properly exercised, no holder of any warrant will be entitled to any rights of a holder of the warrant property purchasable upon exercise of the warrant.
Form, Exchange, and Transfer
We may issue the warrants in registered form or bearer form. Warrants issued in registered form, i.e., book-entry form, will be represented by a global security registered in the name of a depository, which will be the holder of all the warrants represented by the global security. Those investors who own beneficial interests in a global warrant will do so through participants in the depositorys system, and the rights of these indirect owners will be governed solely by the applicable procedures of the depository and
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its participants. In addition, we may issue warrants in non-global form, i.e., bearer form. If any warrants are issued in non-global form, warrant certificates may be exchanged for new warrant certificates of different denominations, and holders may exchange, transfer, or exercise their warrants at the warrant agents office or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus.
Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for debt securities will not have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to payments of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the debt securities purchasable upon such exercise. Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for shares of preferred stock or common stock will not have any rights of holders of the preferred stock or common stock purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to dividend payments, if any, or voting rights of the preferred stock or common stock purchasable upon such exercise.
Exercise of Warrants
A warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash an amount of securities at an exercise price that will be stated in, or that will be determinable as described in, the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void. Warrants may be redeemed as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus.
Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, we will forward, as soon as practicable, the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the warrants represented by such warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.
We may issue rights to purchase our debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or other securities. These rights may be issued independently or together with any other security offered hereby and may or may not be transferable by the stockholder receiving the rights in such offering. In connection with any offering of such rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other purchasers pursuant to which the underwriters or other purchasers may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed for after such offering.
Each series of rights will be issued under a separate rights agreement which we will enter into with a bank or trust company, as rights agent, all which will be set forth in the relevant offering material. The rights agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the certificates relating to the rights and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holders of rights certificates or beneficial owners of rights.
The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to rights that we may offer. The summary is not complete. When rights are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the rights as described in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or related free writing prospectus will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section.
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This summary and any description of rights in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the rights agreement and the rights certificates. We will file each of these documents, as applicable, with the SEC and incorporate them by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part on or before the time we issue a series of rights. See Available Information and Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference above for information on how to obtain a copy of a document when it is filed.
The applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus may describe:
| in the case of a distribution of rights to our stockholders, the date of determining the stockholders entitled to the rights distribution; |
| in the case of a distribution of rights to our stockholders, the number of rights issued or to be issued to each stockholder; |
| the exercise price payable for the underlying debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or other securities upon the exercise of the rights; |
| the number and terms of the underlying debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or other securities which may be purchased per each right; |
| the extent to which the rights are transferable; |
| the date on which the holders ability to exercise the rights shall commence, and the date on which the rights shall expire; |
| the extent to which the rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities; |
| if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement entered into by us in connection with the offering of such rights; and |
| any other terms of the rights, including, but not limited to, the terms, procedures, conditions and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the rights. |
The provisions described in this section, as well as those described under Description of Debt Securities and Description of Capital Stock above, will apply, as applicable, to any rights we offer.
General
We may issue units composed of any combination of our debt securities, common stock, preferred stock and warrants. We will issue each unit so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. As a result, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.
The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to units that we may offer. The summary is not complete. When units are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the units as described in a prospectus supplement or information incorporated by reference will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section.
This summary and any description of units in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the unit agreement, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements, if applicable. We will file these documents with the SEC for incorporation by reference into this prospectus, as applicable. See Available Information and Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference for information on how to obtain a copy of a document when it is filed.
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The applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus may describe:
| the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately; |
| any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer, or exchange of the units or of the securities composing the units; |
| whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form; and |
| any other terms of the units. |
The applicable provisions described in this section, as well as those described under Description of Debt Securities, Description of Capital Stock and Description of Warrants, will apply to each unit and to each security included in each unit, respectively.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods shown. For purposes of determining the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings are defined as earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and operating and non-operating results from our equity investments, plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs, capitalized interest and the interest component of rent expense.
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except ratios) | 2011 | 2010 (a) + (b) | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
1.1 | x | 1.9 | x | ||||||||||||||||
Deficiency of earnings to fixed charges |
(6,278 | ) | | (7,051 | ) | (323,980 | ) | |
(a) | Balances have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect acquisition method accounting related to the change in control of Borgata on March 24, 2010. On March 24, 2010, as a result of the amendment to our operating agreement with MGM (our original 50% partner in Borgata), which provided, among other things, for the termination of MGMs participating rights in the operations of Borgata, we effectively obtained control of Borgata. This resulting change in control required acquisition method accounting in accordance with the authoritative accounting guidance for business combinations. |
(b) | Reflects revisions to previously reported amounts due to the correction of an immaterial error related to the consolidation of a variable interest entity. Such revisions had no impact on net income or basic and diluted net income per share, as previously reported. |
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities for general corporate purposes.
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We may sell the securities through underwriters or dealers, through agents, directly to one or more purchasers, through a rights offering, or otherwise. We will describe the terms of the offering of the securities in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, including:
| the name or names of any underwriters, if any; |
| the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will receive from the sale; |
| any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters compensation; |
| any initial public offering price; |
| any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and |
| any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed. |
Only underwriters we name in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus are underwriters of the securities offered thereby.
The distribution of securities may be effected, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including:
| block transactions (which may involve crosses) and transactions on the New York Stock Exchange or any other organized market where the securities may be traded; |
| purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to a prospectus supplement; |
| ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| sales at the market to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise; and |
| sales in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including direct sales to purchasers. |
The securities may be sold at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices relating to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The consideration may be cash or another form negotiated by the parties. Agents, underwriters or broker-dealers may be paid compensation for offering and selling the securities. That compensation may be in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions to be received from us or from the purchasers of the securities. Dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and compensation received by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. If such dealers or agents were deemed to be underwriters, they may be subject to statutory liabilities under the Securities Act.
We may also make direct sales through subscription rights distributed to our existing stockholders on a pro rata basis, which may or may not be transferable. In any distribution of subscription rights to our stockholders, if all of the underlying securities are not subscribed for, we may then sell the unsubscribed securities directly to third parties or may engage the services of one or more underwriters, dealers or agents, including standby underwriters, to sell the unsubscribed securities to third parties.
Some or all of the securities that we offer though this prospectus may be new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom we sell our securities for public offering and sale may make a market in those securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and they may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot assure you of the liquidity of, or continued trading markets for, any securities that we offer.
Agents may, from time to time, solicit offers to purchase the securities. If required, we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities and set forth any
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compensation payable to the agent. Unless otherwise indicated, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Any agent selling the securities covered by this prospectus may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, of the securities.
If underwriters are used in an offering, securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or under delayed delivery contracts or other contractual commitments. Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. If an underwriter or underwriters are used in the sale of securities, an underwriting agreement will be executed with the underwriter or underwriters at the time an agreement for the sale is reached. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the managing underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriter or underwriters, with respect to a particular underwritten offering of securities, and will set forth the terms of the transactions, including compensation of the underwriters and dealers and the public offering price, if applicable. The prospectus, and the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus will be used by the underwriters to resell the securities.
If a dealer is used in the sale of the securities, we or an underwriter will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. To the extent required, we will set forth in the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, the name of the dealer and the terms of the transactions.
We may directly solicit offers to purchase the securities and may make sales of securities directly to institutional investors or others. These persons may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resale of the securities. To the extent required, the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, will describe the terms of any such sales, including the terms of any bidding or auction process, if used.
Agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements which may be entered into with us to indemnification against specified liabilities, including liabilities incurred under the Securities Act, or to contribution to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. If required, the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or related free writing prospectus, as applicable, will describe the terms and conditions of such indemnification or contribution. Some of the agents, underwriters or dealers, or their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us, our subsidiaries or affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
Under the securities laws of some states, the securities offered by this prospectus may be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.
Any person participating in the distribution of common stock registered under the registration statement that includes this prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable SEC rules and regulations, including, among others, Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of our common stock by any such person. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of our common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to our common stock. These restrictions may affect the marketability of our common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to our common stock.
Certain persons participating in an offering may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the offered securities. If any such activities will occur, they will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.
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All securities we offer other than common stock will be new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters may make a market in these securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot guarantee the liquidity of the trading markets for any securities.
McDonald Carano Wilson LLP will pass upon the validity of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus for us.
Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries
The consolidated financial statements, incorporated in this registration statement by reference from the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the effectiveness of Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
Marina District Development Company, LLC
The consolidated financial statements of Marina District Development Company, LLC and Subsidiary incorporated by reference in this registration statement from Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
Information Not Required in Prospectus
Item 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution |
The following is a statement of the estimated expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) to be incurred by Boyd Gaming Corporation in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities registered under this registration statement.
SEC registration fee |
$ | 85,950 | * | |
Accounting fees and expenses |
75,000 | |||
Legal fees and expenses |
150,000 | |||
Listing fee |
** | |||
Printing expenses |
150,000 | |||
Trustee and transfer agent fees and expenses |
35,000 | |||
Miscellaneous fees and expenses |
10,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 505,950 | ||
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All expenses, other than the SEC registration fee, are estimated.
* | $29,475.00 of which is offset, pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, by a credit from previously paid fees related to unsold securities registered as part of the companys Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-156096) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2008. |
** | The listing fee is based upon the principal amount of securities listed, if any, and is therefore not currently determinable. |
Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
Under Sections 78.7502, 78.751 and 78.752 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, Boyd Gaming Corporation has broad powers to indemnify and insure its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such.
Article IX of Boyd Gaming Corporations amended and restated articles of incorporation and Article 10 of Boyd Gaming Corporations amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by law. Boyd Gaming Corporation also has entered into indemnification agreements with its executive officers and directors and provides indemnity insurance pursuant to which directors and officers are indemnified or insured against liability or loss under certain circumstances which may include liability, or related loss under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Item 16. | Exhibits |
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Debt Securities | |
1.2* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Common Stock | |
1.3* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Preferred Stock | |
1.4* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Warrants | |
1.5* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Units | |
3.1 | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Boyd Gaming Corporations Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 24, 2006) | |
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Boyd Gaming Corporations Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 14, 2008) | |
4.1 | Form of Indenture (including Form of Senior Debt Securities) with respect to Senior Debt Securities | |
4.2 | Form of Indenture (including Form of Subordinated Debt Securities) with respect to Subordinated Debt Securities | |
4.6 | Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of the Boyd Gaming Corporations Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated December 16, 2005) |
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4.7* | Form of Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate | |
4.8* | Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock | |
4.9* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Debt Securities | |
4.10* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Common Stock | |
4.11* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Preferred Stock | |
4.12* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Units | |
4.13* | Form of Unit Agreement (including Unit Certificate) | |
4.14* | Form of Rights Agreement (including Form of Rights Certificate) | |
4.15* | Form of Guarantee with respect to Debt Securities | |
5.1 | Opinion of McDonald Carano Wilson LLP | |
12.1 | Statement regarding computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges | |
23.1 | Consent of McDonald Carano Wilson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
23.2 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
23.3 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
24.1 | Powers of Attorney (included on applicable signature pages to this registration statement) | |
25.1** | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Debt Trustee (to be filed prior to any issuance of Senior Debt Securities) | |
25.2** | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Debt Trustee (to be filed prior to any issuance of Subordinated Debt Securities) |
* | To be filed as an amendment or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference into this registration statement. |
** | To be filed in accordance with the requirements of Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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Item 17. | Undertakings |
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrants 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 plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
(7) To supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.
(8) To use its best efforts to distribute prior to the opening of bids, to prospective bidders, underwriters, and dealers, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus which at that time meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act, and relating to the securities offered at competitive bidding, as contained in the registration statement, together with any supplements thereto, and (2) to file an amendment to the registration statement reflecting the results of bidding, the terms of the reoffering and related matters to the extent required by the applicable form, not later than the first use, authorized by the issuer after the opening of bids, of a prospectus relating to the securities offered at competitive bidding, unless no further public offering of such securities by the issuer and no reoffering of such securities by the purchasers is proposed to be made.
(9) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(10) That, 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 foregoing provisions, 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 of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Josh Hirsberg | |
Name: | Josh Hirsberg | |
Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Ellie J. Bowdish
Ellie J. Bowdish |
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Robert L. Boughner
Robert L. Boughner |
Executive Vice President, Chief Business Development Officer and Director | April 24, 2012 |
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/s/ William R. Boyd
William R. Boyd |
Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Thomas V. Girardi
Thomas V. Girardi |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Maj. Gen. Billy G. McCoy, Ret. USAF
Maj. Gen. Billy G. McCoy, Ret. USAF |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Fredrick J. Schwab
Frederick J. Schwab |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Peter M. Thomas
Peter M. Thomas |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Veronica J. Wilson
Veronica J. Wilson |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Christine J. Spadafor
Christine J. Spadafor |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Richard E. Flaherty
Richard E. Flaherty |
Director | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
CALIFORNIA HOTEL AND CASINO | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
SAM-WILL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
M.S.W., INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
CALIFORNIA HOTEL FINANCE CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BOYD ATLANTIC CITY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Vice President (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
PAR-A-DICE GAMING CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President and Secretary |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President, Secretary and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ David B. Daley
David B. Daley |
Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BOYD TUNICA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BLUE CHIP CASINO, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Executive Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
TREASURE CHEST CASINO, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BOYD LOUISIANA RACING, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BOYD RACING, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT OF SHREVEPORT, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
COAST CASINOS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
COAST HOTELS AND CASINOS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Director | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
ECHELON RESORTS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | Executive Vice President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Robert L. Boughner
Robert L. Boughner |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Executive Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
Executive Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 24th day of April, 2012.
BOYD BILOXI, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith E. Smith | |
Name: | Keith E. Smith | |
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Josh Hirsberg and Ellie J. Bowdish, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William S. Boyd
William S. Boyd |
Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Marianne Boyd Johnson
Marianne Boyd Johnson |
Senior Vice President and Manager | April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Keith E. Smith
Keith E. Smith |
President and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 24, 2012 | ||
/s/ Josh Hirsberg
Josh Hirsberg |
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | April 24, 2012 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Debt Securities | |
1.2* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Common Stock | |
1.3* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Preferred Stock | |
1.4* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Warrants | |
1.5* | Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Units | |
3.1 | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Boyd Gaming Corporations Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 24, 2006) | |
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Boyd Gaming Corporations Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 14, 2008) | |
4.1 | Form of Indenture (including Form of Senior Debt Securities) with respect to Senior Debt Securities | |
4.2 | Form of Indenture (including Form of Subordinated Debt Securities) with respect to Subordinated Debt Securities | |
4.6 | Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of the Boyd Gaming Corporations Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated December 16, 2005). | |
4.7* | Form of Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate | |
4.8* | Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock | |
4.9* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Debt Securities | |
4.10* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Common Stock | |
4.11* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Preferred Stock | |
4.12* | Form of Warrant Agreement (including Warrant Certificate) with respect to Warrants to purchase Units | |
4.13* | Form of Unit Agreement (including Unit Certificate) | |
4.14* | Form of Rights Agreement (including Form of Rights Certificate) | |
4.15* | Form of Guarantee with respect to Debt Securities | |
5.1 | Opinion of McDonald Carano Wilson LLP | |
12.1 | Statement regarding computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges | |
23.1 | Consent of McDonald Carano Wilson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
23.2 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
23.3 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
24.1 | Powers of Attorney (included on applicable signature pages to this registration statement) | |
25.1** | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Debt Trustee (to be filed prior to any issuance of Senior Debt Securities) | |
25.2** | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Debt Trustee (to be filed prior to any issuance of Subordinated Debt Securities) |
* | To be filed as an amendment or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference into this registration statement. |
** | To be filed in accordance with the requirements of Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
Exhibit 4.1
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
SENIOR NOTES
INDENTURE
Dated as of , 20
Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section |
Indenture Section | |||
310 |
(a)(1) | 7.10 | ||
(a)(2) | 7.10 | |||
(a)(3) | N.A. | |||
(a)(4) | N.A. | |||
(a)(5) | 7.10 | |||
(b) | 7.10 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
311 |
(a) | 7.11 | ||
(b) | 7.11 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
312 |
(a) | 2.05 | ||
(b) | 12.03 | |||
(c) | 12.03 | |||
313 |
(a) | 7.06 | ||
(b)(1) | 10.03 | |||
(b)(2) | 7.07 | |||
(c) | 7.06;12.02 | |||
(d) | 7.06 | |||
314 |
(a) | 1.01; 4.03;6.12;12.02;12.05 | ||
(b) | N.A. | |||
(c)(1) | 12.04 | |||
(c)(2) | 12.04 | |||
(c)(3) | N.A. | |||
(d) | N.A. | |||
(e) | 12.05 | |||
(f) | N.A. | |||
315 |
(a) | 7.01 | ||
(b) | 7.05;12.02 | |||
(c) | 7.01 | |||
(d) | 7.01 | |||
(e) | 6.11 | |||
316 |
(a) (last sentence) | 2.09 | ||
(a)(1)(A) | 6.05 | |||
(a)(1)(B) | 6.04 | |||
(a)(2) | 9.01 | |||
(b) | 6.07 | |||
(c) | 9.04 | |||
317 |
(a)(1) | 6.08 | ||
(a)(2) | 6.09 | |||
(b) | 2.04 | |||
318 |
(a) | 12.01 | ||
(b) | N.A. | |||
(c) | 12.01 |
N.A. means not applicable.
* | This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||
Section 1.01. |
Definitions |
1 | ||
Section 1.02. |
Other Definitions |
9 | ||
Section 1.03. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
9 | ||
Section 1.04. |
Rules of Construction |
10 | ||
ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES | ||||
Section 2.01. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
10 | ||
Section 2.02. |
Form; Dating; Execution and Authentication |
12 | ||
Section 2.03. |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
14 | ||
Section 2.04. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
14 | ||
Section 2.05. |
Holder Lists |
14 | ||
Section 2.06. |
Transfer and Exchange |
14 | ||
Section 2.07. |
Replacement Notes |
17 | ||
Section 2.08. |
Outstanding Notes |
18 | ||
Section 2.09. |
Treasury Notes |
18 | ||
Section 2.10. |
Temporary Notes |
18 | ||
Section 2.11. |
Cancellation |
18 | ||
Section 2.12. |
Defaulted Interest |
19 | ||
Section 2.13. |
CUSIP, ISIN and Other Numbers |
19 | ||
ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT | ||||
Section 3.01. |
Notices to Trustee |
19 | ||
Section 3.02. |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed |
19 | ||
Section 3.03. |
Notice of Redemption |
20 | ||
Section 3.04. |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
20 | ||
Section 3.05. |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
20 | ||
Section 3.06. |
Notes Redeemed in Part |
21 | ||
Section 3.07. |
Optional Redemption |
21 | ||
Section 3.08. |
Mandatory Redemption |
21 |
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Section 3.09. |
Mandatory Disposition or Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Laws |
21 | ||
ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS | ||||
Section 4.01. |
Payment of Notes |
22 | ||
Section 4.02. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
22 | ||
Section 4.03. |
Reports |
22 | ||
Section 4.04. |
Compliance Certificate |
23 | ||
Section 4.05. |
Stay and Extension Laws |
23 | ||
Section 4.06. |
Corporate Existence |
24 | ||
Section 4.07. |
Limitation on Status of Investment Company |
24 | ||
Section 4.08. |
Payment for Consent |
24 | ||
Section 4.09. |
Additional Note Guarantees |
24 | ||
ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS | ||||
Section 5.01. |
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets |
24 | ||
Section 5.02. |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
25 | ||
ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||
Section 6.01. |
Events of Default |
25 | ||
Section 6.02. |
Acceleration |
27 | ||
Section 6.03. |
Other Remedies |
27 | ||
Section 6.04. |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
28 | ||
Section 6.05. |
Control by Majority |
28 | ||
Section 6.06. |
Limitation on Suits |
28 | ||
Section 6.07. |
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment |
28 | ||
Section 6.08. |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
29 | ||
Section 6.09. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
29 | ||
Section 6.10. |
Priorities |
29 | ||
Section 6.11. |
Undertaking for Costs |
30 | ||
Section 6.12. |
Reporting Defaults |
30 | ||
ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE | ||||
Section 7.01. |
Duties of Trustee |
30 |
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Section 7.02. |
Rights of Trustee |
31 | ||
Section 7.03. |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
32 | ||
Section 7.04. |
Trustees Disclaimer |
32 | ||
Section 7.05. |
Notice of Defaults |
32 | ||
Section 7.06. |
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes |
32 | ||
Section 7.07. |
Compensation and Indemnity |
33 | ||
Section 7.08. |
Replacement of Trustee |
33 | ||
Section 7.09. |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc |
34 | ||
Section 7.10. |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
35 | ||
Section 7.11. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
35 | ||
ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | ||||
Section 8.01. |
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
35 | ||
Section 8.02. |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
35 | ||
Section 8.03. |
Covenant Defeasance |
36 | ||
Section 8.04. |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
36 | ||
Section 8.05. |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
37 | ||
Section 8.06. |
Repayment to Company |
37 | ||
Section 8.07. |
Reinstatement |
38 | ||
ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER | ||||
Section 9.01. |
Without Consent of Holders of Notes |
38 | ||
Section 9.02. |
With Consent of Holders of Notes |
39 | ||
Section 9.03. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
41 | ||
Section 9.04. |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
41 | ||
Section 9.05. |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
41 | ||
Section 9.06. |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc |
41 | ||
Section 9.07. |
Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures |
42 | ||
ARTICLE 10. NOTE GUARANTEES | ||||
Section 10.01. |
Note Guarantees |
42 | ||
Section 10.02. |
Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge |
43 | ||
Section 10.03. |
Right of Contribution |
44 |
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Section 10.04. |
No Subrogation |
44 | ||
ARTICLE 11. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | ||||
Section 11.01. |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
45 | ||
Section 11.02. |
Application of Trust Money |
46 | ||
ARTICLE 12. MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
Section 12.01. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
46 | ||
Section 12.02. |
Notices |
46 | ||
Section 12.03. |
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes |
47 | ||
Section 12.04. |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
47 | ||
Section 12.05. |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
48 | ||
Section 12.06. |
Rules by Trustee and Agents |
48 | ||
Section 12.07. |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
48 | ||
Section 12.08. |
Governing Law |
48 | ||
Section 12.09. |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
49 | ||
Section 12.10. |
Successors |
49 | ||
Section 12.11. |
Severability |
49 | ||
Section 12.12. |
Counterpart Originals |
49 | ||
Section 12.13. |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc |
49 |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | FORM OF NOTE | |
Exhibit B | FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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INDENTURE dated as of , 20 by and among Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation (including any and all successors thereto, the Company), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and , as trustee (the Trustee).
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes (the Notes).
RECITALS
A. The Company and each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the Notes) unlimited as to principal amount to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series, to be guaranteed by each Guarantor and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as in this Indenture provided.
B. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
AGREEMENT
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. | Definitions. |
Additional Interest means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to the provisions relating to additional interest described under Section 6.12 as the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described under Section 4.03 and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a).
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, a Person (i) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, (ii) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the Voting Stock of such Person (or a 10% or greater equity interest in a Person which is not a corporation) or (iii) of which 10% or more of any class of the Voting Stock (or, in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, 10% or more of the equity interest) is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries by such Person. The term control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.
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Attributable Indebtedness means Indebtedness deemed to be Incurred in respect of a Sale/ Leaseback Transaction and shall be, at the date of determination, the present value (discounted at the actual rate of interest implicit in such transaction, compounded annually), of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital Lease Obligations means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, partnership interests or any other participation, right, warrants, options or other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, but excluding any debt security convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Company means Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
Credit Facility means (i) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010, by and among the Company, the financial institutions named therein, Bank of America, National Association, as administrative agent and letter of credit issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as swing line lender, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the Credit Agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of Credit Facility, one or more (a) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (b) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or
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bank guarantees or bankers acceptances), or (c) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
Currency Exchange Protection Agreement means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency option or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Disqualified Stock of a Person means any Capital Stock of such Person (i) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or otherwise, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or (c) is convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness and (ii) as to which the maturity, mandatory redemption, conversion or exchange or redemption at the option of the holder thereof occurs, or may occur, in the case of each of clauses (i) or (ii) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided, however, that such Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if it is redeemable prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes only if (a) the holder or a beneficial owner of such Capital Stock is required to qualify under the Gaming Laws and does not so qualify, or (b) the Board of Directors determines in its reasonable, good faith judgment, as evidenced by a Board Resolution, that as a result of a holder or beneficial owner owning such Capital Stock, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has lost or may lose any Gaming License, which if lost or not reinstated, as the case may be, would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or would restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business in any gaming jurisdiction.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
GAAP means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Indenture.
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Gaming Authority means any of the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, the Illinois Gaming Board, the Indiana Gaming Commission and any other agency (including, without limitation, any agency established by a federally-recognized Indian tribe to regulate gaming on such tribes reservation) which has, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor to such authority.
Gaming Facility means any gaming or pari-mutuel wagering establishment and other Property or assets directly ancillary thereto or used in connection therewith, including any building, restaurant, hotel, theater, parking facilities, retail shops, spa, land, golf courses and other recreation and entertainment facilities, vessel, barge, ship and equipment or 100% of the equity interest of a Person the primary business of which is ownership and operation of any of the foregoing.
Gaming Laws means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject.
Gaming License means any license, permit, franchise or other authorization from any governmental authority required on the date of this Indenture or at any time thereafter to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct the gaming business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including all licenses granted under Gaming Laws and other Legal Requirements.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Global Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(ii), 2.06(d) or 2.06(f).
Guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such first Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include (a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; or (b) any obligation in the nature of a completion guaranty which is limited solely to an obligation to complete the development, construction or opening of any new Gaming Facility entered into on behalf of any Person in which an investment has been made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Guarantors means any Subsidiary of the Company that gives a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
Incur means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or
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otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or obligation on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person including by merger or operation of law (and Incurrence, Incurred, Incurable and Incurring shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing). The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness so long as the amount thereof is included in the computation of Consolidated Fixed Charges for all purposes under this Indenture.
Indebtedness means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the Property of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or the principal amount of such indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding any balances that constitute customer advance payments and deposits, accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise included (i) any Capital Lease Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien to which the Property owned or held by such Person is subject, whether or not the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed (the amount of such Indebtedness being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such Property or the amount of the Indebtedness so secured); (iii) Guarantees of Indebtedness of other Persons; (iv) any Disqualified Stock; (v) any Attributable Indebtedness; (vi) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or other similar instruments or credit transactions issued for the account of such Person (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in this definition) of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third business day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit; (vii) in the case of the Company, Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (viii) obligations pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Exchange Protection Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include any interest or accrued interest until due and payable. For purposes of this definition, the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were repurchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability of any other obligations described in clauses (i) through (viii) above in respect thereof at such date.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time. The term Indenture shall also include the terms of a particular series of Notes established as contemplated by Section 2.01.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Interest Rate Agreement means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.
Issue Date means [ , 20 ].
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Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the Cities of New York, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Legal Requirements means all laws, statutes and ordinances and all rules, orders, rulings, regulations, directives, decrees, injunctions and requirements of all governmental authorities, that are now or may hereafter be in existence, and that may be applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof or the Trustee (including building codes, zoning and environmental laws, regulations and ordinances and Gaming Laws), as modified by any variances, special use permits, waivers, exceptions or other exemptions which may from time to time be applicable.
Lien means with respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance, preference, priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such Property (including any Capital Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). Any Sale/Leaseback Transaction shall be deemed to constitute a Lien on the Property which is the subject of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction securing the Attributable Indebtedness represented thereby.
Marketable Security means any common stock, debt security or other security of a Person which is (or will, upon distribution thereof, be) listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Act or approved for quotation in any system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices in the United States of America or for which there is a recognized market maker or trading market.
NASDAQ means the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market.
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes set forth in Article 10, including as a result of execution of a Supplemental Indenture.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Indenture.
Obligations means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
Offering means the offering of the Notes by the Company.
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal accounting officer or principal financial officer of the Company.
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Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel that meets the requirements of Section 12.05. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee.
Original Issue Discount Note means any Note which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
Outstanding when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Notes as to which defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03; and
(iv) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.07 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Note which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 6.02, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Note is not determinable, the principal amount of such Note which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 2.01, of the principal amount of such Note (or, in the case of a Note described in clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such clause), and (D) Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
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Person means any individual, corporation, company (including limited liability company), partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Preferred Stock means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the holders of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.
Property means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock in any other Person (but excluding Capital Stock or other securities issued by such first Person).
Public Equity Offering means an underwritten public offering of Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that (a) has not been designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (b) was an Unrestricted Subsidiary but has been redesignated by the Board of Directors of the Company as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case as provided under the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect arrangement pursuant to which Property is sold or transferred by such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person and is thereafter leased back from the purchaser or transferee thereof by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that:
(i) guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company; or
(ii) is a Domestic Subsidiary and a Significant Subsidiary as defined in the Credit Facility.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which a payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).
Subsidiary of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
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Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
Trustee means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuers option.
U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock means securities of any class or classes of a Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for corporate directors (or Persons performing equivalent functions).
Section 1.02. | Other Definitions. |
Term |
Defined in Section | |
Authentication Order |
2.02 | |
Covenant Defeasance |
8.03 | |
DTC |
2.03 | |
Event of Default |
6.01 | |
Funding Guarantor Guarantor Obligations Legal Defeasance |
10.03 10.01 8.02 | |
Paying Agent |
2.03 | |
Redemption Provision Default |
6.12 | |
Registrar |
2.03 | |
Successor |
5.01 |
Section 1.03. | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. |
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities means the Notes;
indenture security holder means a Holder of a Note;
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indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. | Rules of Construction. |
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) or is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and
(g) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. | Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. |
The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Notes may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 2.02, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Notes of any series:
(a) the title of the Notes of the series, including CUSIP number(s) (which shall distinguish the Notes of the series from Notes of any other series);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the series pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07, 2.10, 3.06 or 9.07 and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.02, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
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(c) the Person to whom any interest on a Note of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal of any Notes of the series is payable;
(e) the rate or rates at which any Notes of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the record date for any such interest payable on any interest payment date;
(f) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Notes of the series shall be payable;
(g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Notes of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Notes shall be evidenced;
(h) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Notes of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic measure or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(i) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Notes of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(j) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Notes of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Notes as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(k) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease any Notes of the series pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 shall be evidenced; or, that the Notes of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 or both such Sections;
(l) if applicable, that any Notes of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.06(f) and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.06 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof;
(m) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which apply to any Notes of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Notes to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;
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(n) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in Article 4 which apply to Notes of the series;
(o) provisions, if any, with regard to the conversion or exchange of the Notes of the series, at the option of the Holders thereof or the Company, as the case may be, for or into new Notes of a different series, Marketable Securities or other securities;
(p) provisions, if any, with regard to the exchange of the Notes of the series, at the option of the Holders thereof, for other Notes of the same series of the same aggregate principal amount or of a different authorized series or different authorized denomination or denominations, or both;
(q) if the Notes of the series shall be guaranteed, the terms and conditions of such Note Guarantees and provisions for the accession of the guarantors to certain obligations hereunder; and
(r) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(n)).
All Notes of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Notes of any one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Notes, additional Notes of a series may be issued, at the option of the Company, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. If all of the Notes of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Note of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Note of such series
Section 2.02. | Form; Dating; Execution and Authentication. |
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Notes of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Authentication Order contemplated by Section 2.02(d) for the authentication and delivery of such Notes. If all of the Notes of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Note of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Note of such series.
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The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of such Note shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Subject to Section 2.02(a), Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Subject to Section 2.02(a), Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06.
(c) Execution. At least one Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
(d) Authentication. The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an Authentication Order), authenticate and deliver Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of the Notes is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company, pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
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Section 2.03. | Registrar and Paying Agent. |
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04. | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. |
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Trustee and any Paying Agent (other than the Company) may assume that no Additional Interest is payable unless it has received written notice from the Company or a Holder that Additional Interest is due and payable. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05. | Holder Lists. |
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.06. | Transfer and Exchange. |
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
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the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall be
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registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e). A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note issued under this Indenture shall bear a legend on its face in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
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(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Companys order or at the Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06 and 9.05).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07. | Replacement Notes. |
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that the Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge a Holder for its expenses in replacing a Note.
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Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08. | Outstanding Notes. |
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(b).
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09. | Treasury Notes. |
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, any Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. | Temporary Notes. |
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11. | Cancellation. |
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Notes in its
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customary manner (consistent with all applicable legal requirements). Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12. | Defaulted Interest. |
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13. | CUSIP, ISIN and Other Numbers. |
The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers (if then generally in use) and, if it does so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and any such redemption or exchange shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. | Notices to Trustee. |
If the Company elects to redeem Notes of any series pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of such Note and Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the series of Notes to be redeemed, (iii) the redemption date, (iv) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (v) the redemption price; provided that as long as DTC serves as Depositary for a Global Note, any redemption shall comply with DTCs procedural requirements with respect to such note.
Section 3.02. | Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. |
If less than all of the Notes of any series are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes of such series to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes that are subject to such redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder of such series are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes of such series held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03. | Notice of Redemption. |
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes (including CUSIP Numbers) to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion (so long as such amount is in a denomination of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and providing a form setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04. | Effect of Notice of Redemption. |
A notice of redemption may be conditional.
Section 3.05. | Deposit of Redemption Price. |
On the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
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If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.
Section 3.06. | Notes Redeemed in Part. |
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Companys written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07. | Optional Redemption. |
(a) Except as set forth in the Note, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes.
(b) Any optional redemption provided for in the Note shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06.
Section 3.08. | Mandatory Redemption. |
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09. | Mandatory Disposition or Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Laws. |
If a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note is required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority, the Holder shall be obligated, at the request of the Company, to dispose of such Holders Notes within a time period prescribed by the Company or such other time period prescribed by such Gaming Authority (in which event the Companys obligation to pay any interest after the receipt of such notice shall be limited as provided in such Gaming Laws). Thereafter, the Company shall have the right to redeem, on the date fixed by the Company for the redemption of such Notes, such Holders Notes at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (1) the lowest closing sale price of the Notes on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which the Company shall have received notice from a Gaming Authority of such Holders disqualification or (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired such Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price. The Company is not required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note for the costs of licensure or investigation for such licensure, qualification or finding of suitability. Any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws must pay all investigative fees and costs of the Gaming Authorities in connection with such licensure, qualification or application therefor.
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ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. | Payment of Notes. |
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.12, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.12, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all such amounts.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. | Maintenance of Office or Agency. |
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 4.03. | Reports. |
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Holders within 15 days after it would be required to file them with the SEC (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Companys certified independent accountants and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports. In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and will post the reports on its website within those time periods. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).
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(b) If, at any time the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in Section 4.03(a) with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing.
(c) The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Companys filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in Section 4.03(a) and (b) on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes if the Company has filed (or, in the case of a Form 8-K, furnished) such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available.
(e) If at any time the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 4.04. | Compliance Certificate. |
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, not more than 30 days after any Officer becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05. | Stay and Extension Laws. |
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
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Section 4.06. | Corporate Existence. |
Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.07. | Limitation on Status of Investment Company. |
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, become an investment company (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), to the extent such status would subject the Company or any such Subsidiary to regulation under the Investment Company Act, except for Subsidiaries established for the purpose of financing the operating businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.08. | Payment for Consent. |
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the same series of Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.09. | Additional Note Guarantees. |
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates a Significant Subsidiary, or any non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Significant Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then such Restricted Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfying the requirements of this Indenture within 30 days following the date on which it was acquired, created or otherwise became a Significant Subsidiary (or such longer period as may be required to obtain any necessary approvals under applicable Gaming Laws or other regulatory requirements). Any Subsidiary that does not constitute a Significant Subsidiary need not become a Guarantor unless and until such time as it becomes a Significant Subsidiary. The Company shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all approvals of any Gaming Authority necessary to permit any Significant Subsidiary to become a Guarantor as promptly as practicable.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. | Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. |
(a) The Company shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other entity (other than a merger or consolidation of a Restricted Subsidiary with or into the Company) or in one transaction or a series of related transactions sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
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substantially all of its Property unless (i) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if the Company is not the surviving entity) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance is made (the Successor) (A) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such corporation expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation, the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company; and (B) the Successor shall have all Gaming Licenses required to operate all Gaming Facilities to be owned by such Successor; and (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys Property, such Property shall have been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one Person.
(b) No Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee.
Section 5.02. | Successor Corporation Substituted. |
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the Successor shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Successor had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Companys assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01(a).
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. | Events of Default. |
An Event of Default occurs with respect to Notes of any series if:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any of the Notes of the series when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note of that series when due at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise;
(c) the Company fails to observe, perform or comply with the covenants and agreements of Section 5.01;
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(d) the Company or any Guarantor fails to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in this Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the Company of a written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes of such series then outstanding voting as a single class;
(e) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $50.0 million;
(f) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $50.0 million and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(g) the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree with respect to the Company or any Guarantor under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against such Person in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a custodian of such Person or for all or substantially all of the property of such Person; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of such Person;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
(i) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person controlling such Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee, and such default continues for a period of 10 days; and
(j) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of the Companys consolidated cash flow (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders); and
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(k) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Notes of that series.
The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
A Default under clause (e), (f) or (j) of this Section 6.01 is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all of the Notes of that series notify the Company of the Default. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default. Any Default under clause (e) of this Section 6.01 resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or waived within 30 days of the receipt by the Company of the Notice of Default from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of such series of Notes.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 6.02. | Acceleration. |
Subject to Section 6.12, if an Event of Default with respect to the Notes of any series (other than an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h)) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (or, if any Notes of that series are Original Issue Discount Notes, such portion of the principal amount of such Notes as may be specified by the terms thereof) may accelerate the maturity of all the Notes of such series by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by the 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, together with any accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes of such series then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. In case an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h) shall occur, the Notes (including any accrued interest and, if applicable, Additional Interest, thereon) shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders; provided, however, that after such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series then outstanding, may, by written notice to the Trustee, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h) shall occur, the Notes (including any accrued interest thereon) shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.
Section 6.03. | Other Remedies. |
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
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Section 6.04. | Waiver of Past Defaults. |
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of any series then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences hereunder except (i) a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on a Note or (ii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. | Control by Majority. |
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of such series of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06. | Limitation on Suits. |
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of the same series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes of such series offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07. | Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
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Section 6.08. | Collection Suit by Trustee. |
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes of all series as to which such Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. |
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. | Priorities. |
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and unpaid on such Notes for principal, premium, Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the applicable Notes for principal, premium, Additional Interest, if any, and interest, respectively; and
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Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. | Undertaking for Costs. |
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series.
Section 6.12. | Reporting Defaults. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described in Section 4.03 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 of such series at a rate equal to % per annum. The Additional Interest will be payable in the same manner and subject to the same terms as other interest payable under this Indenture. The Additional Interest will accrue on all outstanding Notes of such series from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations under Section 4.03 or TIA § 314(a) first occurs to but excluding the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default relating to such reporting obligations is cured or waived). If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes of such series will be subject to the other remedies provided under this Article 6.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. | Duties of Trustee. |
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
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(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee pursuant to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions specifically required to be furnished to it hereunder to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the procedural requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02. | Rights of Trustee. |
(a) The Trustee may rely upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
Section 7.03. | Individual Rights of Trustee. |
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04. | Trustees Disclaimer. |
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Companys direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. | Notice of Defaults. |
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes of all applicable series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes of such series.
Section 7.06. | Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes. |
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Notes of any series are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.
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Section 7.07. | Compensation and Indemnity. |
The Company shall pay to the Trustee as agreed upon in writing from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
The Company shall fully indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually prejudiced by failure of the Trustee to provide timely notice of claims of which a Responsible Officer has received written notice. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes or particular series of Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08. | Replacement of Trustee. |
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series may remove the Trustee as to such series of Notes by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
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(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 20% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee for such series of Notes.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Companys obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the successor corporation or association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture and any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which is anywhere provided in the Notes or in this Indenture.
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Section 7.10. | Eligibility; Disqualification. |
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).
Section 7.11. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. |
The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. |
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 be applied to all outstanding Notes or any series of Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees of such Notes or series of Notes, upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02. | Legal Defeasance and Discharge. |
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes of such series and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees of such series of Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes of such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under Notes of such series and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes of such series to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Companys obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Companys and the Guarantors obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03.
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Section 8.03. | Covenant Defeasance. |
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.06 through the end of Article 4 with respect to the outstanding Notes of such series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and the Notes of such series shall thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders of Notes of such series (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(i), except for Sections 6.01(g) and 6.01(h) with respect to the Company (but not with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary) shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04. | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. |
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes of any series:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, 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, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on all outstanding Notes of such series on the stated date for payment thereof 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;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States 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 this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes of such series 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;
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(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence);
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of the Guarantors is a party or by which the Company or any of the Guarantors is bound;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, have been complied with.
Section 8.05. | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. |
Subject to Section 8.06, all money and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes of any series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06. | Repayment to Company. |
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any
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Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07. | Reinstatement. |
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. | Without Consent of Holders of Notes. |
Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of a Note to:
(a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission or inconsistency;
(b) provide for the assumption of the Companys or a Guarantors obligations to the Holders of the Notes or Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a Successor to the Company or a successor to such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5;
(c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(d) add any Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release Note Guarantees when required or permitted by the terms of this Indenture;
(e) secure the Notes;
(f) add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Notes or the Note Guarantees (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;
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(g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of all or any series of the Notes or the Note Guarantees (and if such additional rights or benefits are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Notes, stating that such additional rights or benefits are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder or any Guarantor;
(h) comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(i) conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes contained in any Prospectus or Supplemental Prospectus relating to the initial offering of all or any series of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or such Notes;
(j) establish the form or terms of Notes of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01;
(k) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.08;
(l) add to this Indenture such provisions as may be expressly permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in TIA § 316 (a)(2) as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any federal statute hereafter enacted;
(m) provide for the terms and conditions of conversion into any Marketable Securities of the Notes of any series which are convertible into Marketable Securities; and
(n) add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Notes, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Note of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Note with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no Note described in clause (i) Outstanding.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02. | With Consent of Holders of Notes. |
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees without notice to any Holder of Notes but with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount each series of the Notes affected by such amendment or supplement then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on
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the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 shall determine which Notes are considered to be outstanding for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver.
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(c) reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any Note;
(d) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which a Note may be redeemed;
(e) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest, premium or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holders Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(g) make any change to Article 10 that would adversely affect the Holders;
(h) release any security interest in favor of the Notes; or
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(i) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.
In addition, any amendment which releases any Guarantor from its obligations under any Note Guarantee (except as specified in Article 5 or Section 10.02 prior to any such amendment) will require the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Notes, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Notes of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Notes of any other series.
Section 9.03. | Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. |
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04. | Revocation and Effect of Consents. |
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. From and after the date an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms, it shall bind every Holder.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
Section 9.05. | Notation on or Exchange of Notes. |
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06. | Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until
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the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
Section 9.07. | Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. |
Notes of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Notes of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes of such series.
ARTICLE 10.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01. | Note Guarantees. |
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article 10, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including under Section 7.07) and the Notes (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Guarantor Obligations). Each Guarantor agrees (to the extent lawful) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.
(b) Each Guarantor waives (to the extent lawful) presentation to, demand of, and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives (to the extent lawful) notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives (to the extent lawful) notice of any default under the Notes or the Guarantor Obligations.
(c) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 10.02 and Article 8, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not (to the extent lawful) be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not (to the extent lawful) be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other
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agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (vi) any change in the ownership of the Company; (vii) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (viii) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(e) Each Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Note Guarantee in compliance with Section 5.01, Section 10.02, Section 11.01 or Article 8. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) (including interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding).
(g) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed and (ii) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of such Guarantors Note Guarantee.
(h) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.
(i) Neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to make a notation on the Notes to reflect any Note Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge thereof and any such notation shall not be a condition to the validity of any Note Guarantee.
Section 10.02. | Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge. |
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other
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Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) A Note Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and each Guarantor and its obligations under the Note Guarantee and this Indenture shall be released and discharged:
(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (by way of merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and the Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as a result of the sale or other disposition;
(iii) if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture; or
(iv) upon legal defeasance, covenant defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 8.02, Section 8.03, or Section 11.01.
(c) If any Guarantor is released from its Note Guarantee, any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors will be released from their Note Guarantees.
(d) In the case of any transaction described in Section 10.02(b)(i) or (b)(ii), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(e) The release of a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee and its obligations under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.02 shall not preclude the future application of Section 4.19 to such Person.
Section 10.03. | Right of Contribution. |
Subject to Section 10.04, each Guarantor agrees that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a Funding Guarantor) in respect of the Guarantor Obligations, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the relative net worth of each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) as of the date of such payment or distribution for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Guarantor Obligations. The provisions of this Section 10.03 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 10.04. | No Subrogation. |
Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder
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for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.
ARTICLE 11.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01. | Satisfaction and Discharge. |
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) | either: |
(a) | all Notes of such series that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
(b) | all Notes of such series that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the 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 U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes of such series not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; |
(2) | other than with respect to a discharge when the Notes of such series have become due and payable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the 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 this Indenture; and |
(4) | the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes of such series at maturity or 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.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 11.02. | Application of Trust Money. |
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 12.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. | Trust Indenture Act Controls. |
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 12.02. | Notices. |
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address, as follows:
If to the Company or any Guarantor:
Boyd Gaming Corporation
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, 9th Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Telecopier No.: (702) 792-7214
Attention: Josh Hirsberg
and
Telecopier No.: (702) 696-1114
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Attention: Brian A. Larson, Esq.
With a copy to:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
555 W. Fifth Street, Suite 3500
Los Angeles, California 90013
Telecopier No.: (213) 892-5454
Attention: Kathryn I. Johnstone
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The Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company or any Guarantor mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03. | Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. |
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section 12.04. | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. |
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
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(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05. | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. |
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 12.06. | Rules by Trustee and Agents. |
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07. | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. |
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture and the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08. | Governing Law. |
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
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Section 12.09. | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. |
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 12.10. | Successors. |
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.02.
Section 12.11. | Severability. |
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.12. | Counterpart Originals. |
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 12.13. | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Indenture to Articles and Sections are to the articles and sections of this Indenture.
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RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT OF SHREVEPORT, L.L.C. | ||||
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M.S.W., INC. | ||||
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[Face of Note]
CUSIP/CINS
% Senior Note due
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BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
promises to pay to or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
Dollars on
Interest Payment Dates: and
Record Dates: and
Dated:
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[Back of Note]
% Senior Note due
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at % per annum from , 20 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be , 20 . The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the or immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, , the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of , 20 (the Indenture) among the Company, the Guarantors listed therein and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and if the Notes are registered under the Securities Act, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 5, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to . On or after , the Company shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) 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 of the years indicated below:
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to , the Company may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes at a redemption price equal to % of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of such Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings; provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Public Equity Offering.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. MANDATORY DISPOSITION OR REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will have the right to require a Holder to dispose of such Holders Notes if such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Notes is required to be licensed or found qualified or suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed or found qualified or suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority. In the event any such Holder fails to dispose of Notes within a prescribed time period, the Company shall have the right to call such Notes for redemption at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of the Notes on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which the Company shall have received notice from such Gaming Authority of such Holders disqualification or (ii) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price.
8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may be conditional. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, on and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture and the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Holder of Notes but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any past Default and its consequences may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company, the Guarantors, and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission, or inconsistency; (b) provide for the assumption of the Companys or a Guarantors obligations to the Holders of the Notes or Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 of the Indenture; (c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (d) add any Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release such Note Guarantees when required or permitted by the terms of the Indenture; (e) secure the Notes; (f) add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or the Note Guarantees or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor; (g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder; (h) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (i) conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the Description of notes section of any applicable Offering Memorandum relating to the initial offering of the Notes of such series, to the extent that such provision in that Description of notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, such series of Notes or the Note Guarantee; (j) establish the form or terms of Notes of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Indenture; (k) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.08 of the Indenture; (l) add to the Indenture such provisions as may be expressly permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in TIA § 316 (a)(2) as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any federal statute hereafter enacted; or (m) provide for the terms and conditions of conversion into any Marketable Securities of the Notes of any series which are convertible into Marketable Securities.
12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise; (iii) failure by the Company to comply with Section 5.01(a) of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any Guarantor to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in the Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the Company
of a written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $50,000,000; (vi) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or a group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person controlling such Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee, and such default continues for a period of 10 days; and (ix) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of the Companys Consolidated EBITDA (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders). A Default under clause (v), (vi) or (ix) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes notify the Company of the Default; provided that any Default under clause (v) above resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or annulled, respectively, within 30 days of the receipt by the Company of such notice of default from the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Subject to the following paragraph, if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by the 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, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.
The sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described under Section 4.03 of the Indenture and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a) 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. If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
17. CUSIP NUMBERS; ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
18. GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Boyd Gaming Corporation, 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, 9th Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, Attention: General Counsel.
[Insert the Schedule of Principal Amount, if a Global Note]
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to: |
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(Insert assignees legal name) |
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint |
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. |
Date: |
Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee*: |
* | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Note Custodian | ||||
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
and
the Guarantors named herein
% SENIOR NOTES DUE 20
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ,
,
Trustee
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This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of , 20 is by and among Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation (including any and all successors thereto, the Company), each of the parties identified under the caption Guarantors on the signature page hereto (the Guarantors) and , as Trustee.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee entered into an Indenture dated as of , 20 (the Indenture) pursuant to which the Company issued $ million in principal amount of % Senior Notes due 20 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(d) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to add Guarantors without the consent of the Holders of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.
2. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.
3. From this date, in accordance with Section 8 of this Supplemental Indenture and by executing this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors whose signatures appear below are subject to the provisions of the Indenture to the extent provided for in Article 10 thereof.
4. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.
5. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
6. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the 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.
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7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION | ||||
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Title: | ||||
[EACH GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARY] | ||||
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Exhibit 4.2
BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES
INDENTURE
Dated as of , 20
Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section |
Indenture Section | |||||||
310(a) | (1) | 7.10 | ||||||
(a) | (2) | 7.10 | ||||||
(a) | (3) | N.A. | ||||||
(a) | (4) | N.A. | ||||||
(a) | (5) | 7.10 | ||||||
(b) | 7.10 | |||||||
(c) | N.A. | |||||||
311(a) | 7.11 | |||||||
(b) | 7.11 | |||||||
(c) | N.A. | |||||||
312(a) | 2.05 | |||||||
(b) | 12.03 | |||||||
(c) | 12.03 | |||||||
313(a) | 7.06 | |||||||
(b) | (1) | 10.03 | ||||||
(b) | (2) | 7.07 | ||||||
(c) | 7.06;12.02 | |||||||
(d) | 7.06 | |||||||
314(a) | 1.01; 4.03;6.12; 12.02; 12.05 | |||||||
(b) | N.A. | |||||||
(c) | (1) | 12.04 | ||||||
(c) | (2) | 12.04 | ||||||
(c) | (3) | N.A. | ||||||
(d) | N.A. | |||||||
(e) | 12.05 | |||||||
(f) | N.A. | |||||||
315(a) | 7.01 | |||||||
(b) | 7.05;12.02 | |||||||
(c) | 7.01 | |||||||
(d) | 7.01 | |||||||
(e) | 6.11 | |||||||
316(a) | (last sentence) | 2.09 | ||||||
(a) | (1)(A) | 6.05 | ||||||
(a) | (1)(B) | 6.04 | ||||||
(a) | (2) | 9.01 | ||||||
(b) | 6.07 | |||||||
(c) | 9.04 | |||||||
317(a) | (1) | 6.08 | ||||||
(a) | (2) | 6.09 | ||||||
(b) | 2.04 | |||||||
318(a) | 12.01 | |||||||
(b) | N.A. | |||||||
(c) | 12.01 |
N.A. means not applicable.
* | This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01. |
Definitions |
1 | ||||
Section 1.02. |
Other Definitions |
10 | ||||
Section 1.03. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
10 | ||||
Section 1.04. |
Rules of Construction |
11 | ||||
ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
11 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Form; Dating; Execution and Authentication |
13 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
14 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
15 | ||||
Section 2.05. |
Holder Lists |
15 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
Transfer and Exchange |
15 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
Replacement Notes |
18 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Outstanding Notes |
18 | ||||
Section 2.09. |
Treasury Notes |
19 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Temporary Notes |
19 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Cancellation |
19 | ||||
Section 2.12. |
Defaulted Interest |
19 | ||||
Section 2.13. |
CUSIP, ISIN and Other Numbers |
20 | ||||
ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
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Section 3.01. |
Notices to Trustee |
20 | ||||
Section 3.02. |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed |
20 | ||||
Section 3.03. |
Notice of Redemption |
20 | ||||
Section 3.04. |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
21 | ||||
Section 3.05. |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
21 | ||||
Section 3.06. |
Notes Redeemed in Part |
22 | ||||
Section 3.07. |
Optional Redemption |
22 | ||||
Section 3.08. |
Mandatory Redemption |
22 | ||||
Section 3.09. |
Mandatory Disposition or Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Laws |
22 | ||||
ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01. |
Payment of Notes |
22 | ||||
Section 4.02. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
23 | ||||
Section 4.03. |
Reports |
23 | ||||
Section 4.04. |
Compliance Certificate |
24 | ||||
Section 4.05. |
Stay and Extension Laws |
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Section 4.06. |
Corporate Existence |
24 | ||||
Section 4.07. |
Limitation on Status of Investment Company |
25 | ||||
Section 4.08. |
Payment for Consent |
25 | ||||
ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS |
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Section 5.01. |
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets |
25 | ||||
Section 5.02. |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
25 | ||||
ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.01. |
Events of Default |
26 | ||||
Section 6.02. |
Acceleration |
27 | ||||
Section 6.03. |
Other Remedies |
28 | ||||
Section 6.04. |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
28 | ||||
Section 6.05. |
Control by Majority |
28 | ||||
Section 6.06. |
Limitation on Suits |
28 | ||||
Section 6.07. |
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment |
29 | ||||
Section 6.08. |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
29 | ||||
Section 6.09. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
29 | ||||
Section 6.10. |
Priorities |
30 | ||||
Section 6.11. |
Undertaking for Costs |
30 | ||||
Section 6.12. |
Reporting Defaults |
30 | ||||
ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01. |
Duties of Trustee |
30 | ||||
Section 7.02. |
Rights of Trustee |
31 | ||||
Section 7.03. |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
32 | ||||
Section 7.04. |
Trustees Disclaimer |
32 | ||||
Section 7.05. |
Notice of Defaults |
32 | ||||
Section 7.06. |
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes |
32 | ||||
Section 7.07. |
Compensation and Indemnity |
33 | ||||
Section 7.08. |
Replacement of Trustee |
34 | ||||
Section 7.09. |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc |
34 | ||||
Section 7.10. |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
35 | ||||
Section 7.11. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
35 | ||||
ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.01. |
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
35 | ||||
Section 8.02. |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
35 | ||||
Section 8.03. |
Covenant Defeasance |
36 | ||||
Section 8.04. |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
36 | ||||
Section 8.05. |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
37 | ||||
Section 8.06. |
Repayment to Company |
37 |
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Section 8.07. |
Reinstatement |
38 | ||||
ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 9.01. |
Without Consent of Holders of Notes |
38 | ||||
Section 9.02. |
With Consent of Holders of Notes |
39 | ||||
Section 9.03. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
41 | ||||
Section 9.04. |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
41 | ||||
Section 9.05. |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
41 | ||||
Section 9.06. |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc |
41 | ||||
Section 9.07. |
Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures |
41 | ||||
ARTICLE 10. SUBORDINATION |
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Section 10.01. |
Agreement to Subordinate |
42 | ||||
Section 10.02. |
Liquidation, Dissolution and Bankruptcy |
42 | ||||
Section 10.03. |
Default on Senior Debt |
42 | ||||
Section 10.04. |
Acceleration of Payment of Notes |
43 | ||||
Section 10.05. |
When Distribution Must Be Paid Over |
43 | ||||
Section 10.06. |
Subrogation |
43 | ||||
Section 10.07. |
Relative Rights |
43 | ||||
Section 10.08. |
Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company |
43 | ||||
Section 10.09. |
Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent |
44 | ||||
Section 10.10. |
Distribution or Notice to Representative |
44 | ||||
Section 10.11. |
Article Ten Not to Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to Accelerate |
44 | ||||
Section 10.12. |
Trust Moneys Not Subordinated |
44 | ||||
Section 10.13. |
Trustee Entitled to Rely |
44 | ||||
Section 10.14. |
Trustee to Effectuate Subordination |
45 | ||||
Section 10.15. |
Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt |
45 | ||||
Section 10.16. |
Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt on Subordination Provisions |
45 | ||||
Section 10.17. |
Certain Payments |
45 | ||||
ARTICLE 11. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 11.01. |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
45 | ||||
Section 11.02. |
Application of Trust Money |
46 | ||||
ARTICLE 12. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 12.01. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
47 | ||||
Section 12.02. |
Notices |
47 | ||||
Section 12.03. |
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes |
48 | ||||
Section 12.04. |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
48 | ||||
Section 12.05. |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
48 |
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Section 12.06. |
Rules by Trustee and Agents |
49 | ||||
Section 12.07. |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
49 | ||||
Section 12.08. |
Governing Law |
49 | ||||
Section 12.09. |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
49 | ||||
Section 12.10. |
Successors |
49 | ||||
Section 12.11. |
Severability |
49 | ||||
Section 12.12. |
Counterpart Originals |
49 | ||||
Section 12.13. |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc |
49 |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | FORM OF NOTE |
Exhibit B | FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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INDENTURE dated as of , 20 by and between Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation (including any and all successors thereto, the Company), and , as trustee (the Trustee).
The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes (as defined below):
RECITALS
A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the Notes) unlimited as to principal amount to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as in this Indenture provided.
B. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
AGREEMENT
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. | Definitions. |
Additional Interest means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to the provisions relating to additional interest described under Section 6.12 as the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described under Section 4.03 and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a).
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, a Person (i) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, (ii) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the Voting Stock of such Person (or a 10% or greater equity interest in a Person which is not a corporation) or (iii) of which 10% or more of any class of the Voting Stock (or, in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, 10% or more of the equity interest) is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries by such Person. The term control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.
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Attributable Indebtedness means Indebtedness deemed to be Incurred in respect of a Sale/ Leaseback Transaction and shall be, at the date of determination, the present value (discounted at the actual rate of interest implicit in such transaction, compounded annually), of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital Lease Obligations means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, partnership interests or any other participation, right, warrants, options or other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, but excluding any debt security convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Company means Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
Credit Facility means (i) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010, by and among the Company, the financial institutions named therein, Bank of America, National Association, as administrative agent and letter of credit issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as swing line lender, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the Credit Agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of Credit Facility, one or more (a) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (b) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or
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bank guarantees or bankers acceptances), or (c) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
Currency Exchange Protection Agreement means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency option or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Designated Senior Debt means (i) indebtedness under or in respect of the Credit Facility and (ii) any Senior Debt of the Company which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which at the date of determination the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $ million and is specifically designated by the Company in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Debt as Designated Senior Debt.
Disqualified Stock of a Person means any Capital Stock of such Person (i) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or otherwise, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or (c) is convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness and (ii) as to which the maturity, mandatory redemption, conversion or exchange or redemption at the option of the holder thereof occurs, or may occur, in the case of each of clauses (i) or (ii) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided, however, that such Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if it is redeemable prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes only if (a) the holder or a beneficial owner of such Capital Stock is required to qualify under the Gaming Laws and does not so qualify, or (b) the Board of Directors determines in its reasonable, good faith judgment, as evidenced by a Board Resolution, that as a result of a holder or beneficial owner owning such Capital Stock, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has lost or may lose any Gaming License, which if lost or not reinstated, as the case may be, would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or would restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business in any gaming jurisdiction.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
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Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
GAAP means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Gaming Authority means any of the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, the Illinois Gaming Board, the Indiana Gaming Commission and any other agency (including, without limitation, any agency established by a federally-recognized Indian tribe to regulate gaming on such tribes reservation) which has, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor to such authority.
Gaming Facility means any gaming or pari-mutuel wagering establishment and other Property or assets directly ancillary thereto or used in connection therewith, including any building, restaurant, hotel, theater, parking facilities, retail shops, spa, land, golf courses and other recreation and entertainment facilities, vessel, barge, ship and equipment or 100% of the equity interest of a Person the primary business of which is ownership and operation of any of the foregoing.
Gaming Laws means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject.
Gaming License means any license, permit, franchise or other authorization from any governmental authority required on the date of this Indenture or at any time thereafter to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct the gaming business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including all licenses granted under Gaming Laws and other Legal Requirements.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Global Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(ii), 2.06(d) or 2.06(f).
Guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such first Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include (a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; or (b) any obligation in the nature of a completion guaranty which is limited solely to an obligation to complete the development, construction or opening of any new Gaming Facility entered into on behalf of any Person in which an investment has been made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
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Incur means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or obligation on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person including by merger or operation of law (and Incurrence, Incurred, Incurable and Incurring shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing). The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness so long as the amount thereof is included in the computation of Consolidated Fixed Charges for all purposes under this Indenture.
Indebtedness means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the Property of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or the principal amount of such indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding any balances that constitute customer advance payments and deposits, accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise included (i) any Capital Lease Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien to which the Property owned or held by such Person is subject, whether or not the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed (the amount of such Indebtedness being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such Property or the amount of the Indebtedness so secured); (iii) Guarantees of Indebtedness of other Persons; (iv) any Disqualified Stock; (v) any Attributable Indebtedness; (vi) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or other similar instruments or credit transactions issued for the account of such Person (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in this definition) of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third business day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit; (vii) in the case of the Company, Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (viii) obligations pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Exchange Protection Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include any interest or accrued interest until due and payable. For purposes of this definition, the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were repurchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability of any other obligations described in clauses (i) through (viii) above in respect thereof at such date.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time. The term Indenture shall also include the terms of a particular series of Notes established as contemplated by Section 2.01.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
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Interest Rate Agreement means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.
Issue Date means [ , 20 ].
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the Cities of New York, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Legal Requirements means all laws, statutes and ordinances and all rules, orders, rulings, regulations, directives, decrees, injunctions and requirements of all governmental authorities, that are now or may hereafter be in existence, and that may be applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof or the Trustee (including building codes, zoning and environmental laws, regulations and ordinances and Gaming Laws), as modified by any variances, special use permits, waivers, exceptions or other exemptions which may from time to time be applicable.
Lien means with respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance, preference, priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such Property (including any Capital Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). Any Sale/Leaseback Transaction shall be deemed to constitute a Lien on the Property which is the subject of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction securing the Attributable Indebtedness represented thereby.
Marketable Security means any common stock, debt security or other security of a Person which is (or will, upon distribution thereof, be) listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Act or approved for quotation in any system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices in the United States of America or for which there is a recognized market maker or trading market.
NASDAQ means the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market.
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Indenture.
Obligations means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
Offering means the offering of the Notes by the Company.
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal accounting officer or principal financial officer of the Company.
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Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel that meets the requirements of Section 12.05. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
Original Issue Discount Note means any Note which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
Outstanding when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Notes as to which defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03; and
(iv) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.07 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Note which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 6.02, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Note is not determinable, the principal amount of such Note which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 2.01, of the principal amount of such Note (or, in the case of a Note described in clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such clause), and (D) Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Person means any individual, corporation, company (including limited liability company), partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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Preferred Stock means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the holders of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.
Property means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock in any other Person (but excluding Capital Stock or other securities issued by such first Person).
Public Equity Offering means an underwritten public offering of Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
Representative means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Debt of the Company.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that (a) has not been designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (b) was an Unrestricted Subsidiary but has been redesignated by the Board of Directors of the Company as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case as provided under the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect arrangement pursuant to which Property is sold or transferred by such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person and is thereafter leased back from the purchaser or transferee thereof by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Debt means:
(i) all obligations consisting of the principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company to the extent post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of (a) Indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money and (b) Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments permitted under this Indenture for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable;
(ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of the Company;
(iii) all obligations of the Company (a) for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction, (b) under any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Exchange Protection Agreement or (c) issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property and all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations under any title retention agreement permitted under this Indenture; and
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(iv) all obligations of other Persons of the type referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as guarantor; provided, however, that Senior Debt does not include:
(a) Indebtedness of the Company that is by its terms subordinate or pari passu in right of payment to the Notes, including any Senior Subordinated Debt or any Subordinated Obligations;
(b) any Indebtedness Incurred in violation of the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) accounts payable or any other obligations of the Company to trade creditors created or assumed by the Company in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services (including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities);
(d) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company;
(e) any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary; or
(f) any obligations with respect to any Capital Stock.
Senior Subordinated Debt means the Notes and any other subordinated Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Notes and is not subordinated by its terms to any other subordinated Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Debt.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which a payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).
Subordinated Obligation means any Indebtedness (whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
Subsidiary of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
Trustee means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuers option.
U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock means securities of any class or classes of a Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for corporate directors (or Persons performing equivalent functions).
Section 1.02. | Other Definitions. |
Term |
Defined in Section | |
Authentication Order |
2.02 | |
Covenant Defeasance |
8.03 | |
DTC |
2.03 | |
Event of Default |
6.01 | |
Legal Defeasance |
8.02 | |
Paying Agent |
2.03 | |
Payment Blockage Notice |
10.03 | |
Payment Blockage Period |
10.03 | |
pay the Notes |
10.03 | |
Redemption Provision Default |
6.12 | |
Registrar |
2.03 | |
Successor |
5.01 |
Section 1.03. | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. |
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities means the Notes;
indenture security holder means a Holder of a Note;
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
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Section 1.04. | Rules of Construction. |
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) or is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and
(g) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES
Section 2.01. | Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. |
The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Notes may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 2.02, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Notes of any series:
(a) the title of the Notes of the series, including CUSIP number(s) (which shall distinguish the Notes of the series from Notes of any other series);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the series pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07, 2.10, 3.06 or 9.07 and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.02, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the Person to whom any interest on a Note of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal of any Notes of the series is payable;
(e) the rate or rates at which any Notes of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the record date for any such interest payable on any interest payment date;
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(f) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Notes of the series shall be payable;
(g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Notes of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Notes shall be evidenced;
(h) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Notes of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic measure or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(i) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Notes of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(j) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Notes of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Notes as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(k) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease any Notes of the series pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 shall be evidenced; or, that the Notes of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 or both such Sections;
(l) if applicable, that any Notes of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.06(f) and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.06 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof;
(m) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which apply to any Notes of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Notes to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;
(n) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in Article 4 which apply to Notes of the series;
(o) provisions, if any, with regard to the conversion or exchange of the Notes of the series, at the option of the Holders thereof or the Company, as the case may be, for or into new Notes of a different series, Marketable Securities or other securities;
(p) provisions, if any, with regard to the exchange of the Notes of the series, at the option of the Holders thereof, for other Notes of the same series of the same aggregate principal amount or of a different authorized series or different authorized denomination or denominations, or both;
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(q) if the Notes of the series shall be guaranteed, the terms and conditions of such note guarantees and provisions for the accession of the guarantors to certain obligations hereunder; and
(r) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(n)).
All Notes of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Notes of any one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Notes, additional Notes of a series may be issued, at the option of the Company, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. If all of the Notes of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Note of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Note of such series
Section 2.02. | Form; Dating; Execution and Authentication. |
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Notes of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Authentication Order contemplated by Section 2.02(d) for the authentication and delivery of such Notes. If all of the Notes of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Note of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Note of such series.
The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of such Note shall govern and be controlling.
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(b) Global Notes. Subject to Section 2.02(a), Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Subject to Section 2.02(a), Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06.
(c) Execution. At least one Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
(d) Authentication. The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an Authentication Order), authenticate and deliver Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of the Notes is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company, pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. | Registrar and Paying Agent. |
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
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The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04. | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. |
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Trustee and any Paying Agent (other than the Company) may assume that no Additional Interest is payable unless it has received written notice from the Company or a Holder that Additional Interest is due and payable. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05. | Holder Lists. |
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.06. | Transfer and Exchange. |
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in
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accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly
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endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e). A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note issued under this Indenture shall bear a legend on its face in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Companys order or at the Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06 and 9.05).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
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(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07. | Replacement Notes. |
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that the Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge a Holder for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08. | Outstanding Notes. |
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(b).
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
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If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09. | Treasury Notes. |
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. | Temporary Notes. |
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11. | Cancellation. |
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Notes in its customary manner (consistent with all applicable legal requirements). Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12. | Defaulted Interest. |
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
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Section 2.13. | CUSIP, ISIN and Other Numbers. |
The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers (if then generally in use) and, if it does so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and any such redemption or exchange shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. | Notices to Trustee. |
If the Company elects to redeem Notes of any series pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of such Note and Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the series of Notes to be redeemed, (iii) the redemption date, (iv) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (v) the redemption price; provided that as long as DTC serves as Depositary for a Global Note, any redemption shall comply with DTCs procedural requirements with respect to such note.
Section 3.02. | Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. |
If less than all of the Notes of any series are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes of such series to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes that are subject to such redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder of such series are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes of such series held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03. | Notice of Redemption. |
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes (including CUSIP Numbers) to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
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(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion (so long as such amount is in a denomination of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and providing a form setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04. | Effect of Notice of Redemption. |
A notice of redemption may be conditional.
Section 3.05. | Deposit of Redemption Price. |
On the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.
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Section 3.06. | Notes Redeemed in Part. |
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Companys written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07. | Optional Redemption. |
(a) Except as set forth in the Note, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes.
(b) Any optional redemption provided for in the Note shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06.
Section 3.08. | Mandatory Redemption. |
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09. | Mandatory Disposition or Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Laws. |
If a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note is required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority, the Holder shall be obligated, at the request of the Company, to dispose of such Holders Notes within a time period prescribed by the Company or such other time period prescribed by such Gaming Authority (in which event the Companys obligation to pay any interest after the receipt of such notice shall be limited as provided in such Gaming Laws). Thereafter, the Company shall have the right to redeem, on the date fixed by the Company for the redemption of such Notes, such Holders Notes at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (1) the lowest closing sale price of the Notes on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which the Company shall have received notice from a Gaming Authority of such Holders disqualification or (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired such Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price. The Company is not required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note for the costs of licensure or investigation for such licensure, qualification or finding of suitability. Any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws must pay all investigative fees and costs of the Gaming Authorities in connection with such licensure, qualification or application therefor.
ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS
Section 4.01. | Payment of Notes. |
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.12, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.12, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all such amounts.
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The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. | Maintenance of Office or Agency. |
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 4.03. | Reports. |
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Holders within 15 days after it would be required to file them with the SEC (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Companys certified independent accountants and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports. In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and will post the reports on its website within those time periods. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).
(b) If, at any time the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in Section 4.03(a) with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing.
(c) The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Companys filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in Section 4.03(a) and (b) on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes if the Company has filed (or, in the case of a Form 8-K, furnished) such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available.
(e) If at any time the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 4.04. | Compliance Certificate. |
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, not more than 30 days after any Officer becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05. | Stay and Extension Laws. |
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.06. | Corporate Existence. |
Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
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Section 4.07. | Limitation on Status of Investment Company. |
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, become an investment company (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), to the extent such status would subject the Company or any such Subsidiary to regulation under the Investment Company Act, except for Subsidiaries established for the purpose of financing the operating businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.08. | Payment for Consent. |
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the same series of Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. | Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. |
The Company shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other entity (other than a merger or consolidation of a Restricted Subsidiary with or into the Company) or in one transaction or a series of related transactions sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its Property unless (i) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if the Company is not the surviving entity) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance is made (the Successor) (A) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such corporation expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation, the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company; and (B) the Successor shall have all Gaming Licenses required to operate all Gaming Facilities to be owned by such Successor; and (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys Property, such Property shall have been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one Person.
Section 5.02. | Successor Corporation Substituted. |
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the Successor shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Successor had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Companys assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01.
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ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. | Events of Default. |
An Event of Default occurs with respect to Notes of any series if:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any of the Notes of the series when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, whether or not prohibited by Article 10;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note of that series when due at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise, whether or not prohibited by Article 10;
(c) the Company fails to observe, perform or comply with the covenants and agreements of Section 5.01;
(d) the Company fails to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in this Indenture or the Notes, and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the Company of a written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes of such series then outstanding voting as a single class;
(e) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $50.0 million;
(f) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $50.0 million and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(g) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree with respect to the Company under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a custodian of such Person or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company; or
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(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
(i) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of the Companys consolidated cash flow (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders); and
(j) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Notes of that series.
The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
A Default under clause (e), (f) or (i) of this Section 6.01 is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all of the Notes of that series notify the Company of the Default. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default. Any Default under clause (e) of this Section 6.01 resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or waived within 30 days of the receipt by the Company of the Notice of Default from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of such series of Notes.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 6.02. | Acceleration. |
Subject to Section 6.12, if an Event of Default with respect to the Notes of any series (other than an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h)) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (or, if any Notes of that series are Original Issue Discount Notes, such portion of the principal amount of such Notes as may be specified by the terms thereof) may accelerate the maturity of all the Notes of such series by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by the 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, together with any accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes of such series then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. In case an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h) shall occur, the Notes (including any accrued interest and, if applicable, Additional Interest, thereon) shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders; provided, however, that after such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series then outstanding, may, by written notice to the Trustee, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h) shall occur, the Notes (including any accrued interest thereon) shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.
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Section 6.03. | Other Remedies. |
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04. | Waiver of Past Defaults. |
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of any series then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences hereunder except (i) a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on a Note or (ii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. | Control by Majority. |
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of such series of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06. | Limitation on Suits. |
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of the same series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes of such series offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and
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(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07. | Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. | Collection Suit by Trustee. |
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes of all series as to which such Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. |
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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Section 6.10. | Priorities. |
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and unpaid on such Notes for principal, premium, Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the applicable Notes for principal, premium, Additional Interest, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. | Undertaking for Costs. |
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series.
Section 6.12. | Reporting Defaults. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described in Section 4.03 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 of such series at a rate equal to % per annum. The Additional Interest will be payable in the same manner and subject to the same terms as other interest payable under this Indenture. The Additional Interest will accrue on all outstanding Notes of such series from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations under Section 4.03 or TIA § 314(a) first occurs to but excluding the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default relating to such reporting obligations is cured or waived). If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes of such series will be subject to the other remedies provided under this Article 6.
ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. | Duties of Trustee. |
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
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(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee pursuant to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions specifically required to be furnished to it hereunder to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the procedural requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02. | Rights of Trustee. |
(a) The Trustee may rely upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the advice of such
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counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
Section 7.03. | Individual Rights of Trustee. |
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04. | Trustees Disclaimer. |
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Companys direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. | Notice of Defaults. |
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes of all applicable series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes of such series.
Section 7.06. | Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes. |
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in
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TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Notes of any series are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.
Section 7.07. | Compensation and Indemnity. |
The Company shall pay to the Trustee as agreed upon in writing from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
The Company shall fully indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually prejudiced by failure of the Trustee to provide timely notice of claims of which a Responsible Officer has received written notice. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes or particular series of Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
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Section 7.08. | Replacement of Trustee. |
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series may remove the Trustee as to such series of Notes by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 20% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any series may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee for such series of Notes.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Companys obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the successor corporation or association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture and any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
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Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which is anywhere provided in the Notes or in this Indenture.
Section 7.10. | Eligibility; Disqualification. |
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).
Section 7.11. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. |
The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. |
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 be applied to all outstanding Notes or any series of Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02. | Legal Defeasance and Discharge. |
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes of such series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes of such series , which shall thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under Notes of such series and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes of such series to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Companys obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Companys obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03.
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Section 8.03. | Covenant Defeasance. |
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.06 through the end of Article 4 with respect to the outstanding Notes of such series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and the Notes of such series shall thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders of Notes of such series (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(i), except for Sections 6.01(g) and 6.01(h) with respect to the Company (but not with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary) shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04. | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. |
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes of any series:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, 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, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on all outstanding Notes of such series on the stated date for payment thereof 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;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States 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 this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes of such series 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;
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(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence);
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, have been complied with.
Section 8.05. | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. |
Subject to Section 8.06, all money and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes of any series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06. | Repayment to Company. |
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, Additional
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Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07. | Reinstatement. |
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any such Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. | Without Consent of Holders of Notes. |
Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note to:
(a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission or inconsistency;
(b) provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5;
(c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(d) add Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release such Guarantees when required or permitted by the terms of this Indenture;
(e) secure the Notes;
(f) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Notes (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of all or any series of the Notes (and if such additional rights or benefits are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Notes, stating that such additional rights or benefits are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder;
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(h) comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(i) conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes contained in any Prospectus or Supplemental Prospectus relating to the initial offering of all or any series of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or such Notes;
(j) establish the form or terms of Notes of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01;
(k) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.08;
(l) add to this Indenture such provisions as may be expressly permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in TIA § 316 (a)(2) as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any federal statute hereafter enacted;
(m) provide for the terms and conditions of conversion into any Marketable Securities of the Notes of any series which are convertible into Marketable Securities; and
(n) add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Notes, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Note of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Note with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no Note described in clause (i) Outstanding.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02. | With Consent of Holders of Notes. |
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and the Notes without notice to any Holder of Notes but with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount each series of the Notes affected by such amendment or supplement then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 shall determine which Notes are considered to be outstanding for purposes of this Section 9.02.
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Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver.
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(c) reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any Note;
(d) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which a Note may be redeemed;
(e) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest, premium or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holders Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(g) make any change to Article 10 that would adversely affect the Holders;
(h) release any security interest in favor of the Notes; or
(i) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Notes, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Notes of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Notes of any other series.
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Section 9.03. | Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. |
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04. | Revocation and Effect of Consents. |
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. From and after the date an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms, it shall bind every Holder.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
Section 9.05. | Notation on or Exchange of Notes. |
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06. | Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
Section 9.07. | Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. |
Notes of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
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new Notes of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes of such series.
ARTICLE 10. SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01. | Agreement to Subordinate. |
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment of all Senior Debt of the Company and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Debt. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company and only Senior Debt of the Company shall rank senior to the Notes in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of this Article 10 shall be subject to Section 10.12.
Section 10.02. | Liquidation, Dissolution and Bankruptcy. |
Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property:
(i) holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash or cash equivalents of such Senior Debt before Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal, or premium, if any, of or interest on the Notes; and
(ii) until such Senior Debt is paid in full in cash or cash equivalents, any distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for this Article Ten shall be made to holders of such Senior Debt as their interests may appear;
except that Holders may receive and retain shares of stock and any debt securities that are subordinated to Senior Debt, and to any debt securities received by holders of Senior Debt, of the Company to at least the same extent as the Notes.
Section 10.03. | Default on Senior Debt. |
The Company may not pay the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or make any deposit pursuant to Section 8.04 and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Notes (collectively, pay the Notes) if (i) any principal, premium or interest in respect of any Senior Debt is not paid within any applicable grace period (including at maturity) or (ii) any other default on Senior Debt occurs and the maturity of such Senior Debt is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, (x) the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or (y) such Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; provided, however, that the Company may pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of each issue of Designated Senior Debt. During the continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Debt pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration), the Company may not pay the Notes for a period (a Payment Blockage Period) commencing upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice of such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period (a Payment
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Blockage Notice) and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Representative who gave such Payment Blockage Notice, (ii) by repayment in full in cash or cash equivalents of such Designated Senior Debt or (iii) because the default giving rise to such Payment Blockage Notice is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence, unless the holders of such Designated Senior Debt or the Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt and shall not have rescinded such acceleration, the Company may (unless otherwise prohibited pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 10.03) resume payments on the Notes after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Payment Blockage Notice with respect to all issues of Designated Senior Debt may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to one or more issues of Designated Senior Debt during such period.
Section 10.04. | Acceleration of Payment of Notes. |
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company or the Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Debt (or their Representatives) of the acceleration.
Section 10.05. | When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. |
If a distribution is made to Holders that because of this Article Ten should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive the distribution shall hold such distribution in trust for holders of Senior Debt of the Company and pay it over to such holders as their interests may appear.
Section 10.06. | Subrogation. |
After all Senior Debt of the Company is paid in full in cash or cash equivalents and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article Ten to holders of such Senior Debt which otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Debt.
Section 10.07. | Relative Rights. |
This Article Ten defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Debt of the Company. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(i) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms; or
(ii) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or an Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Debt of the Company to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.
Section 10.08. | Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company. |
No right of any holder of Senior Debt of the Company to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
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Section 10.09. | Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. |
Notwithstanding Section 10.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments, unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Responsible Officer receives notice that payments may not be made under this Article Ten. The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Debt may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Debt of the Company has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice on behalf of the holders of such Senior Debt.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Ten with respect to any Senior Debt of the Company which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Debt; and nothing in Article Seven shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article Ten shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07.
Section 10.10. | Distribution or Notice to Representative. |
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt of the Company, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).
Section 10.11. | Article Ten Not to Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to Accelerate. |
The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision of this Article Ten shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article Ten shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Notes.
Section 10.12. | Trust Moneys Not Subordinated. |
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article Eight by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Debt or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article Ten, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Debt of the Company or any other creditor of the Company.
Section 10.13. | Trustee Entitled to Rely. |
Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (i) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02 are pending, (ii) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (iii) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Debt of the Company for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of such Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Ten. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt of the Company to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
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Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Ten, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Ten.
Section 10.14. | Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. |
Each Holder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and holders of Senior Debt of the Company as provided in this Article Ten and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 10.15. | Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt. |
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Ten or otherwise.
Section 10.16. | Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt on Subordination Provisions. |
Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Debt of the Company, whether such Senior Debt was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Debt and such holder of such Senior Debt shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Debt.
Section 10.17. | Certain Payments. |
Nothing in this Article Ten shall prevent or delay (i) the Company from or in redeeming any Notes pursuant to Section 3.09 or otherwise purchasing any Notes pursuant to any Legal Requirements relating to the gaming business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) the receipt by the Holders of payments of principal of and interest on the Notes as provided in Section 8.05.
ARTICLE 11. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01. | Satisfaction and Discharge. |
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
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(a) | all Notes of such series that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
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(b) | all Notes of such series that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company 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 U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes of such series not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; |
(2) | other than with respect to a discharge when the Notes of such series have become due and payable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; |
(3) | the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and |
(4) | the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes of such series at maturity or 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.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 11.02. | Application of Trust Money. |
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 12. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. | Trust Indenture Act Controls. |
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 12.02. | Notices. |
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address, as follows:
If to the Company:
Boyd Gaming Corporation
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, 9th Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Telecopier No.: (702) 792-7214
Attention: Josh Hirsberg
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Telecopier No.: (702) 696-1114
Attention: Brian A. Larson, Esq.
With a copy to:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
555 W. Fifth Street, Suite 3500
Los Angeles, California 90013
Telecopier No.: (213) 892-5454
Attention: Kathryn I. Johnstone
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The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
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Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03. | Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. |
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section 12.04. | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. |
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05. | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. |
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
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Section 12.06. | Rules by Trustee and Agents. |
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07. | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. |
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08. | Governing Law. |
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 12.09. | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. |
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 12.10. | Successors. |
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 12.11. | Severability. |
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.12. | Counterpart Originals. |
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 12.13. | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Indenture to Articles and Sections are to the articles and sections of this Indenture.
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BOYD GAMING CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation | ||
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[Face of Note]
CUSIP/CINS
% Senior Subordinated Note due
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BOYD GAMING CORPORATION
promises to pay to or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
Dollars on
Interest Payment Dates: and
Record Dates: and
Dated:
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This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
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Authorized Signatory |
[Back of Note]
% Senior Subordinated Note due
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at % per annum from , 20 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be , 20 . The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the or immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, , the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of , 20 (the Indenture) between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and if the Notes are registered under the Securities Act, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
a. Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 5, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to . On or after , the Company shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) 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 of the years indicated below:
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b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to , the Company may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes at a redemption price equal to % of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of such Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings; provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Public Equity Offering.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. MANDATORY DISPOSITION OR REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will have the right to require a Holder to dispose of such Holders Notes if such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Notes is required to be licensed or found qualified or suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed or found qualified or suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority. In the event any such Holder fails to dispose of Notes within a prescribed time period, the Company shall have the right to call such Notes for redemption at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of the Notes on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which the Company shall have received notice from such Gaming Authority of such Holders disqualification or (ii) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price.
8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may be conditional. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, on and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
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9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture and the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Holder of Notes but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any past Default and its consequences may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission, or inconsistency; (b) provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 of the Indenture; (c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (d) add Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release such Guarantees when required or permitted by the terms of the Indenture; (e) secure the Notes; (f) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company; (g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder; (h) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (i) conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of notes section of any applicable Offering Memorandum relating to the initial offering of the Notes of such series, to the extent that such provision in that Description of notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture or such series of Notes; (j) establish the form or terms of Notes of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Indenture; (k) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.08 of the Indenture; (l) add to the Indenture such provisions as may be expressly permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in TIA § 316 (a)(2) as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any federal statute hereafter enacted; or (m) provide for the terms and conditions of conversion into any Marketable Securities of the Notes of any series which are convertible into Marketable Securities.
12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination terms of the Indenture); (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise (whether or not prohibited by the subordination terms of the Indenture); (iii) failure by the Company to comply with Section 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in the Indenture or the Notes and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the
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Company of a written notice from the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $50,000,000; (vi) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Company; and (viii) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of the Companys Consolidated EBITDA (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders). A Default under clause (v), (vi) or (viii) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes notify the Company of the Default; provided that any Default under clause (v) above resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or annulled, respectively, within 30 days of the receipt by the Company of such notice of default from the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Subject to the following paragraph, if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by the 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, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.
The sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described under Section 4.03 of the Indenture and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a) 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. If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
13. SUBORDINATION. The Notes are subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Debt of the Company must be paid before the Notes may be paid. The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give effect to such provisions and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
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14. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
16. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
17. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
18. CUSIP NUMBERS; ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
19. GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Boyd Gaming Corporation, 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, 9th Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, Attention: General Counsel.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to: |
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(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) | ||
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Date:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee*:
* | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Note Custodian | ||||
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Exhibit 5.1
[McDonald Carano Wilson LLP Letterhead]
April 24, 2012
Board of Directors
Boyd Gaming Corporation
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway
Ninth Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Re: | Boyd Gaming Corporation |
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) to be filed by Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the Company) and certain of its subsidiaries (the Subsidiaries), on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act). The Registration Statement relates to the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company, on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Act, of the following securities not to exceed an initial aggregate offering price of $750 million, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of offering: (i) shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par value (the Common Stock); (ii) shares of the Companys preferred stock, $0.01 par value (the Preferred Stock), in one or more series; (iii) debt securities of the Company, in one or more series (the Debt Securities), which may be issued under a senior indenture or a subordinated indenture, as applicable (collectively, the Indentures) which may be guaranteed by one or more of the Subsidiaries (the Guarantees); (iv) the Guarantees; (v) warrants to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or any combination thereof (the Warrants), which may be issued pursuant to one or more warrant agreements to be entered into between the Company and a warrant agent or agents to be named, which may be sold independently or together with Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Debt Securities, and which may be separate from or attached to the Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Debt Securities subject to the applicable Warrants; (vi) rights to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or other securities, or any combination thereof (the Rights), (vii) units of securities of the Company (the Units) composed of any combination of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities and Warrants; and (viii) such indeterminate amount of Debt Securities and number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock as may be issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Preferred Stock, Warrants or Units, as applicable, and as may be issued as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or similar event (the Indeterminate Securities). The Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Guarantees, Warrants, Rights, Units and Indeterminate Securities are herein each individually referred to as an Offered Security and collectively referred to as the Offered Securities.
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (i) the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through the date hereof (the Articles of Incorporation); (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended through the date hereof (the Bylaws); (iii) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance, sale and registration of the Offered Securities; (iv) certain resolutions relating to the Subsidiaries relating to the Guarantees, (v) the Registration Statement; and (vi) the forms of each of the Indentures to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed herein.
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 conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photo static or facsimile copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, its directors and officers, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed that: (i) the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendments), will have become effective and will comply with all applicable laws and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (ii) an applicable prospectus supplement will have been prepared and timely filed with the SEC describing the Offered Securities; (iii) all Offered Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement; (iv) the Indentures, together with any supplemental indenture relating to a series of Debt Securities to be issued under any of the Indentures, will each be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto in substantially the form reviewed by us; (v) with respect to Debt Securities, the applicable trustee shall have been timely qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and a Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 will be timely filed with the SEC with respect to such trustee; (vi) if in an underwritten offering, a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any Offered Securities will be duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (vii) any Offered Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Offered Security will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange or exercise; and (viii) with respect to Common Stock or Preferred Stock offered (including upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any Preferred Stock, Warrants, Rights, or Units), there will be sufficient Common Stock or Preferred Stock authorized under the Articles of Incorporation as in effect at the time thereof and not otherwise reserved for issuance.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and to the other qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. With respect to any shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the Offered Common Stock), when (i) the Offered Common Stock has been authorized, offered and sold in accordance with the Registration Statement, including the prospectus supplement related thereto, and, if in an underwritten offering, a valid and binding purchase, underwriting or agency agreement, and (ii) the Offered Common Stock has been duly delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the Offered Common Stock (including any Common Stock duly issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Preferred Stock, Warrants, Rights, or Units) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
2. With respect to any shares of Preferred Stock to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the Offered Preferred Stock), when (i) the applicable certificate of designation has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, (ii) the Offered Preferred Stock has been authorized, offered and sold in accordance with the Registration Statement, including the prospectus supplement related thereto, and, if in an underwritten offering, a valid and binding purchase, underwriting or agency agreement, and (iii) the Offered Preferred Stock has been duly delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the Offered Preferred Stock (including any Preferred Stock duly issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Preferred Stock, Warrants, Rights, or Units) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3. With respect to any series of Debt Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the Offered Debt Securities), when (i) the terms of the Offered Debt Securities have been duly established in conformity with the applicable Indenture, (ii) the Offered Debt Securities have been authorized, offered and sold in accordance with the applicable Indenture, the Registration Statement, including the prospectus supplement
related thereto, and, if in an underwritten offering, a valid and binding purchase, underwriting or agency agreement, and (iii) the applicable Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by each party thereto and the Offered Debt Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration, the Offered Debt Securities (including any Debt Securities duly issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Preferred Stock, Warrants, Rights, or Units), will be binding obligations of the Company.
4. With respect to any Guarantees to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement with any Offered Debt Securities, when (i) the applicable Subsidiary, establishes the terms, conditions and provisions of any Guarantees to be issued by such Subsidiary, and (ii) the applicable Subsidiary duly authorizes such Guarantees, the Guarantees will be duly authorized by the applicable Subsidiary; and when the Guarantees have been duly established by the applicable Indenture, as supplemented from time to time, and the Debt Securities to be guaranteed by the Guarantees have been duly authenticated by the trustee and duly executed and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the applicable Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement, the Guarantees will be validly issued and will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Subsidiaries, enforceable against the Subsidiaries in accordance with their terms.
5. With respect to any series of Warrants to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the Offered Warrants), when (i) the applicable warrant agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the warrant agent thereto, (ii) the terms of the Offered Warrants and their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable warrant agreement (including the authorization of the issuance of the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock to be issued upon exercise of such Offered Warrants), (iii) the Offered Warrants have been authorized, offered and sold in accordance with the applicable warrant agreement, the Registration Statement, including the prospectus supplement thereto, and, if in an underwritten offering, a valid and binding purchase, underwriting or agency agreement, and (iv) the Offered Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company to the purchasers thereof in the manner contemplated in the applicable warrant agreement upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the Offered Warrants (including any Warrants duly issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Preferred Stock or Units), will be binding obligations of the Company.
6. With respect to any Rights to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the Offered Rights), when (i) the terms, conditions and provisions of any rights agreement and underlying Offered Rights have been established by the Company, and (ii) the Company has duly authorized such Offered Rights, the Offered Rights will be duly authorized by the Company; and when the rights agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by all parties thereto and such Offered Rights have been duly established pursuant to the terms and provisions of the rights agreement and duly executed and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the rights agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement, the Offered Rights will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
7. With respect to any Units to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the Offered Units), when (i) the applicable unit agreement, if any, with respect to the Offered Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto, (ii) the terms of the Offered Units and the related Offered Securities and their issuance and sale thereof have been duly established in conformity with the applicable contracts, agreements or indentures that are a component of the Offered Units (including authorization of the issuance of any Offered Securities to be issued pursuant to such Offered Units), (iii) the Offered Units have been authorized, offered and sold in accordance with the applicable unit agreement, if any, the Registration Statement, including the prospectus supplement thereto, and, if in an underwritten offering, a valid and binding purchase, underwriting or agency agreement, and (iv) the Offered Units have been duly executed and delivered by the Company to the purchasers thereof in the manner contemplated in the applicable unit agreements upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the Offered Units will be binding obligations of the Company.
The opinions expressed herein are qualified to the extent that the enforceability of any document, instrument or Offered Security may be limited by or subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, and general equitable or public policy principles, and (ii) with respect to any Debt Securities denominated in a currency other than United States dollars, the requirement that a claim (or a foreign currency judgment in respect of such a claim) with respect to such Debt Securities be converted to United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law or governmental authority.
We express no opinions concerning (i) the validity or enforceability of any provisions contained in the Indentures that purport to waive or not give effect to rights to notices, defenses, subrogation or other rights or benefits that cannot be effectively waived under applicable law or (ii) the enforceability of indemnification provisions to the extent they purport to relate to liabilities resulting from or based upon negligence or any violation of federal or state securities or blue sky laws.
The opinions expressed herein are limited in all respects to the General Corporation Law of Nevada and the federal laws of the United States of America, in each
case, that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Registration Statement and, to the extent that judicial or regulatory orders or decrees or consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings or registrations with governmental authorities are relevant, to those required under such laws, and we do not express any opinions as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to matters governed by laws other than those set forth in the preceding sentence, we have assumed, without having made any independent investigation, that such laws do not affect any of the opinions expressed herein. The Offered Securities may be issued from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and the opinions expressed herein are limited to the foregoing laws, including the rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change with possible retroactive effect and to the facts as they presently exist.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and all references to us in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC issued thereunder. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the fact stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable law.
Sincerely, |
McDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP
/s/ McDonald Carano Wilson LLP |
Exhibit 12.1
Boyd Gaming Corporation
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
($ in thousands, except for ratios)
(unaudited)
Year End December 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 (a)+(b) | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings to Fixed Charges: |
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Earnings: |
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Income from continuing operations |
$ | (6,278 | ) | $ | 20,486 | $ | 5,317 | $ | (249,536 | ) | $ | 184,935 | ||||||||
Equity earnings |
(8,146 | ) | (72,126 | ) | (56,356 | ) | (83,136 | ) | ||||||||||||
Fixed charges |
254,867 | 184,862 | 153,181 | 154,347 | 162,893 | |||||||||||||||
(1) Amortization of capitalized interest |
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Distributed income of equity investees |
1,910 | 60,136 | 19,579 | 70,570 | ||||||||||||||||
Guaranteed pre-tax losses of equity investees |
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Additions |
248,589 | 199,112 | 146,508 | (131,966 | ) | 335,262 | ||||||||||||||
Capitalized interest |
| | 378 | 37,667 | 18,060 | |||||||||||||||
Dividends on preferential securities |
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Noncontrolling interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries |
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Subtractions |
| 378 | 37,667 | 18,060 | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings |
199,112 | 146,130 | (169,633 | ) | 317,202 | |||||||||||||||
Fixed Charges: |
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Interest expensed |
250,731 | 180,558 | 146,830 | 110,146 | 137,573 | |||||||||||||||
Interest capitalized |
354 | | 378 | 37,667 | 18,060 | |||||||||||||||
(2) Amortization of debt issuance costs |
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(3) Interest component of rental expense |
3,782 | 4,304 | 5,973 | 6,534 | 7,260 | |||||||||||||||
Dividend requirements on preferential securities |
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Fixed Charges |
254,867 | 184,862 | 153,181 | 154,347 | 162,893 | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
| 1.1x | 1.9x | |||||||||||||||||
Deficiency of earnings to fixed charges |
$ | (6,278 | ) | $ | | $ | (7,051 | ) | $ | (323,980 | ) | $ | |
(a) | Balances have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect acquisition method accounting related to the change in control of Borgata on March 24, 2010. On March 24, 2010, as a result of the amendment to our operating agreement with MGM (our original 50% partner in Borgata), which provided, among other things, for the termination of MGMs participating rights in the operations of Borgata, we effectively obtained control of Borgata. This resulting change in control required acquisition method accounting in accordance with the authoritative accounting guidance for business combinations. |
(b) | Reflects revisions to previously reported amounts due to the correction an immaterial error related to the consolidation of a variable interest entity. Such revisions had no impact on net income or basic and diluted net income per share, as previously reported. |
(1) | Included in interest expense, and therefore in the fixed charge add back |
(2) | Included in interest expense |
(3) | Assumed to be the one-third estimate used in the indenture calculations, as all leases are operating, and dont have a prescribed interest factor. |
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated March 7, 2012, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries, and the effectiveness of Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2011, and to the reference to us under the heading Experts in this Registration Statement.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Las Vegas, Nevada
April 24, 2012
Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 15, 2011, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Marina District Development Company, LLC and Subsidiary included as Exhibit 99.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Boyd Gaming Corporation and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2010, and to the reference to us under the heading Experts in this Registration Statement.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Las Vegas, Nevada
April 24, 2012