UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 15, 2013 (October 11, 2013)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-10410 | 62-1411755 | ||
(State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
One Caesars Palace Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(702) 407-6000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Section 1Registrants Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Overview
On October 11, 2013, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC and Rio Properties, LLC (collectively, the CERP Entities), each a wholly owned subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the Registrant), (i) completed the offering of $1,000 million aggregate principal amount of their 8% first-priority senior secured notes due 2020 (the First Lien Notes) and $1,150 million aggregate principal amount of their 11% second-priority senior secured notes due 2021 (the Second Lien Notes and, together with the First Lien Notes, the Notes) and (ii) entered into a first lien credit agreement governing their new $2,769.5 million senior secured credit facilities (the Senior Secured Credit Facilities), consisting of senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $2,500.0 million (the Term Loans) and a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $269.5 million (the Revolving Credit Facility).
The CERP Entities used the net proceeds from the offering of Notes and the borrowings under the Term Loans, together with cash, to retire 100% of the principal amount of loans under the mortgage and mezzanine loan agreements entered into by certain subsidiaries of Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC and Rio Properties, LLC (collectively, the Casino Resort Borrowers), repay in full all amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facility entered into by the Registrant and Caesars Linq, LLC and Caesars Octavius, LLC, each an indirect subsidiary of the Registrant (together, with the completion of the offering of the Notes and the closing of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Transactions), and to pay related fees and expenses.
1. First Lien Indenture and 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020
The First Lien Notes, which mature on October 1, 2020, were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 11, 2013, among the CERP Entities, each wholly-owned subsidiary of the CERP Entities (collectively, the Subsidiary Guarantors) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the First Lien Indenture).
The CERP Entities will pay interest on the First Lien Notes at 8.00% per annum, semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on March 15 or September 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on April 1, 2014.
The CERP Entities may redeem the First Lien Notes at their option, in whole or part, at any time prior to October 1, 2016, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the First Lien Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date and a make-whole premium. The CERP Entities may redeem the First Lien Notes, in whole or in part, on or after October 1, 2016, at the redemption prices set forth in the First Lien Indenture and the First Lien Notes. In addition, at any time and from time to time on or before October 1, 2016, the CERP Entities may choose to redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to the issuance of additional First Lien Notes) at a redemption price equal to 108.000% of the principal amount thereof with the net proceeds of one or more equity offerings so long as at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional First Lien Notes) remain outstanding after each such redemption.
The First Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the CERP Entities and rank equally and ratably in right of payment with all existing and future senior obligations and senior to all future subordinated indebtedness. The First Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors and secured by a first-priority security interest, subject to permitted liens, in certain assets of the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
The First Lien Indenture contains covenants that limit the CERP Entities (and their restricted subsidiaries) ability to, among other things: (i) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; (ii) pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of their capital stock or make other restricted payments; (iii) make certain investments; (iv) sell certain assets; (v) create or permit to exist dividend and/or payment restrictions affecting their restricted subsidiaries; (vi) create liens on certain assets to secure debt; (vii) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets; (viii) enter into certain transactions with their affiliates; and (ix) designate their subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions outlined in the First Lien Indenture. The First Lien Indenture also provides for events of default, which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding First Lien Notes to be due and payable immediately.
2. Second Lien Indenture and 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021
The Second Lien Notes, which mature on October 1, 2021, were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 11, 2013, among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Second Lien Indenture).
The CERP Entities will pay interest on the Second Lien Notes at 11.00% per annum, semi-annually to holders of record at the close of business on March 15 or September 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on April 1, 2014.
The CERP Entities may redeem the Second Lien Notes at their option, in whole or part, at any time prior to October 1, 2016, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Second Lien Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date and a make-whole premium. The CERP Entities may redeem the Second Lien Notes, in whole or in part, on or after October 1, 2016, at the redemption prices set forth in the Second Lien Indenture and the Second Lien Notes. In addition, at any time and from time to time on or before October 1, 2016, the CERP Entities may choose to redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to the issuance of additional Second Lien Notes) at a redemption price equal to 111.000% of the principal amount thereof with the net proceeds of one or more equity offerings so long as at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional Second Lien Notes) remain outstanding after each such redemption.
The Second Lien Notes are senior secured obligations of the CERP Entities and rank equally and ratably in right of payment with all existing and future senior obligations and senior to all future subordinated indebtedness. The Second Lien Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors and secured by a second-priority security interest, subject to permitted liens, in certain assets of the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Second Lien Indenture contains covenants that limit the CERP Entities (and their restricted subsidiaries) ability to, among other things: (i) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; (ii) pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of their capital stock or make other restricted payments; (iii) make certain investments; (iv) sell certain assets; (v) create or permit to exist dividend and/or payment restrictions affecting their restricted subsidiaries; (vi) create liens on certain assets to secure debt; (vii) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets; (viii) enter into certain transactions with their affiliates; and (ix) designate their subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions outlined in the Second Lien Indenture. The Second Lien Indenture also provides for events of default, which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Second Lien Notes to be due and payable immediately.
The First Lien Notes and Second Lien Notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws.
3. Registration Rights Agreement
On October 11, 2013, in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the initial purchasers of the Notes, relating to, among other things, the exchange offer for the Notes and the related subsidiary guarantees (as described above) (the Registration Rights Agreement).
Subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the CERP Entities will use their commercially reasonable efforts to have a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission by the later of: (i) 365 days after the issue date of the Notes and (ii) 180 days after the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission notes having substantially identical terms as each series of Notes as part of an offer to exchange freely tradeable exchange notes for such series of Notes.
The CERP Entities will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange offer to be completed within 30 business days after the effectiveness target date or, if required, to have one or more shelf registration statements declared effective within the time periods described in the Registration Rights Agreement.
If the CERP Entities fail to meet these targets, the annual interest rate on the applicable Notes will increase by 0.25%. The annual interest rate on the applicable Notes will increase by an additional 0.25% for each subsequent 90-day period during which the registration default continues, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.0% per year. If the registration default is corrected, the interest rate of such Notes will revert to the original level.
4. Senior Secured Credit Facilities
On October 11, 2013, in connection with the Transactions, the CERP Entities entered into a First Lien Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement) among the CERP Entities, the lenders party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as collateral agent that provides for the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, consisting of the Term Loans, which mature in 2020, and the Revolving Credit Facility, which matures in 2018 and includes both a letter of credit sub-facility and a swingline loan sub-facility. The Term Loans require scheduled quarterly payments in amounts equal to 0.25% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans, with the balance due at maturity. As of the closing date, no borrowings were outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, and no amounts were committed to outstanding letters of credit.
The Senior Secured Credit Facilities allow the CERP Entities to request one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or increase commitments under their Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount of up to the sum of (x) $300.0 million plus (y) such additional amount so long as, (i) in the case of loans under additional credit facilities that rank pari passu with the liens on the collateral securing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, their first priority net secured leverage ratio on a pro forma basis would not exceed 4.25 to 1.00, (ii) in the case of loans under additional credit facilities that rank junior to the liens on the collateral securing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, their net secured leverage ratio on a pro forma basis would not exceed 6.00 to 1.00, and (iii) in the case of loans that are unsecured, their interest coverage ratio on a pro forma basis would be at least 2.00 to 1.00, in each case, subject to certain conditions and receipt of commitments by existing or additional financial institutions or institutional lenders.
All future borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including the absence of a default and the accuracy of representations and warranties.
Interest and Fees
Borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities bear interest at a rate equal to, at the CERP Entities option, either (a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for Eurodollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, adjusted for certain additional costs, subject to a 1.00% floor in the case of Term Loans or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate announced by the Administrative Agent from time to time and (iii) the one-month adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1.00%, in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility may be subject to one or more step-downs based on the first priority net senior secured leverage ratios set forth in the Credit Agreement. In addition, on a quarterly basis, the CERP Entities are required to pay each lender under the Revolving Credit Facility a commitment fee in respect of any unused commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, which is subject to certain step-downs based on the first priority net senior secured leverage ratios set forth in the Credit Agreement. The CERP Entities will also be required to pay customary agency fees as well as letter of credit participation fees computed at a rate per annum equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR rate borrowings on the dollar equivalent of the daily stated amount of outstanding letters of credit, plus such letter of credit issuers customary documentary and processing fees and charges and a fronting fee equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum of the daily stated amount of such letters of credit.
Mandatory and Voluntary Prepayments
The Senior Secured Credit Facilities will require the CERP Entities to prepay outstanding Term Loans, subject to certain exceptions, with:
| 50% (which percentage will be reduced to 25% if their first priority net senior secured leverage ratio is greater than 2.25 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 and to 0% if their first priority net senior secured leverage ratio is equal to or below 2.25 to 1.00) of their annual excess cash flow, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities; |
| 100% of the net cash proceeds of certain non-ordinary course asset sales or certain casualty events, in each case subject to certain exceptions and provided that the CERP Entities may (a) reinvest within 18 months or (b) contractually commit to reinvest those proceeds within 18 months and so reinvest such proceeds prior to the termination of such contract in assets to be used in their business, or certain other permitted investments; and |
| 100% of the net cash proceeds of any issuance or incurrence of debt, other than proceeds from debt permitted under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. |
Collateral and Guarantors
The Senior Secured Credit Facilities will be borrowed by the CERP Entities and guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors, and will be secured by a pledge of substantially all of the existing and future property and assets of the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including a pledge of the capital stock of the wholly owned domestic subsidiaries held by the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors and 65% of the capital stock of the first-tier foreign subsidiaries held by the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors, in each case subject to exceptions. Each of Paris Las Vegas, Harrahs Las Vegas, Flamingo Las Vegas, Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Harrahs Laughlin, Harrahs Atlantic City (collectively, the Casino Resort Properties), Project Linq, an open-air dining, entertainment and retail development on the east side of the Las Vegas Strip, and the Octavius Tower at Caesars Palace Las Vegas (Octavius Tower) are expected to be mortgaged under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
Restrictive Covenants and Other Matters
Except during a covenant suspension period as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities require compliance on a quarterly basis with a maximum first priority net senior secured leverage ratio test of 8.00 to 1.00. In addition, for purposes of determining compliance with such financial maintenance covenant for any fiscal quarter, the CERP Entities may exercise an equity cure by issuing certain permitted securities for cash or otherwise receiving cash contributions to the capital of any CERP Entity (or following the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC), or any of its direct or indirect parent that will, upon the receipt by any CERP Entity (or following the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC), of such cash, be included in the calculation of EBITDA under the Credit Agreement. The equity cure right may not be exercised in more than three fiscal quarters during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. Under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the CERP Entities may also be required to meet specified leverage ratios in order to take certain actions, such as incurring certain debt or making certain acquisitions and asset sales. In addition, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities include negative covenants, subject to certain exceptions, restricting or limiting the CERP Entities ability and the ability of their restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional debt; (ii) create liens on certain assets; (iii) enter into sale and lease-back transactions (iv) make certain investments, loans and advances; (v) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of their assets or to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire all of the assets of any other person; (vi) pay dividends or make distributions or make other restricted payments; (vii) enter into certain transactions with their affiliates; (viii) engage in any business other than the business activity conducted at the closing date of the loan or business activities incidental or related thereto; (ix) amend or modify the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws and certain agreements or make certain payments or modifications of certain indebtedness; and (x) designate or permit the designation of any indebtedness as Designated Senior Debt.
4. Intercreditor Agreements and Collateral Agreements
On October 11, 2013, in connection with the Transactions (i) U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the First Lien Indenture (the First Lien Trustee), entered into an intercreditor agreement (the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) with the First Lien Collateral Agent that governs the relative priorities of their respective security interests in the CERP Entities and Subsidiary Guarantors assets securing the First Lien Notes and the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and certain other matters relating to the administration of security interests, and (ii) the First Lien Trustee entered into an intercreditor agreement (the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) with the First Lien Collateral Agent and the trustee and the collateral agent under the Second Lien Indenture (the Second Lien Trustee) that establishes the subordination of the liens securing the Second Lien Notes to the liens securing first priority lien obligations, including the First Lien Notes and the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, and certain other matters relating to the administration of security interests.
On October 11, 2013, the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the First Lien Collateral Agent also entered into the collateral agreement (first lien) (the First Lien Collateral Agreement) and other security documents defining the terms of the security interests that secure the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the First Lien Notes, their respective related guarantees and Other First Priority Lien Obligations (as defined therein). These security interests will secure the payment and performance when due of all of the obligations of the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the First Lien Notes, their respective related guarantees, the First Lien Indenture and the security documents.
Additionally, the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Second Lien Trustee also entered into the collateral agreement (second lien) (the Second Lien Collateral Agreement) and other security documents defining the terms of the security interests that secure the Second Lien Notes, the related guarantees and Other Second Lien Obligations (as defined therein). These security interests will secure the payment and performance when due of all of the obligations of the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Second Lien Notes, the related guarantees, the Second Lien Indenture and the security documents.
Subject to the terms of the security documents described above, including the First Lien Collateral Agreement and the Second Lien Collateral Agreement, the CERP Entities and the Subsidiary Guarantors have the right to remain in possession and retain exclusive control of the collateral securing the Notes and the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (other than any cash, securities, obligations and cash equivalents constituting part of the collateral and deposited with the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of the security documents and other than as set forth in such security documents), to freely operate the collateral and to collect, invest and dispose of any income therefrom.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Lien Indenture, the Second Lien Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Agreement and the Second Lien Collateral Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 4.2, Exhibit 4.3, Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, Exhibit 10.3, Exhibit 10.4 and Exhibit 10.5, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 11, 2013, as part of the Transactions described in Item 1.01 above, certain subsidiaries of the Registrant (i) retired 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding loans under the mortgage and mezzanine loan agreements of the Casino Resort Borrowers and (ii) repaid all amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facility of Octavius/Linq Holding Co., LLC (Octavius/Linq Holdings). In addition, the mortgage and mezzanine loan agreements entered into by certain subsidiaries of the Casino Resort Borrowers and the lenders and other parties thereto were terminated effective October 11, 2013, and the credit agreement governing the senior secured credit facility of Octavius/Linq Holdings entered into by the Registrant, Caesars Linq, LLC, Caesars Octavius, LLC and the lenders and other parties thereto was terminated effective October 11, 2013.
Section 2Financial Information
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Section 8Other Events.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 11, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Transactions, the CERP Entities entered into a series of transactions to simplify their organizational structure. In connection with this restructuring, certain subsidiaries of Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Rio Properties, LLC and Harrahs Laughlin, LLC were merged out of existence and, in addition, certain unoccupied parcels of land not owned by the Casino Resort Borrowers were transferred to subsidiaries of the Registrant other than the CERP Entities.
Additionally, in connection with the closing of the Transactions, on October 11, 2013, Octavius/Linq Holdings, an indirect subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (a subsidiary of the Registrant) and owner of Caesars Linq, LLC and Caesars Octavius, LLC (which own Octavius Tower and Project Linq), transferred Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC to the Registrant, which then contributed Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC to Rio Properties, LLC. Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. obtained an opinion of an independent financial advisor that, based upon and subject to the assumptions and other matters set forth in such opinion, it received reasonably equivalent value in the transfer.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
Description | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020. | |
4.2 | Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021. | |
4.3 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the initial purchasers. | |
10.1 | First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, Citicorp North America Inc., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto. | |
10.2 | First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the First Lien Collateral Agent, Citicorp North America, Inc., as authorized representative under the credit agreement and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial other authorized representative. | |
10.3 | Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as credit agreement agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as other first priority lien obligations agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as second priority agent. | |
10.4 | Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent. | |
10.5 | Collateral Agreement (Second Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION | ||||||
Date: October 15, 2013 |
By: | /s/ MICHAEL D. COHEN | ||||
Michael D. Cohen | ||||||
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020. | |
4.2 | Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021. | |
4.3 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the initial purchasers. | |
10.1 | First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, Citicorp North America Inc., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto. | |
10.2 | First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the First Lien Collateral Agent, Citicorp North America, Inc., as authorized representative under the credit agreement and U.S. Bank National Association, as the initial other authorized representative. | |
10.3 | Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as credit agreement agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as other first priority lien obligations agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as second priority agent. | |
10.4 | Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent. | |
10.5 | Collateral Agreement (Second Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the CERP Entities, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent. |
Exhibit 4.1
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC.
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC
as Issuers
and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto from time to time
8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020
INDENTURE
Dated as of October 11, 2013
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02. |
Other Definitions | 40 | ||||
SECTION 1.03. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 41 | ||||
SECTION 1.04. |
Rules of Construction | 41 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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THE NOTES |
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SECTION 2.01. |
Amount of Notes | 42 | ||||
SECTION 2.02. |
Form and Dating | 43 | ||||
SECTION 2.03. |
Execution and Authentication | 43 | ||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 44 | ||||
SECTION 2.05. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 44 | ||||
SECTION 2.06. |
Holder Lists | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.07. |
Transfer and Exchange | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.08. |
Replacement Notes | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.09. |
Outstanding Notes | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.10. |
[Intentionally Omitted.] | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.11. |
Cancellation | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.12. |
Defaulted Interest | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.13. |
CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc. | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.14. |
Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.15. |
Mandatory Disposition Pursuant to Gaming Laws | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.16. |
Additional Interest | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
REDEMPTION | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Redemption | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Applicability of Article | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Notices to Trustee | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.05. |
Notice of Optional Redemption | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.06. |
Effect of Notice of Redemption | 49 | ||||
SECTION 3.07. |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 49 | ||||
SECTION 3.08. |
Notes Redeemed in Part | 50 |
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ARTICLE IV |
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COVENANTS |
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SECTION 4.01. |
Payment of Notes | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4.02. |
Reports and Other Information | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4.03. |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock | 52 | ||||
SECTION 4.04. |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | 57 | ||||
SECTION 4.05. |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries | 63 | ||||
SECTION 4.06. |
Asset Sales | 65 | ||||
SECTION 4.07. |
Transactions with Affiliates | 69 | ||||
SECTION 4.08. |
Change of Control | 72 | ||||
SECTION 4.09. |
Compliance Certificate | 73 | ||||
SECTION 4.10. |
Further Instruments and Acts | 74 | ||||
SECTION 4.11. |
Future Subsidiary Guarantors | 74 | ||||
SECTION 4.12. |
Liens | 74 | ||||
SECTION 4.13. |
After-Acquired Property | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.14. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.15. |
Security Documents | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.16. |
Covenant Suspension | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.17. |
Maintenance of Insurance | 76 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
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SUCCESSOR COMPANY |
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SECTION 5.01. |
When Issuers May Merge or Transfer Assets | 77 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 6.01. |
Events of Default | 79 | ||||
SECTION 6.02. |
Acceleration | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.03. |
Other Remedies | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.04. |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.05. |
Control by Majority | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.06. |
Limitation on Suits | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.07. |
Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.08. |
Collection Suit by Trustee | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.09. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.10. |
Priorities | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.11. |
Undertaking for Costs | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.12. |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 83 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
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TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 7.01. |
Duties of Trustee | 84 |
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SECTION 7.02. |
Rights of Trustee | 85 | ||||
SECTION 7.03. |
Individual Rights of Trustee | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.04. |
Trustees Disclaimer | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.05. |
Notice of Defaults | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.06. |
Reports by Trustee to the Holders | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.07. |
Compensation and Indemnity | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.08. |
Replacement of Trustee | 88 | ||||
SECTION 7.09. |
Successor Trustee by Merger | 89 | ||||
SECTION 7.10. |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 89 | ||||
SECTION 7.11. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers | 89 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
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DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE |
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SECTION 8.01. |
Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance | 90 | ||||
SECTION 8.02. |
Conditions to Defeasance | 91 | ||||
SECTION 8.03. |
Application of Trust Money | 92 | ||||
SECTION 8.04. |
Repayment to Issuers | 92 | ||||
SECTION 8.05. |
Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations | 92 | ||||
SECTION 8.06. |
Reinstatement | 92 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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SECTION 9.01. |
Without Consent of the Holders | 93 | ||||
SECTION 9.02. |
With Consent of the Holders | 94 | ||||
SECTION 9.03. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 95 | ||||
SECTION 9.04. |
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers | 95 | ||||
SECTION 9.05. |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 95 | ||||
SECTION 9.06. |
Trustee to Sign Amendments | 96 | ||||
SECTION 9.07. |
Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount | 96 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
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RANKING OF NOTE LIENS |
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SECTION 10.01. |
Relative Rights | 96 | ||||
ARTICLE XI |
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COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 11.01. |
Security Documents | 97 | ||||
SECTION 11.02. |
Collateral Agent | 98 | ||||
SECTION 11.03. |
Authorization of Actions to Be Taken | 99 | ||||
SECTION 11.04. |
Release of Collateral | 99 | ||||
SECTION 11.05. |
Filing, Recording and Opinions | 101 | ||||
SECTION 11.06. |
[Intentionally omitted.] | 102 | ||||
SECTION 11.07. |
Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee | 102 |
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SECTION 11.08. |
Release Upon Termination of the Issuers Obligations | 102 | ||||
SECTION 11.09. |
Designations | 102 | ||||
SECTION 11.10. |
Taking and Destruction | 103 | ||||
ARTICLE XII |
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GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 12.01. |
Guarantee | 103 | ||||
SECTION 12.02. |
Limitation on Liability | 105 | ||||
SECTION 12.03. |
Successors and Assigns | 106 | ||||
SECTION 12.04. |
No Waiver | 106 | ||||
SECTION 12.05. |
Modification | 106 | ||||
SECTION 12.06. |
Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors | 106 | ||||
SECTION 12.07. |
Non-Impairment | 106 | ||||
ARTICLE XIII |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 13.01. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls | 106 | ||||
SECTION 13.02. |
Notices | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.03. |
Communication by the Holders with Other Holders | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.04. |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.05. |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.06. |
When Notes Disregarded | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.07. |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.08. |
Legal Holidays | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.09. |
GOVERNING LAW | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.10. |
No Recourse Against Others | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.11. |
Successors | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.12. |
Multiple Originals | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.13. |
Table of Contents; Headings | 109 | ||||
SECTION 13.14. |
Indenture Controls | 109 | ||||
SECTION 13.15. |
Severability | 109 | ||||
SECTION 13.16. |
Intercreditor Agreements | 109 | ||||
SECTION 13.17. |
Acts of Holders | 109 | ||||
SECTION 13.18. |
Security Advice Waiver | 110 | ||||
SECTION 13.19. |
Patriot Act | 110 |
Appendix A | | Provisions Relating to Initial Notes, Additional Notes and Exchange Notes |
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EXHIBIT INDEX |
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Exhibit A |
| Form of Initial Note | ||||
Exhibit B |
| Form of Exchange Note | ||||
Exhibit C |
| Form of Transferee Letter of Representation | ||||
Exhibit D |
| Form of Supplemental Indenture Related to Subsidiary Guarantors |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Section |
Indenture Section | |||
310 |
(a)(1) | 7.10 | ||
(a)(2) | 7.10 | |||
(a)(3) | N.A. | |||
(a)(4) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 7.08; 7.10 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
311 |
(a) | 7.11 | ||
(b) | 7.11 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
312 |
(a) | 2.06 | ||
(b) | 13.03 | |||
(c) | 13.03 | |||
313 |
(a) | 7.06 | ||
(b)(1) | N.A. | |||
(b)(2) | 7.06 | |||
(c) | 7.06 | |||
(d) | 4.02; 4.09 | |||
314 |
(a) | 4.02; 4.09 | ||
(b) | N.A. | |||
(c)(1) | 13.04 | |||
(c)(2) | 13.04 | |||
(c)(3) | N.A. | |||
(d) | N.A. | |||
(e) | 13.05 | |||
(f) | 4.10 | |||
315 |
(a) | 7.01 | ||
(b) | 7.05 | |||
(c) | 7.01 | |||
(d) | 7.01 | |||
(e) | 6.11 | |||
316 |
(a)(last sentence) | 13.06 | ||
(a)(1)(A) | 6.05 | |||
(a)(1)(B) | 6.04 | |||
(a)(2) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 6.07 | |||
317 |
(a)(1) | 6.08 | ||
(a)(2) | 6.09 | |||
(b) | 2.05 | |||
318 |
(a) | 13.01 |
N.A. Means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.
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INDENTURE dated as of October 11, 2013 among CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (each an Issuer and, collectively, the Issuers), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto from time to time, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of (i) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 issued on the date hereof (the Initial Notes), and (ii) exchange notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (the Exchange Notes) and (iii) Additional Notes issued from time to time as either Initial Notes or Exchange Notes (together with the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes, the Notes):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Additional First Lien Secured Party means the holders of any Other First Priority Lien Obligations that are Incurred after the Issue Date and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.
Additional Notes means Notes issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date, as determined by the Issuers, the greater of:
(1) 1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note, at October 1, 2016 (such redemption price being set forth in Paragraph 5 of the Note) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through October 1, 2016 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date, or in the case of a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance under this Indenture, the Treasury Rate as of two Business Days prior to the date on which funds to pay the Notes are deposited with the Trustee, plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
Asset Sale means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/ Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a disposition) or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), in each case other than:
(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;
(d) any disposition of assets of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of less than $25.0 million;
(e) any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Issuer to another Restricted Subsidiary or Issuer;
(f) any exchange (other than with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Issuers) of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuers;
(g) foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or other asset of any of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(h) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i) the lease, license, easement, assignment, sublease or sublicense of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) any sale of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;
(l) in the ordinary course of business, any swap of assets, or lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuers;
(m) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Receivables Financing (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(n) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted by this Indenture;
(o) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;
(p) any disposition of Capital Stock of an Issuer other than CERP LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
(q) any disposition made pursuant to an Operations Management Agreement;
(r) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property;
(s) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;
(t) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(u) any disposition in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(v) any leases, subleases, easements or licenses with respect to any Real Property entered into by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as such transaction, lease, sublease, easement or license would not reasonably be expected to materially interfere with, or materially impact or detract from, the operation of a Project;
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(w) the (i) lease, sublease or license of any portion of a Project to persons who, either directly or through Affiliates of such persons, intend to operate or manage nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation, spa, pool, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within a Project and (ii) the grant of declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions and/ or easements with respect to common area spaces and similar instruments benefiting such tenants of such lease and subleases generally and/or entered into connection with a Project (collectively, the Venue Easements); provided that (A) an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to maintain control (which may be through required contractual standards) over the primary aesthetics and standards of service and quality of the business being operated or conducted in connection with any such leased, subleased or licensed space and (B) no Venue Easements or operations conducted pursuant thereto would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with, or materially impair or detract from, the operation of a Project;
(x) the dedication of space or other dispositions of property in connection with and in furtherance of constructing structures or improvements reasonably related to the development, construction and operation of a Project; provided, that in each case such dedication or other disposition is in furtherance of, and does not materially impair or interfere with the use or operations (or intended use or operations) of, a Project; and
(y) the granting of easements, rights of way, rights of access and/or similar rights to any governmental authority, utility providers, cable or other communication providers and/or other parties providing services or benefits to a Project, the Real Property held by an Issuer, a Restricted Subsidiary or the public at large that would not reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the construction, development or operation of a Project.
Authorized Representative means (i) in the case of any Credit Agreement Obligations or the holders of any Credit Agreement Obligations, the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, (ii) in the case of the Notes Obligations or the holders of the Notes, the Trustee, and (iii) in the case of any Series of Other First Priority Lien Obligations or Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the authorized representative (and successor thereto) named for such Series in the applicable joinder agreement.
Bank Indebtedness means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuers whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
Board of Directors means, as to any Issuer, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City or the place of payment.
Caesars Entertainment means Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Software Expenditures means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the combined, consolidated balance sheet of the Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries.
Cash Equivalents means:
(1) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and whose long-term debt is rated A or the equivalent thereof by Moodys or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);
(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuers) rated at least A1 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
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(6) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;
(7) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsors or any of their Affiliates) with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A-2 or higher from Moodys (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; and
(8) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above.
CERP LLC means Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Change of Control means the occurrence of either of the following:
(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders; or
(2) the Issuers become aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of (prior to a Qualified Public Offering or upon or after an Equity Offering by CERP LLC) CERP LLC or (upon or after a Holdco Qualified Public Offering) the Holdco Issuer.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral means all property subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any Security Documents.
Collateral Agent means the First Lien Collateral Agent and any successor thereto in such capacity.
Collateral Agreement means the collateral agreement among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent, dated as of October 11, 2013, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and this Indenture.
Company means (i) prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, any Issuer, and (ii) following the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, CERP LLC.
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Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits, of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a combined, consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding additional interest in respect of the Notes, amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees); plus
(2) consolidated capitalized interest of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus
(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus
(4) interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Issuers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Leverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers, at any date the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the combined, consolidated balance sheet of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination to (ii) EBITDA of the Issuers for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is made (the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date), then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuers may elect pursuant to an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.
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For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight-line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the aggregate of the combined, consolidated Net Income of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a combined, consolidated basis; provided, however, that:
(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses or charges, any severance expenses, relocation expenses, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or
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reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses and fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, expenses or charges related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control related to the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, in each case, shall be excluded;
(2) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;
(4) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Issuers) shall be excluded;
(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of an Issuer, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary of such referent Issuer) in respect of such period;
(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (A) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;
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(9) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually made to any parent or equity holder of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period;
(10) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(11) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded;
(12) any (a) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (b) costs and expenses after the Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, or (c) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of any Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;
(13) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;
(14) solely for purposes of calculating EBITDA, (a) the Net Income of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) above shall be included;
(15) (a)(i) the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of straight-line rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;
(16) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded; and
(17) (a) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Issuers have made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (ii) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded and (b) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such Section pursuant to clauses (D) and (E) of the definition of Cumulative Credit.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the non-cash expenses (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for such period on a combined, consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that if any such non-cash expenses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period.
Consolidated Taxes means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise, property and similar taxes, foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and any Tax Distributions taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
Consolidated Total Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum (without duplication) of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any undrawn letters of credit) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations, bankers acceptances and Indebtedness for borrowed money, plus (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries and all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences, in each case determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Contingent Obligations means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or
(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
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Credit Agreement means (i) the credit agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Issuers, the guarantors named therein, the financial institutions named therein, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, 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 Issuers to be included in the definition of Credit Agreement, 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 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.
Credit Agreement Documents means the collective reference to any Credit Agreement, any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time.
Credit Agreement Obligations means the Obligations under the Credit Agreement.
Cumulative Credit means the sum of (without duplication):
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for the period (taken as one accounting period), from the first day of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Issuers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of property other than cash, received by the Company after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary or another Issuer), plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Company received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock and Disqualified Stock and other than contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)), plus
(D) 100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified
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Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary or another Issuer) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (provided in the case of any parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus
(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of property other than cash received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date from:
(I) the sale or other disposition (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than any Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) of Section 4.04(b)),
(II) the sale (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(III) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(F) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the Investment of the Issuers in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the Fair Market Value of such investment shall exceed $50.0 million, shall be determined by the Board of Directors) at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment).
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Designated Non-cash Consideration means the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of non-cash consideration received by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
Designated Preferred Stock means Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.
Destruction means any damage to, loss or destruction of all or any portion of the Collateral.
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Discharge of Senior Lender Claims means, except to the extent otherwise provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of (a) all Obligations in respect of all outstanding First Priority Lien Obligations and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the Credit Agreement, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other First Priority Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid; provided that the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other First Priority Lien Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such Obligations or First Priority Lien Obligations. In the event the First Priority Lien Obligations are modified and the Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the First Priority Lien Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:
(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale),
(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person, or
(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale),
in each case prior to 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of an Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death or disability; provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
Domestic Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
EBITDA means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:
(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus
(2) Fixed Charges; plus
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(3) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense; plus
(4) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus
(5) any expenses or charges (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Bank Indebtedness, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes or other Indebtedness, (iii) any additional interest in respect of the Notes and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Financing; plus
(6) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility consolidations, retention, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges) and, in each case, expected to be achieved, completed or realized within 24 months, in the good faith determination of the Issuers; plus
(7) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.07; plus
(8) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; plus
(9) any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus
(10) Pre-Opening Expenses; less, without duplication,
(11) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture and subject to adjustments permitted in this Indenture with respect to acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions occurring following the Issue Date and/or on a pro forma basis, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Indenture, EBITDA of Caesars Linq, LLC in respect of each fiscal quarter will be deemed to be equal to the greater of (i) $24.75 million and (ii) actual EBITDA of Caesars Linq, LLC for such fiscal quarter until (but not including) the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014.
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Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Equity Offering means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to the Companys or such direct or indirect parents common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(2) issuances to any Issuer or its Subsidiaries; and
(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement means the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.
Excluded Assets means the property and other assets of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors that is excluded from the grant of security interest in favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents.
Excluded Contributions means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors) received by the Company after the Issue Date from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers Certificate executed by an Officer of the Company on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arms-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
First Lien Collateral Agent shall mean Citicorp North America, Inc., in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the Credit Agreement and in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of the Notes and any Additional First Lien Secured Party, together with its successors and permitted assigns; and in each case provided that if such First Lien Collateral Agent is not Citicorp North America, Inc., such First Lien Collateral Agent shall have become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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First Lien Intercreditor Agreement means (i) the intercreditor agreement among Citicorp North America, Inc., as First Lien Collateral Agent, the Trustee, as an Authorized Representative, and the other parties from time to time party thereto, dated October 11, 2013, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or (ii) any replacement or other intercreditor agreement that contains terms not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i).
First Lien Secured Parties means the Persons holding any First Priority Lien Obligations, including the First Lien Collateral Agent.
First Priority After-Acquired Property means any property of any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor that secures any First Priority Lien Obligations that is not already subject to the Lien under the Security Documents, other than any Excluded Assets.
First Priority Liens means the Liens securing the Obligations of the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture and all present and future Liens securing Other First Priority Lien Obligations as set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
First Priority Lien Obligations means (i) all Secured Bank Indebtedness, (ii) Notes Obligations, (iii) Other First Priority Lien Obligations and (iv) all other Obligations of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services in each case owing to a Person that is a holder of Secured Bank Indebtedness or an Affiliate of such holder at the time of entry into such Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of the Issuers for such period to the Fixed Charges (other than Fixed Charges in respect of Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) of the Issuers for such period. In the event that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any Qualified Receivables Financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), discontinued operations and operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the
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beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of an Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuers may designate.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Issuers for such period, and
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(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Foreign Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia and any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date. For the purposes of this Indenture, the term consolidated or combined with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated or combined with its Restricted Subsidiaries and the other Issuers, as applicable, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.
Gaming Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries manages or conducts any casino, gaming business or activities, the applicable gaming board, commission, or other governmental gaming regulatory body or agency which (a) has, or may at any time after issuance of the Notes have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities of the Issuers or any of its subsidiaries, or any successor to such authority or (b) is, or may at any time after the issuance of the Notes be, responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Gaming Laws.
Gaming Laws means all applicable constitutions, treaties, laws and statutes pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming, gambling or casino activities, and all rules, rulings, orders, ordinances, regulations of any Gaming Authority applicable to the gambling, casino or gaming businesses or activities of any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the Gaming Authorities.
guarantee means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.
Guarantor means any Person that guarantees the Notes; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its obligation to guarantee the Notes in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Guarantor.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
Holdco Issuer means the issuer in any Holdco Qualified Public Offering.
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Holdco Qualified Public Offering means any Qualified Public Offering in which a direct or indirect parent of the Company is the issuer.
holder or noteholder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrars books.
Incur means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person:
(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except any such balance that constitutes (i) trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the obligations referred to in clause (1) of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and
(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; or (4) Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables Financing.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.
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Indenture means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Independent Financial Advisor means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuers, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
Investment Grade Securities means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuers and their Subsidiaries,
(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and
(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.
Investments means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of the Issuers in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 4.04:
(1) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the applicable Issuers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the net assets of a Subsidiary of an Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, such Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the applicable Issuers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less
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(b) the portion (proportionate to the applicable Issuers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
Issue Date means October 11, 2013.
Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement means (i) the intercreditor agreement among Citicorp North America, Inc., as agent under the Credit Agreement Documents, the trustee and collateral agent under the Second Lien Notes, the Trustee, the Issuers and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture and (ii) any other intercreditor agreement that is not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i).
Junior Lien Obligations means Obligations with respect to other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture, which is by its terms intended to be secured on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Notes; provided such Lien is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Management Group means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
Mortgaged Properties means the Real Property owned or leased by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor encumbered by a Mortgage to secure the Notes Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mortgaged Properties securing the Notes Obligations shall be the same as the Mortgaged Properties securing Secured Bank Indebtedness.
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Mortgages means, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Net Income means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
Net Insurance Proceeds means the insurance proceeds (excluding liability insurance proceeds payable to the Trustee for any loss, liability or expense incurred by it and excluding the proceeds of business interruption insurance) or condemnation awards actually received by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Destruction or Taking of all or any portion of the Collateral, net of:
(1) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Taking or Destruction (including, without limitation, expenses of attorneys and insurance adjusters); and
(2) repayment of Indebtedness that is secured by the property or assets that are the subject of such Taking or Destruction; provided that, in the case of any Destruction or Taking involving Collateral, the Lien securing such Indebtedness constitutes a Lien permitted by this Indenture to be senior to the First Priority Liens.
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuers as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuers after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
New Project means each capital project which is either a new project or a new feature of an existing project owned by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary which receives a certificate of completion or occupancy and all relevant licenses, and in fact commences operations.
Note Guarantee means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes by any Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Notes Obligations means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect of Exchange Notes and guarantees thereof (including all interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
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Obligations means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness (including interest, fees and other amounts accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding); provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the holders of the Notes.
Offering Memorandum means the confidential offering memorandum, dated September 27, 2013, relating to the issuance of the Initial Notes.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of an Issuer.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuers by an Officer of each Issuer, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of such Issuer, which meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Operations Management Agreement means each of the real estate management agreements and any other operating management agreement or shared services agreement entered into by any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with Caesars Entertainment or with any other direct or indirect Subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment and any and all modifications thereto, substitutions therefor and replacements thereof so long as such modifications, substitutions and replacements are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of such agreements as in effect on the Issue Date.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuers or the Trustee.
Other First Priority Lien Obligations means other Indebtedness or Obligations of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries that is equally and ratably secured with the Notes as permitted by this Indenture and is designated by the Issuers as an Other First Priority Lien Obligation.
Pari Passu Indebtedness means:
(1) with respect to the Issuers, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes; and
(2) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, its obligations in respect of the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes.
Permitted Holders means, at any time, each of (i) the Sponsors, (ii) the Management Group, (iii) Caesars Entertainment and any Person that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of CERP LLC or other Permitted Holders and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of CERP LLC, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders, holds more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof and (iv) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders
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specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of CERP LLC (a Permitted Holder Group), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other group (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
Permitted Encumbrances means those exceptions specified in the title policies delivered in respect of the Mortgaged Properties.
Permitted Investments means:
(1) any Investment in an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(6) advances to employees, taken together with all other advances made pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(7) any Investment acquired by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by such Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);
(9) any Investment by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 1.5% of Total Assets at the
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time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) additional Investments by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $250.0 million and (y) 3.25% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (10) is made in any Person that is not an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (10) for so long as such Person continues to be an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(11) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit;
(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), (vii), (xi), (xii)(b) and (xix) of such Section);
(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.03 and Section 4.11, including, without limitation, any guarantee or other obligation issued or incurred under the Credit Agreement in connection with any letter of credit issued for the account of Caesars Entertainment or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to the issuance of, or payments in respect of drawings under, such letters of credit);
(16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or sublicenses (including in respect of gaming licenses) or leases of intellectual property;
(17) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness;
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(18) any Investment in an entity or purchase of a business or assets in each case owned (or previously owned) by a customer of a Restricted Subsidiary as a condition or in connection with such customer (or any member of such customers group) contracting with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(19) any Investment in an entity which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to which a Restricted Subsidiary sells accounts receivable pursuant to a Receivables Financing;
(20) additional Investments in joint ventures not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (20), the greater of $100.0 million and 1.5% of Total Assets; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (20) is made in any Person that is not an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (20) for so long as such Person continues to be an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with or consolidated with an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(22) any Investment in any Subsidiary of an Issuer or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and
(23) Investments in joint ventures established to develop or operate nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within a Project not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (23) the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets, which Investments may be made pursuant to (or in lieu of) dispositions in the manner contemplated under clause (w) of the definition of Asset Sale or received in consideration for dispositions under clause (w) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens and mechanics Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;
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(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) (A) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03, (B) Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) and (y) the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness that, as of the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of proceeds therefrom on such date on a pro forma basis, would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuers to exceed 4.25 to 1.00; provided that, with respect to Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations permitted under this subclause (B), the Notes are secured by Liens on the assets subject to such Liens on at least a pari passu basis with the Liens securing all such First Priority Lien Obligations and subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; and (C) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (ii)(B), (iv), (xii), (xvi) or (xxiii) of Section 4.03(b) (provided that (1) in the case of clause (iv), such Lien extends only to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any proceeds or products thereof, (2) in the case of clause (xxiii) such Lien applies solely to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any proceeds or products thereof and (3) in the case of clause (xvi), such Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) shall only be permitted under this clause (C) if, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Indebtedness and Liens, the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuers would be no greater than immediately prior to such Incurrence);
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date after giving effect to the Transactions (other than Liens in favor of the lenders under the Credit Agreement or the Notes);
(8) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original Lien); provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) may not extend to any other property owned by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Person becoming a Subsidiary and Subsidiaries of such Person);
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(9) Liens on assets or property at the time an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) may not extend to any other property owned by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition or property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);
(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to another Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;
(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;
(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(16) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Receivables Financing Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(17) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(18) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(19) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original Lien) that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y)
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the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (6)(B), the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (6)(B) and not this clause (20) for purposes of determining the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (6)(B) and for purposes of the definition of Secured Bank Indebtedness;
(21) Liens on equipment of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to such Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(22) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;
(23) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(24) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(25) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which obligations do not exceed $35.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(26) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(27) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(28) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;
(29) Permitted Encumbrances, provided that the same do not (i) materially interfere with the development, construction or operation of a Project or (ii) materially adversely affect or result in a judgment of foreclosure on any part of the Mortgaged Properties;
(30) the Venue Easements and any other easements, covenants, rights of way or similar instruments granted in connection with the leases contemplated under clause (v) of the definition of Asset Sale or otherwise entered into in connection with the Transactions, which in each case do not materially impact a Project in an adverse manner;
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(31) the filing of a reversion, subdivision or final map(s), record(s) of survey and/or amendments to any of the foregoing over Real Property held by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary designed (A) to merge one or more of the separate parcels thereof together so long as the entirety of each such parcel shall be owned by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) to separate one or more of the parcels thereof together so long as the entirety of each resulting parcel shall be owned by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(32) from and after the lease or sublease of any interest pursuant to clause (v) or (w) of the definition of Asset Sale or otherwise entered into in connection with the Transactions, any reciprocal easement agreement entered into between an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary and the holder of such interest; and
(33) Liens that rank junior to the Liens securing the Notes and secure Junior Lien Obligations.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction means the transactions described as the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction in the Offering Memorandum.
Preferred Stock means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
Pre-Opening Expenses means, with respect to any fiscal period, the amount of expenses (other than interest expense) incurred with respect to capital projects that are classified as pre-opening expenses on the applicable financial statements of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Project means each project of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary which is either a new project or a new feature of an existing project.
Qualified Public Offering means any underwritten public Equity Offering.
Qualified Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness that (1) is (a) incurred by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property and whether in a single acquisition or a series of related acquisitions) or (b) assumed by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (2) is non-recourse to the Issuers and any Subsidiary Guarantor and (3) is non-recourse to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary means (1) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor and that is formed or created after the Issue Date in order to finance an acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any property or equipment (directly or through one of its Subsidiaries) that secures Qualified Non-Recourse Debt and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary of a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
Qualified Receivables Financing means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:
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(1) the Board of Directors shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuers and the Receivables Subsidiary;
(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers); and
(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.
The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Notes shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
Rating Agency means (1) each of Moodys and S&P and (2) if Moodys or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Issuers control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15cs-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, as the case may be.
Real Property means, collectively, all right, title and interests (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all buildings, structures, parking areas and improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
Receivables Fees means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.
Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by such Issuer or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.
Receivables Repurchase Obligation means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
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Receivables Subsidiary means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with an Issuer in which such Issuer or any Subsidiary of such Issuer makes an Investment and to which such Issuer or any such Subsidiary transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of such Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:
(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;
(b) with which neither an Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of an Issuer had any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Issuers reasonably believe to be no less favorable to such Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of such Issuer; and
(c) to which none of the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries have any obligation to maintain or preserve such entitys financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
Record Date has the meaning specified in Exhibits A and B hereto.
Representative means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Indebtedness; provided that if, and for so long as, such Indebtedness lacks such a Representative, then the Representative for such Indebtedness shall at all times constitute the holder or holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of obligations under such Indebtedness.
Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
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Restricted Cash means cash and Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually restricted from being distributed to the Company, except for (i) such cash and Cash Equivalents subject only to such restrictions that are contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture and that is secured by such cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) cash and Cash Equivalents constituting cage cash.
Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any Issuer that is the Subsidiary of any other Issuer.
Reversion Date means the date on which one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating.
Sale/Leaseback Transaction means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between an Issuer and an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Second Lien Notes means the Issuers Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 to be issued on the Issue Date (and any exchange notes therefor).
Second Lien Notes Indenture means the indenture governing the Second Lien Notes, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Second Priority Lien Obligations means any Junior Lien Obligations that are secured equally and ratably with the Second Lien Notes.
Secured Bank Indebtedness means any Bank Indebtedness that is secured by a Permitted Lien incurred or deemed incurred pursuant to clause (6)(B) of the definition of Permitted Lien.
Secured Indebtedness means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers, at any date the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (excluding Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) constituting First Priority Lien Obligations of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash held by the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination to (ii) EBITDA of the Issuers for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays,
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repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the Secured Leverage Calculation Date), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuers may elect pursuant to an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
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Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Security Documents means the Collateral Agreement and any other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, Mortgages and related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes as contemplated by this Indenture.
Series means (a) with respect to the First Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the holders of the Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the holders of the Notes and the Trustee (each in their capacity as such) and (iii) the Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the Issue Date that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First Priority Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Notes Obligations and (iii) the Other First Priority Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Priority Lien Obligations).
Significant Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, taken as a whole, within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or any successor provision).
Similar Business means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
Sponsors means (i) Apollo Management, L.P. and any of its respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the Apollo Sponsors), (ii) Texas Pacific Group and any of its respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the Texas Pacific Sponsors), (iii) any individual who is a partner or employee of an Apollo Sponsor or a Texas Pacific Sponsor that is licensed by a relevant gaming authority on the Issue Date or thereafter replaces such licensee and (iv) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Apollo Sponsors and/or Texas Pacific Sponsors; provided that the Apollo Sponsors and/or the Texas Pacific Sponsors (x) owns a majority of the voting power and (y) controls a majority of the Board of Directors.
Standard Securitization Undertakings means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuers which the Company has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final 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 beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).
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Subordinated Indebtedness means (a) with respect to an Issuer, any Indebtedness of such Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to obligations in respect of the Notes.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
Subsidiary Guarantor means any Subsidiary of the Issuers that guarantees the Notes, as provided in this Indenture or a supplemental indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Subsidiary from its obligations to guarantee the Notes in accordance with this Indenture or supplemental indenture, such Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Suspension Period means the period of time between a Covenant Suspension Event and the related Reversion Date.
Taking means any taking of all or any portion of the Collateral by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings, pursuant to any law, general or special, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any portion of the Collateral by any governmental authority, civil or military, or any sale pursuant to the exercise by any such governmental authority of any right which it may then have to purchase or designate a purchaser or to order a sale of all or any portion of the Collateral.
Tax Distributions means any distributions described in Section 4.04(b)(xii).
TIA or Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Total Assets means the total combined, consolidated assets of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuers, without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Issue Date, calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any subsequent acquisition or disposition of a Person or business.
Transactions means, with the exception of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, the transactions described in the Offering Memorandum under SummaryRecent Developments.
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Transfer Restricted Notes means, each and collectively, the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and the Transfer Restricted Global Notes.
Treasury Rate means, as of the applicable redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to October 1, 2016; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to October 1, 2016 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Trust Officer means:
(1) any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and
(2) who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Trustee means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means:
(1) any Subsidiary of an Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company may designate any Subsidiary of an Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of an Issuer) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated, in each case at the time of such designation; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:
(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or
(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.
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The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:
(x) (1) the Issuers could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a), or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and
(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.
Voting Stock of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments.
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares or shares required to be held by Foreign Subsidiaries) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section | |
Additional Interest | Appendix A | |
Affiliate Transaction | 4.07 | |
Asset Sale Offer | 4.06(b) | |
Bankruptcy Law | 6.01 | |
Change of Control Offer | 4.08(b) | |
Collateral Asset Sale Offer | 4.06(b) | |
Collateral Asset Sale Offer Period | 4.06(e) | |
Collateral Excess Proceeds | 4.06(b) | |
covenant defeasance option | 8.01(b) | |
Covenant Suspension Event | 4.16 | |
Custodian | 6.01 | |
Definitive Note | Appendix A | |
Depository | Appendix A | |
Disqualified Holder | 2.15 | |
Event of Default | 6.01 | |
Excess Proceeds | 4.06(b) | |
Exchange Notes | Preamble | |
Global Notes | Appendix A | |
Global Notes Legend | Appendix A | |
Guaranteed Obligations | 12.01(a) | |
IAI | Appendix A | |
Increased Amount | 4.12(c) | |
Initial Notes | Preamble | |
Initial Purchasers | Appendix A | |
Issuers | Preamble | |
legal defeasance option | 8.01(b) | |
Notes | Preamble | |
Notes Custodian | Appendix A | |
Notice of Default | 6.01 | |
Offer Period | 4.06(d) | |
Paying Agent | 2.04(a) | |
protected purchaser | 2.08 | |
QIB | Appendix A | |
Refinancing Indebtedness | 4.03(b) | |
Refunding Capital Stock | 4.04(b) | |
Registered Exchange Offer | Appendix A | |
Registrar | 2.04(a) | |
Registration Rights Agreement | Appendix A | |
Regulation S | Appendix A | |
Regulation S Notes | Appendix A | |
Restricted Notes Legend | Appendix A | |
Restricted Payment | 4.04(a) | |
Restricted Period | Appendix A | |
Retired Capital Stock | 4.04(b) | |
Reversion Date | 4.16 | |
Rule 501 | Appendix A |
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Term |
Defined in Section | |
Rule 144A | Appendix A | |
Rule 144A Notes | Appendix A | |
Second Commitment | 4.06(b) | |
Shelf Registration Statement | Appendix A | |
Successor Issuer | 5.01(a) | |
Successor Entity | 5.01(b) | |
Suspended Covenants | 4.16 | |
Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes | Appendix A | |
Transfer Restricted Global Notes | Appendix A | |
Unrestricted Definitive Notes | Appendix A | |
Unrestricted Global Notes | Appendix A | |
Venue Easements | 1.01 |
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Notes and any Note Guarantee.
indenture security holder means a holder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor and any other obligor on 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 have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
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) including means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
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(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;
(i) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(j) $ and U.S. dollars each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; and
(k) whenever in this Indenture or the Notes there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest, to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $1,000,000,000.
The Issuers may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Notes under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and (ii) such Additional Notes are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 3.06, 4.06(f), 4.08(c) or Appendix A), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officers Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:
(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
(2) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes shall accrue;
(3) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Notes in
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addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of Appendix A in which any such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, or any transfer of such Global Note 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; and
(4) if applicable, that such Additional Notes that are not Transfer Restricted Notes shall not be issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in Exhibit A, but shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes as set forth in Exhibit B.
If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.
The Initial Notes, including any Additional Notes, may, at the Issuers option, be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase; provided that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, if applicable.
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Initial Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes (if issued as Transfer Restricted Notes) and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Exchange Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes issued other than as Transfer Restricted Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that Notes may be issued in denominations of less than $2,000 solely to accommodate book-entry positions that have been created by the Depository in denominations of less than $2,000.
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Issuers signed by one Officer (a) Initial Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein and (c) the Exchange Notes for issue in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement for a like principal amount of Notes exchanged pursuant thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Such order shall specify the amount of separate Note certificates to be authenticated, the principal amount of each of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, the registered holder of each of the Notes and delivery instructions and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or Appendix A, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.
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One Officer shall sign the Notes for each Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuers. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, 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 any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.
(a) The Issuers shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the Registrar) and (ii) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the Paying Agent). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuers may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrars. The term Paying Agent includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
(b) The Issuers may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. Any Issuer or any of their domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(c) The Issuers may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuers and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuers and the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Issuers shall deposit with each Paying Agent (or if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
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Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuers shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of holders or the Trustee all money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuers in making any such payment. If an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Issuers 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 such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. 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 holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing 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 holders.
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrars request. The Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuers shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the holder of such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405
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of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the holder (a) satisfies the Issuers and the Trustee within a reasonable time after such holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuers and the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a protected purchaser) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Issuers and the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, such holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuers to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss or liability that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment. The Issuers and the Trustee may charge the holder for their expenses in replacing a Note (including without limitation, attorneys fees and disbursements in replacing such Note). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuers in their discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuers.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because one of the Issuers or an Affiliate of one of the Issuers holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuers receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.
If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each 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 or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes they have redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuers shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuers may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuers shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each affected holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
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SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc. The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers.
SECTION 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 13.06 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officers Certificate.
SECTION 2.15. Mandatory Disposition Pursuant to Gaming Laws. Each person that holds or acquires beneficial ownership of any of the Notes shall be deemed to have agreed, by accepting such Notes, that if any Gaming Authority requires such person to be approved, licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, shall apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within the required time period.
If a person required to apply or become licensed or qualified or be found suitable fails to do so (a Disqualified Holder), the Issuers shall have the right, at their election, (1) to require such person to dispose of its Notes or beneficial interest therein within 30 days of receipt of notice of such election or such earlier date as may be required by such Gaming Authority or (2) to redeem such Notes at a redemption price that, unless otherwise directed by such Gaming Authority, shall be at a redemption price that is equal to the lesser of:
(a) such persons cost, or
(b) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the earlier of (i) the redemption date or (ii) the date such person became a Disqualified Holder.
The Issuers shall notify the Trustee and applicable Gaming Authority in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Issuers shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such holder may Incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or finding of suitability.
SECTION 2.16. Additional Interest. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within five Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the forms of Note set forth in Exhibit A and B hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Notes at the election of the Issuers or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.
SECTION 3.03. Notices to Trustee. If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of the Note, they shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price. The Issuers shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Note, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Issuers to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein, as well as such notice required to be delivered under Section 3.05 below. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuers and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any holder or otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.04. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed, or if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and, in such manner that complies with the requirements of the Depository, if applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption.
(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Note, the Issuers shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail, or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice of redemption to each holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee), except that redemption notices may be mailed or otherwise delivered more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article VIII.
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Any such notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;
(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;
(v) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(vi) that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or Common Code number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; and
(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or Common Code number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
(b) At the Issuers request, the Trustee shall deliver the notice of redemption in the Issuers name and at the Issuers expense. In such event, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least one Business Day prior to the date such notice is to be provided to holders in the final form such notice is to be delivered to holders and such notice may not be canceled.
SECTION 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed or otherwise delivered in accordance with Section 3.05, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice, except as provided in the final sentence of paragraph 5 of the Notes. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a regular Record Date and on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant Record Date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other holder.
SECTION 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price. With respect to any Notes, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuers have deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes to be redeemed, unless the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
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SECTION 3.08. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the holder (at the Issuers expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered and cancellation.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Issuers shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02. Reports and Other Information.
(a) Notwithstanding that the Issuers may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, CERP LLC shall file with the SEC (and provide the Trustee and holders with copies thereof, without cost to each holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC),
(i) within the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC;
(ii) within the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC;
(iii) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form), except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC; and
(iv) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuers would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
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provided, however, that (i) at any time prior to the filing of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement by CERP LLC, the Issuers shall not be required to provide financial statements or other financial information regarding any individual Issuer and may instead provide financial statements and other financial information on a combined basis consistent with the presentation in the Offering Memorandum and (ii) CERP LLC shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event CERP LLC will make available such information to prospective purchasers of Notes in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the holders, in each case within 20 days after the time CERP LLC would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subject, in the case of any such information, certificates or reports provided prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, to exceptions consistent with the presentation of financial information in the Offering Memorandum.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CERP LLC shall not be required to furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) In the event that:
(i) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit CERP LLC and any direct or indirect parent of CERP LLC to report at such parent entitys level on a consolidated basis and such parent entity is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the capital stock of CERP LLC, or
(ii) any direct or indirect parent of CERP LLC is or becomes a Guarantor of the Notes,
consolidating reporting at the parent entitys level in a manner consistent with that described in this Section 4.02 and furnishing financial information relating to such direct or indirect parent for CERP LLC will satisfy this Section 4.02; provided that such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such direct or indirect parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than CERP LLC and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to CERP LLC and its Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.
(c) CERP LLC will make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, CERP LLC has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the SEC with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the holders of the Notes and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CERP LLC will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the holders if CERP LLC has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available. In addition, the requirements of this Section 4.02 shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Notes or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by (1) the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement, and any amendments thereto, and such registration statement and/or amendments thereto are filed at times that otherwise satisfy the time requirements set forth in Section 4.02(a) and/or (2) the posting of reports that would be required to be provided to the Trustee and the holders on CERP LLCs website (or that of any of its parent companies).
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SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.
(a) (i) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuers shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and, subject to Section 4.03(c), any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock or issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuers for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:
(i) the Incurrence by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers acceptances thereunder (including any Indebtedness Incurred and represented by any First Priority Lien Obligations of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries, the proceeds of which First Priority Lien Obligations are used to repay Indebtedness under such Credit Agreement) up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at the time of Incurrence that does not exceed (x) $3,070.0 million plus (y) an additional aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations outstanding at any one time that does not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, determined on a pro forma basis, to exceed 4.25 to 1.00;
(ii) the Incurrence of up to (A) $1,150.0 million of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under the Second Lien Notes (and any exchange notes) and (B) $1,000.0 million of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under the Notes (and any exchange Notes);
(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b));
(iv) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, Disqualified Stock issued by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed the greater of $350.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;
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(v) Indebtedness Incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with the Transactions, the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction or any other acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary of any Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(vii) Indebtedness of any Issuer to any Restricted Subsidiary or another Issuer; provided that (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries) any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuers under the Notes or the Note Guarantees, as applicable; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (vii);
(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary issued to another Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (viii);
(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries), such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (ix);
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(x) (A) Hedging Obligations entered into in connection with the Transactions and (B) Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes but (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales and, in each case, extensions or replacements thereof;
(xi) obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Project or in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;
(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or, subject to Section 4.03(c), Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 3.25% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));
(xiii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not greater than 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (which proceeds are contributed to an Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, any Issuer or any Subsidiary) as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);
(xiv) any guarantee by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of another Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that (i) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the obligations of such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes, as applicable, any such guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes, as applicable and (ii) if such guarantee is of Indebtedness of an Issuer, such guarantee is Incurred in accordance with, or not in contravention of, Section 4.11 solely to the extent such Section is applicable;
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(xv) the Incurrence by any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including any additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date that is one year following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date;
(2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness junior to the Notes or the obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the Notes, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is junior to the Notes or such obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; and
(3) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided, further, that subclause (1) of this clause (xv) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations;
(xvi) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) any Issuer or, subject to Section 4.03(c), any of the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation, either:
(1) the Issuers would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuers would be equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation;
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(xvii) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(xviii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence;
(xix) Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(xx) [Reserved];
(xxi) Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (1) the financing of insurance premiums or (2) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent described in Section 4.04(b)(iv);
(xxiii) Indebtedness constituting Qualified Non-Recourse Debt in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xxiii), does not exceed $250.0 million;
(xxiv) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of $50.0 million; and
(xxv) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, agreements to pay service fees to professionals (including architects, engineers and designers) in furtherance of and/or in connection with a Project, in each case to the extent such agreements and related payment provisions are reasonably consistent with commonly accepted industry practices (provided, that no such agreements shall give rise to Indebtedness for borrowed money).
(c) Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under Section 4.03(a) or clauses (xii) or (xvi)(x) of Section 4.03(b) if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) and clauses (xii) and (xvi)(x) of Section 4.03(b), collectively, would exceed the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets.
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(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03:
(i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxv) of Section 4.03(b) or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Issuers shall, in their sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03; provided, however, Indebtedness Incurred under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) and may not later be reclassified; and
(ii) at the time of incurrence, the Issuers will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.03(a) and (b) (or any portion thereof) without giving pro forma effect to the Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b) (or any portion thereof) when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a) (or any portion thereof).
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, amortization of original issue discount, the accretion of liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of any of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company (other than (A) dividends or distributions by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);
(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuers could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (ii) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (C) thereof), (vi)(C), (viii), (xiii)(B) and (xix) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, as applicable, such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) (A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Subordinated Indebtedness of any Issuer, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or to another Issuer) (collectively, including any such contributions, Refunding Capital Stock);
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(B) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or to another Issuer) of Refunding Capital Stock, and
(C) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (vi) of this Section 4.04(b) and not made pursuant to clause (ii)(B), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Company) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(iii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor which is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, any tender premiums, plus any defeasance costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith),
(B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,
(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding, and
(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness being redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date that is one year following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date;
(iv) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers or any Subsidiary of an Issuer pursuant to any management equity
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plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (iv) do not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $30.0 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $50.0 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock); provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A) the cash proceeds received by any of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to an Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company that occurs after the Issue Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the Cumulative Credit), plus
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers (to the extent contributed to an Issuer) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, plus
(C) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers in connection with the Transactions that are forgone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests;
provided that the Issuers may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A), (B) and (C) above in any calendar year; and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any present or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of any Issuer, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their direct or indirect parents in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of an Issuer or any of their direct or indirect parents will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.04 or any other provision of this Indenture;
(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(vi) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;
(B) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (B) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Company from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date; and
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(C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii);
provided, however, in the case of each of (A) and (C) above of this clause (vi), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Issuers would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00;
(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(viii) the payment of dividends on the common stock of the Company (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Company of dividends on such entitys common stock) of up to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, other than public offerings with respect to the Companys (or such direct or indirect parents) common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;
(ix) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time made;
(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Company that files a consolidated tax return that includes the Issuers and their subsidiaries (including, without limitation, by virtue of such parent being the common parent of a consolidated or combined tax group of which the Issuers and/or their Restricted Subsidiaries are members) in an amount not to exceed the amount that the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries would have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local taxes (as the case may be) if the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries paid such taxes as a stand-alone taxpayer (or stand-alone group);
(xiii) the payment of Restricted Payments, if applicable:
(A) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Company and general corporate operating and overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Company in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries;
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(B) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, an Issuer Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and
(C) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company to pay fees and expenses, other than to Affiliates of the Company, related to any equity or debt offering of such parent;
(xiv) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions or owed by an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer or Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates, and any other payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer to enable it to make payments, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, whether payable on the Issue Date or thereafter, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;
(xv) any Restricted Payment made under the Operations Management Agreement and any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(xvi) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(xvii) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;
(xviii) Restricted Payments by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(xix) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Notes tendered by holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; and
(xx) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Section 5.01; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuers shall have made a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Notes tendered by holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi)(B), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xiii)(B) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; provided, further that any Restricted Payments made with property other than cash shall be calculated using the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of such property.
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(c) The Issuers will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of Investments. Such designation will only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.04, the Issuers will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or pay any dividend or make any distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) on, or in respect of, the Capital Stock of the Company or purchase or otherwise acquire any Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company for the purpose of paying any dividend or making any distribution to, or acquiring Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Company from, the Sponsors, or guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the Company for the purpose of paying such dividend, making such distribution or so acquiring such Capital Stock to or from the Sponsors, in each case by means of utilization of the cumulative Restricted Payment credit provided by Section 4.04(a), or the exceptions provided by clauses (i), (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b) or clause (9), (10), (15) or (20) of the definition of Permitted Investments, if (x) at the time and after giving effect to such payment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Issuers would be greater than 6.00 to 1.00 or (y) such payment is not otherwise in compliance with this Section 4.04.
SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any other Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) on its Capital Stock; or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes (and any Exchange Notes), the Note Guarantees, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes (and any exchange notes) and any guarantees thereof;
(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to
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consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired, and any agreement or other instrument existing on the date of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction with respect to properties and assets that are subject to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary;
(6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(9) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capitalized Lease Obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;
(12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (a) of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary, (b) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any agreement or instrument will not materially affect the Issuers ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) or (c) of any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt, provided that in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;
(13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment;
(14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuers, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; or
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(15) any encumbrance or restriction in any agreement related to the development or financing of a Project.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by any such Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.
SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on an Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or such Restricted Subsidiarys obligations in respect of the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee,
(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received),
(iii) Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the other Issuers and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any direct obligation in respect of, or any guarantee of payment of, such Indebtedness in connection with the Asset Sale,
(iv) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) received after the Issue Date from Persons who are not the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof, and
(v) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (v) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 5.0% of Total Assets and $350.0 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).
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(b) Within 15 months after any Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option:
(i) to repay (A) Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), provided that (x) to the extent that the terms of First Priority Lien Obligations in respect of the Credit Agreement require that such First Priority Lien Obligations are repaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales prior to repayment of other Indebtedness, the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to repay such other First Priority Lien Obligations prior to repaying the Notes Obligations and (y) subject to the foregoing clause (x), if the Issuers shall so reduce First Priority Lien Obligations, the Issuers will equally and ratably reduce Notes Obligations in any manner set forth in clause (D) below to all holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Notes, (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, (C) Notes Obligations or (D) Indebtedness constituting Pari Passu Indebtedness other than First Priority Lien Obligations so long as the Net Proceeds are with respect to assets not constituting Collateral (provided that if an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under this clause (D), the Issuers will equally and ratably reduce Notes Obligations as provided pursuant to Section 3.01, through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof or, in the event that the Notes were issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer or a Collateral Asset Sale Offer, as applicable) to all holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof or, in the event that the Notes were issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Notes), in each case other than Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuers; or
(ii) to make an Investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case (a) used or useful in a Similar Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.
In the case of Section 4.06(b)(ii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another binding commitment (a Second Commitment) within six months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further that such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into a Second Commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale and to the extent such Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Collateral Excess Proceeds or Excess Proceeds, as applicable. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds received from Asset Sales of Collateral that are not invested or applied as set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall
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be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute Collateral Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Collateral Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, the Issuers shall make an offer to all holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any First Priority Lien Obligations or Obligations secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture (which Lien is not subordinate to the Lien of the Notes with respect to the Collateral), to the holders of such First Priority Lien Obligations or such other Obligations (a Collateral Asset Sale Offer), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such First Priority Lien Obligations or such other Obligations that is a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Collateral Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such First Priority Lien Obligations were issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any (or, in respect of such First Priority Lien Obligations, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such First Priority Lien Obligations), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuers will commence a Collateral Asset Sale Offer with respect to Collateral Express Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Collateral Excess Proceeds exceed $75.0 million by mailing, or delivered electronically if held by DTC, the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales of non-Collateral that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, the Issuers shall make an offer to all holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Issuers, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an Asset Sale Offer) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness), that is at least $2,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Issuers will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million by mailing, or delivered electronically if held by DTC, the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 4.06(g), with a copy to the Trustee.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such other First Priority Lien Obligations or Obligations secured by a Lien permitted by this Indenture (which Lien is not subordinate to the Lien of the Notes with respect to the Collateral) tendered pursuant to a Collateral Asset Sale Offer is less than the Collateral Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Collateral Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or other First Priority Lien Obligations or such other Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Collateral Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other First Priority Lien Obligations or such other Obligations to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(f). To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(f). Upon completion of any such Collateral Asset Sale Offer or Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Collateral Excess Proceeds or Excess Proceeds, as the case may be, shall be reset at zero.
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(c) The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Issuers shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuers, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the Offer Period), the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuers. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuers immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with Section 4.06.
(e) Not later than the date upon which written notice of a Collateral Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Collateral Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Collateral Asset Sales pursuant to which such Collateral Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Issuers shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuers, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Collateral Asset Sale Offer remains open (the Collateral Asset Sale Offer Period), the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuers. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Collateral Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuers reasonably promptly following its actual knowledge of the expiration of the Collateral Asset Sale Offer Period for application in accordance with Section 4.06.
(f) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuers at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuers receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by the holder for purchase and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his
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election to have such Note purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Notes (and such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer or a Collateral Asset Sale Offer than the Issuers are required to purchase, selection of such Notes for purchase shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with the requirements of DTC, if applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable shall be made pursuant to the terms of such First Priority Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness.
(g) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer or a Collateral Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or delivered electronically if held at DTC, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each holder of Notes at such holders registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.
SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuers (each of the foregoing, an Affiliate Transaction) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, unless:
(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the relevant Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, an Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:
(i) transactions between or among the Issuers and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company and any direct parent of the Company; provided that such parent of the Company shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;
(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted Investments;
(iii) [Reserved];
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(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of any Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary, or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer;
(v) payments by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are (x) made pursuant to the agreements with the Sponsors described in the Offering Memorandum or (y) approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith;
(vi) transactions in which an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);
(vii) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to officers, directors, employees or consultants which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith;
(viii) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by the applicable Issuer;
(ix) the existence of, or the performance by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of any transaction, agreement or arrangement described in the Offering Memorandum and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(x) the execution of the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, including fees to Caesars Entertainment and its subsidiaries or the Sponsors, if any, which are described in the Offering Memorandum or contemplated by the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(xi) any transactions made pursuant to any Operations Management Agreement;
(xii) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or senior management, or are on terms at least as
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favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or industry norm;
(xiii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(xiv) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any Person;
(xv) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary, as appropriate, in good faith;
(xvi) the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement that complies with Section 4.04(b)(xii);
(xvii) any contribution to the capital of an Issuer;
(xviii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, Section 5.01;
(xix) transactions between any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director of any Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of such Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;
(xx) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xxi) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) any employment agreements entered into by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxiii) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of an Issuer in an Officers Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision set forth in this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Caesars Entertainment, Caesars Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation, and their respective Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of the Issuers or their Subsidiaries with respect to any transaction, so long as the transaction is in the ordinary course of business, pursuant to agreements existing on the Issue Date or pursuant to any management agreement or shared services agreement entered into with any of the Issuers and/or their Subsidiaries or, in each case, amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, or replacements thereof, that are not materially adverse to the Issuers or their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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SECTION 4.08. Change of Control.
(a) Upon a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right to require the Issuers to repurchase all or any part of such holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuers shall not be obligated to purchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem such Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture. In the event that at the time of such Change of Control the terms of the Bank Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08, then prior to the mailing of the notice to the holders provided for in Section 4.08(b) but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuers shall: (i) repay in full all Bank Indebtedness or, if doing so will allow the purchase of Notes, offer to repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender and/or noteholder who has accepted such offer; or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided for in Section 4.08(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuers have exercised their right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture, the Issuers shall mail a notice (a Change of Control Offer) to each holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such holder has the right to require the Issuers to repurchase such holders Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control;
(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
(iv) the instructions determined by the Issuers, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.
(c) holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuers at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuers receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the holder and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.
(d) On the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Issuers under this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the holders entitled thereto.
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(e) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4.08 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuers and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(g) Notes repurchased by the Issuers pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuers. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding clause (f) will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding.
(h) At the time the Issuers delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Issuers shall also deliver an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Issuers pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering holder.
(i) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Issuers to make such offer have been complied with.
(j) The Issuers shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.
(k) If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuers as described above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such holders, the Issuers or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of redemption. Any such redemption shall be effected pursuant to Article III.
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuers, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2013, an Officers Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Issuers he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If he or she does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto. The Issuers also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA. Except with respect to receipt of payments of principal and interest on the Notes and any Default or Event of Default information contained in the Officers Certificate delivered to it pursuant to this Section 4.09, the Trustee shall have no duty to review, ascertain or confirm the Issuers compliance with or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.
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SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuers shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.11. Future Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Issuers shall cause each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary that is wholly owned by one or more Foreign Subsidiaries and created to enhance the tax efficiency of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries) that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee (i) a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit D pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee the Issuers obligations under the Notes and this Indenture and shall comply with the additional requirements of Section 12.06 and (ii) joinders to or new Security Documents and take all actions required by the Security Documents to perfect the Liens created thereunder.
SECTION 4.12. Liens.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures any Indebtedness on any asset or property of any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, other than Liens securing Indebtedness that are junior in priority to the Liens on such property or assets securing the Notes.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (a) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of Permitted Liens or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (b) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of Permitted Liens or pursuant to Section 4.12(a), the Issuers shall, in their sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the clauses of the definition of Permitted Liens or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) and in such event, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) will be treated as being Incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to Section 4.12(a).
(c) With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The Increased Amount of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of any of the Issuers, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition of Indebtedness.
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SECTION 4.13. After-Acquired Property.
Upon the acquisition by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any First Priority After-Acquired Property, such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments, financing statements and certificates, opinions of counsel or such other documentation substantially similar to the documentation delivered to secure First Priority Lien Obligations as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the First Lien Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest or lien, subject only to Permitted Liens, in such First Priority After-Acquired Property and to have such First Priority After-Acquired Property (but subject to certain limitations, if applicable, including as described in Article XI and the Security Documents) added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such First Priority After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect.
SECTION 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a) The Issuers shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers 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 Issuers 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 as set forth in Section 13.02.
(b) The Issuers 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 an Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c) The Issuers hereby designate the corporate trust office of the Trustee or its agent as such office or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.04.
SECTION 4.15. Security Documents. To the extent that any instrument or deliverable under the Security Documents is required to be delivered and is not delivered on or prior to the Issue Date, the Issuers will use their commercially reasonable efforts to, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to, deliver such instruments and deliverables within 120 days following the Issue Date or such longer period of time as agreed to by the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement with respect to perfecting security interests in such Collateral thereunder.
SECTION 4.16. Covenant Suspension. If on any date following the Issue Date, (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, then, beginning on that day (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a Covenant Suspension Event), and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.11 and 5.01(a)(iv) (collectively the Suspended Covenants).
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If and while the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants, the Notes will be entitled to substantially less covenant protection. In the event that the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the Reversion Date) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events.
The Issuers shall promptly upon its occurrence deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate notifying the Trustee of the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date, and the date thereof. The Trustee shall not have any obligation to monitor the occurrence or dates of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date and may rely conclusively on such Officers Certificate. The Trustee shall not have any obligation to notify the holders of the occurrence or dates of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date.
On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iii). Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 will be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and prior, but not during, the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a). As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Issuers or their Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period. Within 30 days of such Reversion Date, the Issuers must comply with the terms of Section 4.11.
For purposes of Section 4.06, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.
SECTION 4.17. Maintenance of Insurance. The Issuers shall maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to be listed as insured and the First Lien Collateral Agent to be listed as co-loss payee on property and property casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. When Issuers May Merge or Transfer Assets.
(a) (i) Prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, the Issuers may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not an Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their properties or assets in one or more related transactions, in each case, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than in any case in connection with the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (ii) following the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, CERP LLC may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not CERP LLC is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than in any case in connection with the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) unless:
(i) such Issuer is the surviving person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than such Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or similar entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the Successor Issuer); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, at least one other Issuer is a corporation;
(ii) the Successor Issuer (if other than an Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of such prior Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either
(A) the Successor Issuer would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not less than such ratio for such prior Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
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(v) if the prior Issuer is not the Successor Issuer, each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its obligations in respect of the Notes shall apply to such Persons obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and
(vi) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Issuer (if other than the prior Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes, and in such event such Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 5.01(a), (a) any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (b) an Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Issuer in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States or may convert into a limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby and (c) prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, such clauses (iii) and (iv) shall only apply to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer involving all of substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. This Article V will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 (which govern the release of assets and property securing the Notes upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that is an Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor), no Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor shall, and the Issuers shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not an Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person (other than in any case in connection with the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) unless:
(i) either (A) such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or similar entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the Successor Entity) and the Successor Entity (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, or (b) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and
(ii) the Successor Entity (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
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Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Entity (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Issuers or Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes, and such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Issuers or Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) an Issuer (other than CERP LLC) or a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) an Issuer (other than CERP LLC) or a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Subsidiary Guarantor or an Issuer.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Issuer (other than CERP LLC) or Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An Event of Default occurs with respect to Notes if:
(a) there is a default in any payment of interest (including any additional interest) on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) there is a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;
(c) the failure by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;
(d) the failure by any Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent;
(e) either an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
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(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against either an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a Custodian of either an Issuer or any Significant or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of either an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary; or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(g) failure by an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days;
(h) the Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof);
(i) unless all of the Collateral has been released from the First Priority Liens in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, the First Priority Liens on any material Collateral cease to be valid or enforceable and such Default continues for 30 days, or an Issuer shall assert, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Person that is a Subsidiary of an Issuer, the Issuers fail to cause such Subsidiary to rescind such assertions within 30 days after the Issuers have actual knowledge of such assertions; or
(j) the failure by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Security Documents except for a failure that would not be material to the holders of the Notes and would not materially affect the value of the Collateral taken as a whole.
The foregoing shall 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.
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The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
However, a default under clauses (c) or (j) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes notify the Issuers of the default and the Issuers do not cure such default within the time specified in clauses (c) or (j) hereof after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or 6.01(f) hereof with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuers may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuers and the Representative under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuers deliver an Officers Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or the Security Documents.
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 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. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a
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Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuers, the Trustee and the holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or expense for which it is not adequately indemnified, or subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification 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) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing,
(ii) holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy,
(iii) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense,
(iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and
(v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
(b) A holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another holder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, 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 may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim, statements of interest and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each holder to make 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. Subject to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI and any other money or property distributable in respect of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantors obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith) for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to the holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Issuers or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount for any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Issuers a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
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 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 pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes.
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the Issuers nor any Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
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now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not 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 had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent 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 Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability 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 Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(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; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
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(d) 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) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustees conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuers and shall Incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be Incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
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(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including 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.
(i) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.
(j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon future holders of Notes and upon Notes executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.
(k) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(l) The Trustee may request that the Issuers deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(m) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions.
(n) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.
(o) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.
(p) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Issuers compliance with or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or duty made in this Indenture. Delivery of reports, information and documents under Section 4.02 of this Indenture is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any of the information therein including the Issuers compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officers Certificates provided to it by an Issuer).
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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 Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with 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, the Note Guarantees or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustees certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (h), (i) or (j) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any holder. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the holders of the Notes and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the holders of Notes and the Issuers having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice if it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the 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 Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the holders. The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee, annually, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuers also are required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take in respect thereof.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders. As promptly as practicable after each June 30 beginning with the June 30 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to June 30 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each holder a brief report dated as of such June 30 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Issuers agree to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuers shall pay to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith) from time to time such compensation, as the Issuers and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing, for the Trustees acceptance of this Indenture and its services hereunder. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith) upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses Incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally shall indemnify the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith), including its officers, directors, employees and agents, and shall hold them harmless, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) Incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties
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hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Note Guarantee against the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts, including any indemnification, shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuers shall not relieve any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuers expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuers and such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties defense and, in such indemnified parties reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense Incurred by an indemnified party through such partys own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee Incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuers, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuers. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuers shall remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuers or by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes and such holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
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(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. 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 the holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Issuers any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustees duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuers obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation 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 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 it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
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 $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated herein.
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ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when:
(i) either (a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all of the Notes (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (3) if redeemable at the option of the Issuers, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers, and the Issuers have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Issuers directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of the redemption only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of the redemption;
(ii) the Issuers and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and
(iii) the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Issuers at any time may terminate (i) all of their obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to the holders of the Notes) (legal defeasance option) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.15 and the operation of Section 5.01 for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d) and Sections 6.01(e) and 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i) and 6.01(j) (covenant defeasance option). The Issuers may exercise their legal defeasance option notwithstanding their prior exercise of their covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Issuers terminate all of their obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) by exercising their legal defeasance option or their covenant defeasance option, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Notes and the Security Documents shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.
If the Issuers exercise their legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuers exercise their covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) and 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i) or 6.01(j) or because of the failure of the Issuers to comply with Section 5.01.
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Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Issuers, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Issuers terminate.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuers obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article VIII shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuers obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance.
(a) The Issuers may exercise their legal defeasance option or their covenant defeasance option only if:
(i) the Issuers irrevocably deposit in trust with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of the redemption only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of the redemption;
(ii) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(iii) no Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Issuers shall have occurred or is continuing on the date of such deposit;
(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuers and is not prohibited by Article X;
(v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) 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 will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all of the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers;
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(vi) such exercise does not impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holders Notes on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holders Notes;
(vii) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article VIII have been complied with.
(b) Before or after a deposit, the Issuers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Notes at a future date in accordance with Article III.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes so discharged or defeased.
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Issuers. Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuers upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuers upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuers shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII 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 Issuers obligations under this Indenture and the Notes so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
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such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuers have made any payment of principal of, or interest on, any such Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuers 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 any Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders.
(a) The Issuers and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes without notice to or consent of any holder:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Issuer (with respect to an Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes;
(iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the obligations of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as applicable, and the Security Documents;
(iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(v) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or collateral with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes;
(vi) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(vii) to add additional secured creditors holding Other First Priority Lien Obligations or other Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents;
(viii) to implement the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers;
(x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder;
(xi) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the Description of First Lien Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description of First Lien Notes was
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intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Issuers will confirm their good faith intention of any such textual change intended to be a verbatim recitation in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee;
(xii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or
(xiii) to make changes to provide for the issuance of the Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.
(b) After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of the Holders.
(a) The Issuers and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Note affected, an amendment may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment,
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note,
(3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note,
(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article III,
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note,
(6) expressly subordinate the Notes to any other Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
(7) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holders 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,
(8) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holders consent or in the waiver provisions, or
(9) make any change in the provisions in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Indenture dealing with the application of proceeds of Collateral that would adversely affect the holders of the Notes.
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Except as expressly provided by this Indenture, without the consent of holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment may modify or release the Note Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes. In addition, without the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. From the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, every amendment, waiver or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
(a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a holder of a Note shall bind the holder and every subsequent holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting holders Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such holder or subsequent holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such holders Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers Certificate from the Issuers certifying that the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuers or the Trustee of consents by the holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuers and the Trustee.
(b) The Issuers 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. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Issuers may require the holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the holder. Alternatively, if the Issuers or the Trustee so determine, the Issuers in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
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SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03) and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture have been complied with.
SECTION 9.07. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote) as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. Determinations as to whether holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article IX and Section 2.14.
ARTICLE X
RANKING OF NOTE LIENS
SECTION 10.01. Relative Rights. The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement define the relative rights, as lienholders, of holders of First Priority Liens, holders of Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations and holders of Liens securing Junior Priority Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement will:
(a) impair, as between the Issuers and holders of Notes, the obligation of the Issuers, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest on Notes in accordance with their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Issuers or any other obligor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;
(b) restrict the right of any holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(c) prevent the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any holder from exercising against the Issuers or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default (other than its rights as a secured party, which are subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement); or
(d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any holder:
(1) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case as to any obligor or otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against any obligor;
(2) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding;
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(3) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan therein;
(4) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect restricted or bound by, or liable for, any of the obligations under this Article X;
(5) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;
(6) to make, support or oppose any request for order appointing a trustee or examiner in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or
(7) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or oppose:
if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or
(x) as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other
(y) restructuring or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration of the estate or the disposition of the case or proceeding (in each case except as set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
ARTICLE XI
COLLATERAL
SECTION 11.01. Security Documents.The payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes when due, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by the Issuers pursuant to the Notes or by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Note Guarantees, the payment of all other Notes Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents are secured as provided in the Security Documents which the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have entered into and will be secured by Security Documents hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture. The Issuers shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, and each Restricted Subsidiary shall, make all filings (including filings of continuation statements and amendments to UCC financing statements that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such UCC financing statements) and all other actions as are necessary or required by the Security Documents to maintain (at the sole cost and expense of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries) the security interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (other than with respect to any Collateral the security interest in which is not required to be perfected under the Security Documents) as a perfected first priority security interest subject only to Permitted Liens.
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SECTION 11.02. Collateral Agent.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents.
(b) Subject to Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith.
(c) Subject to the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the Trustee shall direct the Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, the holders acknowledge that Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(d) The holders of Notes agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Collateral Agent by the Security Documents. Furthermore, each holder of a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(e) If the Issuers (i) Incur First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) direct the Trustee to deliver to the Collateral Agent an Officers Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in effect on the Issue Date) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so Incurred, the holders acknowledge that the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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SECTION 11.03. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.
(a) Each holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Intercreditor Agreement as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, appoints the Collateral Agent as its collateral agent, authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, authorizes and empowers the Trustee to direct the Collateral Agent to enter into, and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the holders of Notes and other holders of Obligations as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder.
(b) The Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents to which the Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof, and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the holders, direct, on behalf of the holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
(1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the First Priority Liens;
(2) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or
(3) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations.
Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the First Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 11.04. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents to secure the Notes and obligations under this Indenture at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or as provided hereby or in the Security Documents. The applicable assets included in the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens securing the Notes, and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents, under any one or more of the following circumstances or any applicable circumstance as provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents:
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(1) to enable any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor to consummate the disposition of such property or assets to a Person that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06;
(2) to release Excess Proceeds and Collateral Excess Proceeds that remain unexpended after the conclusion of an Asset Sale Offer or a Collateral Asset Sale Offer conducted in accordance with this Indenture;
(3) in respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.04 and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder and under the Security Documents;
(4) in respect of the property or assets of an Issuer, upon the release or discharge of such Issuers Notes Obligations in accordance with this Indenture;
(5) in respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the release or discharge of the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture;
(6) in respect of any property or assets of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor that would constitute Collateral but is at such time not subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations (other than the Notes Obligations), other than any property or assets that cease to be subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations in connection with a Discharge of Senior Lender Claims; provided that if such property and assets are subsequently subject to a Lien securing First Priority Lien Obligations (other than Excluded Property), such property and assets shall subsequently constitute Collateral under this Indenture; and
(7) as described under Article IX.
In addition, the security interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents securing the Notes Obligations shall automatically terminate and/or be released all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgor (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), as of the date upon (i) all the Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due) have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds; (ii) a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or discharge under Article VIII, or (iii) the holders of at least two thirds in aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued under this Indenture consent to the termination of the Security Documents.
In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 11.04(a), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), at such Pledgors expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) that may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 11.04(a) shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 11.04(a), the Pledgors shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements.
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Upon the receipt of an Officers Certificate from the Issuers, as described in Section 11.04(b) below, if applicable, and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Issuers, the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a), the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute, deliver or acknowledge any instruments of termination, satisfaction or release unless, in each case, an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent, including, without limitation, this Section 11.04, have been met and stating under which of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04(a) above the Collateral is being released have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee on or prior to the date on which the Collateral Agent executes any such instrument.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the holders, except as otherwise provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) To the extent necessary and for so long as required for any Issuer or Subsidiary not to be subject to any requirement pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to file separate financial statements with the SEC (or any other governmental agency), the Capital Stock of any such Issuer or Subsidiary shall not be included in the Collateral with respect to the respective Notes so affected and shall not be subject to the Liens securing such Notes and the Notes Obligations in accordance with and only to the extent provided in the Security Documents.
(e) To the extent required by the TIA, the Issuers must deliver an Officers Certificate to the Trustee within 30 calendar days following the end of each six-month period beginning on June 1 and December 1 of each year, to the effect that all such releases and withdrawals during the preceding six-month period in the ordinary course of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors business were not prohibited by this Indenture.
SECTION 11.05. Filing, Recording and Opinions.
(a) The Issuers will comply with the provisions of TIA Sections 314(b), 314(c) and 314(d), in each case following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA and except to the extent not required as set forth in any SEC regulation or interpretation (including any no-action letter issued by the Staff of the SEC, whether issued to an Issuer or any other Person). Following such qualification, to the extent the Issuers are required to furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to TIA Section 314(b)(2), the Issuers will furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each September 30.
Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 11.04 hereof will be deemed not to impair the Liens under this Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that is required to deliver an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the TIA,
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shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion. The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate statements contained in such documents and Opinion of Counsel.
(b) Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an Officer of an Issuer, except in cases where Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Issuers and their Subsidiaries will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if they determine, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of that section and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the SEC and its staff, including no action letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act is inapplicable to the released Collateral.
(d) Upon the request of the Trustee, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in respect of any matter in furtherance of the foregoing transactions contemplated by this Section 11.05.
SECTION 11.06. [Intentionally omitted.]
SECTION 11.07. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article XI upon the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article XI; and if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.08. Release Upon Termination of the Issuers Obligations. In the event (i) that the Issuers deliver to the Trustee, in form and substance acceptable to it, an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full of the Issuers obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture occurs under Article VIII, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuers and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall (or shall direct the Collateral Agent to) do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.
SECTION 11.09. Designations. Except as provided in the next sentence, for purposes of the provisions hereof and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement requiring the Issuers to designate Indebtedness for the purposes of the terms First Priority Lien Obligations and Other First Priority Lien Obligations or any other such designations hereunder or under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any such designation shall be sufficient if the relevant designation provides in writing that such First Priority Lien Obligations or Other First Priority Lien Obligations are permitted under this Indenture and is signed on behalf of the Issuers by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement. For all purposes hereof and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuers hereby designates the Obligations pursuant to the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, as First Priority Lien Obligations.
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SECTION 11.10. Taking and Destruction. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, upon any Taking or Destruction of any Collateral, all Net Insurance Proceeds received by any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed Net Proceeds and shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.06.
ARTICLE XII
GUARANTEE
SECTION 12.01. Guarantee.
(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the performance and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Guaranteed Obligations). The Guaranteed Obligations of all Subsidiary Guarantors shall be secured by first-priority security interests (subject to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12) in the Collateral owned by such Subsidiary Guarantor on a pari passu basis with all other First Priority Lien Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from any Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article XII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (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 Guaranteed Obligations or each Subsidiary Guarantor; (v) the failure of any holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of each Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 12.02(b) or Section 12.02(c). Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Subsidiary Guarantors, such that such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations would be less than the full amount claimed.
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(c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Subsidiary Guarantor.
(d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(e) The Note Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Pursuant to the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the security interests securing the Note Guarantees will be equal in priority (subject to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12) to all security interests in the Collateral granted to secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.
(f) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 12.02 and 12.06, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by 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 Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(g) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein 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 or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuers or otherwise.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary 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 holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between
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it, on the one hand, and the holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Note Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purposes of this Section 12.01.
(j) Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) Incurred by the Trustee or any holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 12.01.
(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture although the Trustee shall have no obligation to make any such request.
SECTION 12.02. Limitation on Liability.
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(b) A Note Guarantee as to any Subsidiary that executes a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof and provides a guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article XII upon:
(i) the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary), of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor if such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of this Indenture;
(ii) the Issuers designating such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04 and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(iii) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Indebtedness which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes;
(iv) the Issuers exercise of their legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option under Article VIII or if the Issuers obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
(v) such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest in favor of the First Priority Lien Obligations, subject to, in each case, the application of the proceeds of such foreclosure in accordance with Section 11.04.
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SECTION 12.03. Successors and Assigns. This Article XII shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 12.04. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XII shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XII at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 12.05. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XII, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 12.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors. Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article XII and shall guarantee the Notes. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 12.07. Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Note Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c) in respect of Sections of the TIA that are incorporated by reference in this Indenture pursuant to Section 1.03, the imposed duties shall control.
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SECTION 13.02. Notices.
(a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:
if to an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor:
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC
One Caesars Palace Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-8969
Telephone: (702) 407-6000
Facsimile: (702) 407-6418
Attn: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1419
Telephone: (651) 466-6299
Facsimile: (651) 466-7430
Attn: Corporate Trust Services, Raymond S. Haverstock
The Issuers or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b) Any notice or communication mailed to a holder shall be mailed, first class mail, to the holder at the holders address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
(c) 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, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.
SECTION 13.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders. The holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and other Persons shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.
SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuers to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture (other than the authentication of the Initial Notes), the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:
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(a) a statement that the individual 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 individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.
SECTION 13.06. When Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular Record Date is not a Business Day, the Record Date shall not be affected.
SECTION 13.09. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuers or of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 13.11. Successors. All agreements of an Issuer and a Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind such persons successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 13.12. Multiple 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. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
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SECTION 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.14. Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.
SECTION 13.15. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture 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 and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
SECTION 13.16. Intercreditor Agreements. The terms of this Indenture are subject to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 13.17. Acts of Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section 13.17.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signers individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signers authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of the Notes shall be proved by the register of the Notes kept by the Registrar.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the holder of any Note shall bind every future holder of the same Note and the holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuers in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
If the Issuers shall solicit from the holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuers may, at their option, by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof of such Issuer, fix in advance a record date for the determination of holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Issuers shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such
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request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders for the purposes of determining whether holders of the requisite proportion of the outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
SECTION 13.18. Security Advice Waiver. The parties hereto acknowledge that to the extent regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulatory entity grant them the right to receive brokerage confirmations for certain security transactions as they occur, they each specifically waive receipt of such confirmations to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 13.19. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties hereto agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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GUARANTORS: | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
OCTAVIUS/LINQ INTERMEDIATE HOLDING, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CAESARS LINQ, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CAESARS OCTAVIUS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 1, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 2, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 3, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 4, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 5, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 6, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 7, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 8, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 9, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
PARIS LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |
Name: Raymond S. Haverstock | ||
Title: Vice President |
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APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES, ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions.
1.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Additional Interest has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Definitive Note means a certificated Initial Note, Additional Note or Exchange Note (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend.
Depository means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
Global Note means a certificated Initial Note that includes the Global Notes Legend.
Global Notes Legend means the legend set forth under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture.
IAI means an institutional accredited investor as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Initial Purchasers means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC.
Notes Custodian means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement dated September 27, 2013 among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Representative of the Initial Purchasers entered into in connection with the sale and issuance of the Notes.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Registered Exchange Offer means the offer by the Issuers, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Representative of the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes and (b) any other similar registration rights agreement relating to Additional Notes.
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Regulation S means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Notes means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
Restricted Notes Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(i) herein.
Restricted Period, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuers to the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.
Rule 501 means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A Notes means all Initial Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
Shelf Registration Statement means a registration statement filed by the Issuers in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes means Definitive Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Notes Legend.
Transfer Restricted Global Notes means Global Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Notes Legend.
Unrestricted Definitive Notes means Definitive Notes that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend.
Unrestricted Global Notes means Global Notes that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend.
1.2 Other Definitions.
Term: |
Defined in Section: | |
Agent Members |
2.1(b) | |
Global Notes |
2.1(b) | |
Regulation S Global Notes |
2.1(b) | |
Rule 144A Global Notes |
2.1(b) |
2. The Notes.
2.1 Form and Dating; Global Notes.
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(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be (i) privately placed by the Issuers pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and (ii) sold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuers from time to time pursuant to one or more agreements in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Global Notes. (i) Except as provided in clause (d) below, Rule 144A Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the Rule 144A Global Notes).
Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the Regulation S Global Notes), which shall be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
The term Global Notes means the Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes. The Global Notes shall bear the Global Note Legend. The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (collectively, the Agent Members) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes. The Depository may be treated by the Issuers, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuers, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note.
(ii) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes if (x) the Depository (1) notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Issuers thereupon fail to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and a request has been made for such exchange; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Global Note be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all cases, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.
(iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers shall execute, and, upon written order of each
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Issuer signed by an Officer, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.
(iv) Any Transfer Restricted Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.2 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2.
(vi) The holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
2.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 2.08 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges 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 Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Transfer Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest
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to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. 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 pursuant to Section 2.2(i).
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Transfer Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,
and, in each such case, if the Issuers or the Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuers and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officers Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).
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(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any case, beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive Notes.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of Definitive Notes for beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below, as applicable:
(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. If any holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(B) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(C) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(D) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(E) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable; or
(F) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuers or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
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the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Transfer Restricted Global Note.
(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or
(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,
and, in each such case, if the Issuers or the Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuers and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note.
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(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 2.2(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 2.2(e).
(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. A Transfer Restricted Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(D) if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and
(E) if such transfer will be made to an Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note.
(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Transfer Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or
(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,
and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the holder thereof.
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note.
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 Depository 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(f) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraph (iii), (iv) or (v), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and any Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUERS OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN
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OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUERS SO REQUEST), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, UNITED STATES AND U.S. PERSON HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF (1) THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND (2) THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Each Regulation S Note shall bear the following additional legend:
BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on any such Initial Note will cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such Initial Note issued to certain holders be issued in global form will continue to apply, and an Initial Note or an Initial Note in global form, in each case without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the holder of such Initial Notes upon exchange of such transferring holders certificated Initial Note or directions to transfer such holders interest in the Global Note, as applicable.
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(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes pursuant to which holders of such Initial Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and Exchange Notes in certificated or global form, in each case without the Restricted Notes Legend, will be available to holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear the Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(vi) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. 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 of this Indenture. 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 Depository 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuers, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
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(i) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the holders and all payments to be made to the holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[For Regulation S Global Note Only]
BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Restricted Notes Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUERS OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUERS SO REQUEST), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
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SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, UNITED STATES AND U.S. PERSON HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF (1) THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND (2) THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legends:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF INITIAL NOTE]
No. |
[144A] CUSIP No. [144A] ISIN No. |
[699742 AA0] [US699742AA00] | ||||
[REG S] CUSIP No. [REG S] ISIN No. |
[U7012P AA0] [USU7012PAA04] | |||||
8% First-Priority Senior Secured Note due 2020 |
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, promise to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on October 1, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: October 11, 2013
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
*/ | If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIESSCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY. |
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020
1. Interest
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (such entities, and their successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the Issuers), promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuers shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an Interest Payment Date), commencing April 1, 2014. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from October 11, 2013, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on March 15 and September 15 (each a Record Date) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuers shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. Any Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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4. Indenture
The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013 (the Indenture), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the TIA). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuers. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of each Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
On or after October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice delivered to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:
Period |
Redemption Price | |||
2016 |
104.000 | % | ||
2017 |
102.000 | % | ||
2018 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
In addition, prior to October 1, 2016 the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail, or delivered electronically to the Depository if held by DTC, to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company (as defined in the Indenture) or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 108.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Mandatory Redemption
The Issuers will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee) or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article VIII thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuers to repurchase all or any part of such holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer, purchases all of such Notes, the Issuers or such third party may redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
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In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuers will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.
9. Ranking and Collateral
These Notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by a first-priority security interest in the Collateral pursuant to certain Security Documents. The First Priority Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, equal in ranking with all present and future First Priority Lien Obligations and, as set forth in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, will be senior in ranking to all present and future Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuers at any time may terminate some of or all their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions 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, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor
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Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Issuer (with respect to an Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the obligations of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as applicable, and the Security Documents; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; (v) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or collateral with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes; (vi) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement; (vii) to add additional secured creditors holding Other First Priority Lien Obligations or other Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents; (viii) to implement the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction; (ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers; (x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder (xi) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the Description of First Lien Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description of First Lien Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Issuers will confirm their good faith intention of any such textual change intended to be a verbatim recitation in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; (xii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA; or (xiii) to make changes to provide for the issuance of the Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Issuers, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the
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holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Issuers
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuers or their Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Issuers or of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
18. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
19. 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 rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
20. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
21. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
The Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuers will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: |
Your Signature: | |||||||
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature Guarantee: |
Date: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee | Signature of Signature Guarantee |
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES
This certificate relates to $ principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) book-entry or definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
¨ | has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above) |
¨ | has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes. |
In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is still a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note or a Transfer Restricted Global Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) |
¨ | to the Issuers; or | ||
(2) |
¨ | to the Registrar for registration in the name of the holder, without transfer; or | ||
(3) |
¨ | pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or | ||
(4) |
¨ | inside the United States to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or | ||
(5) |
¨ | outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Note shall be held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or | ||
(6) |
¨ | to an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or | ||
(7) |
¨ | pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. |
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuers or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuers or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Date: | Your Signature: | |||||||||
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note. | ||||||||||
Signature Guarantee: | ||||||||||
Date: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee | Signature of Signature Guarantee |
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuers as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Date: |
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases 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 signatory of Trustee or Notes Custodian |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:
Asset Sale ¨ Change of Control ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
$
Date: | Your Signature: | |||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee |
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF (1) THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND (2) THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legends:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
No. | CUSIP No. | [ ] | ||
ISIN No. | [ ] |
8% First-Priority Senior Secured Note due 2020
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, promise to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on October 1, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Dated:
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF | ||
AUTHENTICATION | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
*/ | If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIESSCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY. |
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020
1. Interest
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (such entities, and their successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the Issuers), promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuers shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an Interest Payment Date), commencing April 1, 2014. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from October 11, 2013, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on March 15 and September 15 (each a Record Date) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuers shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. Any Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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4. Indenture
The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013 (the Indenture), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the TIA). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuers. This Note is one of the Exchange Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of each Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
On or after October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice delivered to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:
Period |
Redemption Price | |||
2016 |
104.000 | % | ||
2017 |
102.000 | % | ||
2018 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
In addition, prior to October 1, 2016 the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail, or delivered electronically to the Depository if held by DTC, to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company (as defined in the Indenture) or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 108.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Mandatory Redemption
The Issuers will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee) or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article VIII thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuers to repurchase all or any part of such holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer, purchases all of such Notes, the Issuers or such third party may redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
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In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuers will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.
9. Ranking and Collateral
These Notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by a first-priority security interest in the Collateral pursuant to certain Security Documents. The First Priority Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, equal in ranking with all present and future First Priority Lien Obligations and, as set forth in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, will be senior in ranking to all present and future Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuers at any time may terminate some of or all their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions 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, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor
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Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Issuer (with respect to an Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the obligations of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as applicable, and the Security Documents; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; (v) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or collateral with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes; (vi) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement; (vii) to add additional secured creditors holding Other First Priority Lien Obligations or other Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents; (viii) to implement the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction; (ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers; (x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder (xi) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the Description of First Lien Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description of First Lien Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and the Issuers will confirm their good faith intention of any such textual change intended to be a verbatim recitation in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; (xii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA; or (xiii) to make changes to provide for the issuance of the Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Issuers, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the
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holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Issuers
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuers or their Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Issuers or of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
18. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
19. 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 rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
20. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
21. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
The Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuers will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: | Your Signature: |
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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature Guarantee:
Date: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee | Signature of Signature Guarantee |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases 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 signatory of Trustee or Notes Custodian |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:
Asset Sale ¨ Change of Control ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
$
Date: | Your Signature: | |||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion programor other signature guarantor program reasonablyacceptable to the Trustee |
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF]
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc.
Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc.
Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC
Harrahs Laughlin, LLC
Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC
Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC
Rio Properties, LLC
c/o U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
EP-MN-W53C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1419
Attention: Vice President
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[ ] principal amount of the 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the Notes) of CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the Issuers).
Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
Name: |
Address: |
Taxpayer ID Number: |
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We are an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional accredited investor at least $100,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
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2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is two years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuers or any affiliate of such Issuers was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the Resale Restriction Termination Date) only (a) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Note evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made to an institutional accredited investor prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuers and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee.
Dated:
TRANSFEREE: , | ||
By: |
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture) dated as of [ ], among [GUARANTOR] (the New Guarantor), a subsidiary of [ ] (or its successor), CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the Issuer), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Indenture) dated as of October 11, 2013, providing for the issuance of the Issuers 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the Notes), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000;
WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuers are required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuers Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Note Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term holders in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term holders as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such holders. The words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuers Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a guarantor under the Indenture.
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3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.
4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[NEW GUARANTOR] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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Exhibit 4.2
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC.
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC
as Issuers
and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto from time to time
11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021
INDENTURE
Dated as of October 11, 2013
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02. |
Other Definitions | 40 | ||||
SECTION 1.03. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 41 | ||||
SECTION 1.04. |
Rules of Construction | 42 | ||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
THE NOTES | ||||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Amount of Notes | 42 | ||||
SECTION 2.02. |
Form and Dating | 43 | ||||
SECTION 2.03. |
Execution and Authentication | 44 | ||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 44 | ||||
SECTION 2.05. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.06. |
Holder Lists | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.07. |
Transfer and Exchange | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.08. |
Replacement Notes | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.09. |
Outstanding Notes | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.10. |
[Intentionally Omitted.] | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.11. |
Cancellation | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.12. |
Defaulted Interest | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.13. |
CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.14. |
Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.15. |
Mandatory Disposition Pursuant to Gaming Laws | 47 | ||||
SECTION 2.16. |
Additional Interest | 48 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
REDEMPTION | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Redemption | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Applicability of Article | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Notices to Trustee | 48 | ||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed | 49 | ||||
SECTION 3.05. |
Notice of Optional Redemption | 49 | ||||
SECTION 3.06. |
Effect of Notice of Redemption | 50 | ||||
SECTION 3.07. |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 50 | ||||
SECTION 3.08. |
Notes Redeemed in Part | 50 |
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ARTICLE IV | ||||||
COVENANTS | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Payment of Notes | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4.02. |
Reports and Other Information | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4.03. |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock | 52 | ||||
SECTION 4.04. |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | 58 | ||||
SECTION 4.05. |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries | 64 | ||||
SECTION 4.06. |
Asset Sales | 65 | ||||
SECTION 4.07. |
Transactions with Affiliates | 68 | ||||
SECTION 4.08. |
Change of Control | 71 | ||||
SECTION 4.09. |
Compliance Certificate | 73 | ||||
SECTION 4.10. |
Further Instruments and Acts | 73 | ||||
SECTION 4.11. |
Future Subsidiary Guarantors | 73 | ||||
SECTION 4.12. |
Liens | 73 | ||||
SECTION 4.13. |
After-Acquired Property | 74 | ||||
SECTION 4.14. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.15. |
Security Documents | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.16. |
Covenant Suspension | 75 | ||||
SECTION 4.17. |
Maintenance of Insurance | 76 | ||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
SUCCESSOR COMPANY | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. |
When Issuers May Merge or Transfer Assets | 76 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | ||||||
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Events of Default | 79 | ||||
SECTION 6.02. |
Acceleration | 80 | ||||
SECTION 6.03. |
Other Remedies | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.04. |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.05. |
Control by Majority | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.06. |
Limitation on Suits | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.07. |
Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.08. |
Collection Suit by Trustee | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.09. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.10. |
Priorities | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.11. |
Undertaking for Costs | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.12. |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 83 |
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ARTICLE VII | ||||||
TRUSTEE | ||||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Duties of Trustee | 83 | ||||
SECTION 7.02. |
Rights of Trustee | 84 | ||||
SECTION 7.03. |
Individual Rights of Trustee | 86 | ||||
SECTION 7.04. |
Trustees Disclaimer | 86 | ||||
SECTION 7.05. |
Notice of Defaults | 86 | ||||
SECTION 7.06. |
Reports by Trustee to the Holders | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.07. |
Compensation and Indemnity | 87 | ||||
SECTION 7.08. |
Replacement of Trustee | 88 | ||||
SECTION 7.09. |
Successor Trustee by Merger | 89 | ||||
SECTION 7.10. |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 89 | ||||
SECTION 7.11. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers | 89 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE | ||||||
SECTION 8.01. |
Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance | 89 | ||||
SECTION 8.02. |
Conditions to Defeasance | 90 | ||||
SECTION 8.03. |
Application of Trust Money | 91 | ||||
SECTION 8.04. |
Repayment to Issuers | 92 | ||||
SECTION 8.05. |
Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations | 92 | ||||
SECTION 8.06. |
Reinstatement | 92 | ||||
ARTICLE IX | ||||||
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS | ||||||
SECTION 9.01. |
Without Consent of the Holders | 92 | ||||
SECTION 9.02. |
With Consent of the Holders | 93 | ||||
SECTION 9.03. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 94 | ||||
SECTION 9.04. |
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers | 94 | ||||
SECTION 9.05. |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 95 | ||||
SECTION 9.06. |
Trustee to Sign Amendments | 95 | ||||
SECTION 9.07. |
Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount | 95 | ||||
ARTICLE X | ||||||
RANKING OF NOTE LIENS | ||||||
SECTION 10.01. |
Relative Rights | 95 | ||||
ARTICLE XI | ||||||
COLLATERAL | ||||||
SECTION 11.01. |
Security Documents | 97 | ||||
SECTION 11.02. |
Collateral Agent | 97 | ||||
SECTION 11.03. |
Authorization of Actions to Be Taken | 98 | ||||
SECTION 11.04. |
Release of Collateral | 99 | ||||
SECTION 11.05. |
Filing, Recording and Opinions | 101 | ||||
SECTION 11.06. |
[Intentionally omitted.] | 102 | ||||
SECTION 11.07. |
Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee | 102 |
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SECTION 11.08. |
Release Upon Termination of the Issuers Obligations | 102 | ||||
SECTION 11.09. |
Designations | 102 | ||||
SECTION 11.10. |
Taking and Destruction | 102 | ||||
ARTICLE XII | ||||||
GUARANTEE | ||||||
SECTION 12.01. |
Guarantee | 102 | ||||
SECTION 12.02. |
Limitation on Liability | 104 | ||||
SECTION 12.03. |
Successors and Assigns | 105 | ||||
SECTION 12.04. |
No Waiver | 105 | ||||
SECTION 12.05. |
Modification | 105 | ||||
SECTION 12.06. |
Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors | 106 | ||||
SECTION 12.07. |
Non-Impairment | 106 | ||||
ARTICLE XIII | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
SECTION 13.01. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls | 106 | ||||
SECTION 13.02. |
Notices | 106 | ||||
SECTION 13.03. |
Communication by the Holders with Other Holders | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.04. |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.05. |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.06. |
When Notes Disregarded | 107 | ||||
SECTION 13.07. |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.08. |
Legal Holidays | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.09. |
GOVERNING LAW | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.10. |
No Recourse Against Others | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.11. |
Successors | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.12. |
Multiple Originals | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.13. |
Table of Contents; Headings | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.14. |
Indenture Controls | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.15. |
Severability | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.16. |
Intercreditor Agreement | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.17. |
Acts of Holders | 108 | ||||
SECTION 13.18. |
Security Advice Waiver | 109 | ||||
SECTION 13.19. |
Patriot Act | 109 |
Appendix A | | Provisions Relating to Initial Notes, Additional Notes and Exchange Notes |
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EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||
Exhibit A | | Form of Initial Note | ||||
Exhibit B | | Form of Exchange Note | ||||
Exhibit C | | Form of Transferee Letter of Representation | ||||
Exhibit D | | Form of Supplemental Indenture Related to Subsidiary Guarantors |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Section |
Indenture Section | |||
310 |
(a)(1) | 7.10 | ||
(a)(2) | 7.10 | |||
(a)(3) | N.A. | |||
(a)(4) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 7.08; 7.10 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
311 |
(a) | 7.11 | ||
(b) | 7.11 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
312 |
(a) | 2.06 | ||
(b) | 13.03 | |||
(c) | 13.03 | |||
313 |
(a) | 7.06 | ||
(b)(1) | N.A. | |||
(b)(2) | 7.06 | |||
(c) | 7.06 | |||
(d) | 4.02; 4.09 | |||
314 |
(a) | 4.02; 4.09 | ||
(b) | N.A. | |||
(c)(1) | 13.04 | |||
(c)(2) | 13.04 | |||
(c)(3) | N.A. | |||
(d) | N.A. | |||
(e) | 13.05 | |||
(f) | 4.10 | |||
315 |
(a) | 7.01 | ||
(b) | 7.05 | |||
(c) | 7.01 | |||
(d) | 7.01 | |||
(e) | 6.11 | |||
316 |
(a)(last sentence) | 13.06 | ||
(a)(1)(A) | 6.05 | |||
(a)(1)(B) | 6.04 | |||
(a)(2) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 6.07 | |||
317 |
(a)(1) | 6.08 | ||
(a)(2) | 6.09 | |||
(b) | 2.05 | |||
318 |
(a) | 13.01 |
N.A. Means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.
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INDENTURE dated as of October 11, 2013 among CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (each an Issuer and, collectively, the Issuers), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto from time to time, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of (i) $1,150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 issued on the date hereof (the Initial Notes), and (ii) exchange notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (the Exchange Notes) and (iii) Additional Notes issued from time to time as either Initial Notes or Exchange Notes (together with the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes, the Notes):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Additional Notes means Notes issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date, as determined by the Issuers, the greater of:
(1) 1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note, at October 1, 2016 (such redemption price being set forth in Paragraph 5 of the Note) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through October 1, 2016 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date, or in the case of a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance under this Indenture, the Treasury Rate as of two Business Days prior to the date on which funds to pay the Notes are deposited with the Trustee, plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
Asset Sale means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/ Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a disposition) or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), in each case other than:
(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;
(d) any disposition of assets of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of less than $25.0 million;
(e) any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Issuer to another Restricted Subsidiary or Issuer;
(f) any exchange (other than with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Issuers) of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuers;
(g) foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or other asset of any of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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(i) the lease, license, easement, assignment, sublease or sublicense of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) any sale of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;
(l) in the ordinary course of business, any swap of assets, or lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuers;
(m) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Receivables Financing (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(n) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted by this Indenture;
(o) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;
(p) any disposition of Capital Stock of an Issuer other than CERP LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
(q) any disposition made pursuant to an Operations Management Agreement;
(r) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property;
(s) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;
(t) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(u) any disposition in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(v) any leases, subleases, easements or licenses with respect to any Real Property entered into by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as such transaction, lease, sublease, easement or license would not reasonably be expected to materially interfere with, or materially impact or detract from, the operation of a Project;
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(w) the (i) lease, sublease or license of any portion of a Project to persons who, either directly or through Affiliates of such persons, intend to operate or manage nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation, spa, pool, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within a Project and (ii) the grant of declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions and/ or easements with respect to common area spaces and similar instruments benefiting such tenants of such lease and subleases generally and/or entered into connection with a Project (collectively, the Venue Easements); provided that (A) an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to maintain control (which may be through required contractual standards) over the primary aesthetics and standards of service and quality of the business being operated or conducted in connection with any such leased, subleased or licensed space and (B) no Venue Easements or operations conducted pursuant thereto would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with, or materially impair or detract from, the operation of a Project;
(x) the dedication of space or other dispositions of property in connection with and in furtherance of constructing structures or improvements reasonably related to the development, construction and operation of a Project; provided, that in each case such dedication or other disposition is in furtherance of, and does not materially impair or interfere with the use or operations (or intended use or operations) of, a Project; and
(y) the granting of easements, rights of way, rights of access and/or similar rights to any governmental authority, utility providers, cable or other communication providers and/or other parties providing services or benefits to a Project, the Real Property held by an Issuer, a Restricted Subsidiary or the public at large that would not reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the construction, development or operation of a Project.
Bank Indebtedness means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuers whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
Board of Directors means, as to any Issuer, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City or the place of payment.
Caesars Entertainment means Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
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(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Software Expenditures means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the combined, consolidated balance sheet of the Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries.
Cash Equivalents means:
(1) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and whose long-term debt is rated A or the equivalent thereof by Moodys or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);
(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuers) rated at least A1 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
(6) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;
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(7) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsors or any of their Affiliates) with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A-2 or higher from Moodys (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; and
(8) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above.
CERP LLC means Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Change of Control means the occurrence of either of the following:
(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders; or
(2) the Issuers become aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of (prior to a Qualified Public Offering or upon or after an Equity Offering by CERP LLC) CERP LLC or (upon or after a Holdco Qualified Public Offering) the Holdco Issuer.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral means all property subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any Security Documents.
Collateral Agent means U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as Collateral Agent under this Indenture and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.
Collateral Agreement means the collateral agreement among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, dated as of October 11, 2013, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and this Indenture.
Company means (i) prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, any Issuer, and (ii) following the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, CERP LLC.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits, of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a combined, consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding additional interest in respect of the Notes, amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees); plus
(2) consolidated capitalized interest of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus
(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus
(4) interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Issuers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Leverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers, at any date the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the combined, consolidated balance sheet of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination to (ii) EBITDA of the Issuers for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is made (the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date), then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuers may elect pursuant to an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or
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subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight-line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the aggregate of the combined, consolidated Net Income of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a combined, consolidated basis; provided, however, that:
(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses or charges, any severance expenses, relocation expenses, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses and fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, expenses or charges related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control related to the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, in each case, shall be excluded;
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(2) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;
(4) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Issuers) shall be excluded;
(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of an Issuer, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary of such referent Issuer) in respect of such period;
(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (A) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;
(9) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually made to any parent or equity holder of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period;
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(10) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(11) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded;
(12) any (a) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (b) costs and expenses after the Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, or (c) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of any Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;
(13) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;
(14) solely for purposes of calculating EBITDA, (a) the Net Income of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) above shall be included;
(15) (a)(i) the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of straight-line rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;
(16) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded; and
(17) (a) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Issuers have made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (ii) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded and (b) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such Section pursuant to clauses (D) and (E) of the definition of Cumulative Credit.
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Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the non-cash expenses (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries that are Issuers or Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for such period on a combined, consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that if any such non-cash expenses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period.
Consolidated Taxes means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise, property and similar taxes, foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and any Tax Distributions taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
Consolidated Total Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum (without duplication) of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any undrawn letters of credit) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations, bankers acceptances and Indebtedness for borrowed money, plus (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries and all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences, in each case determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Contingent Obligations means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or
(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Credit Agreement means (i) the credit agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Issuers, the guarantors named therein, the financial institutions named therein, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, 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
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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 Issuers to be included in the definition of Credit Agreement, 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 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.
Credit Agreement Documents means the collective reference to any Credit Agreement, any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time.
Cumulative Credit means the sum of (without duplication):
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for the period (taken as one accounting period), from the first day of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Issuers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of property other than cash, received by the Company after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary or another Issuer), plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Company received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock and Disqualified Stock and other than contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)), plus
(D) 100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary or another Issuer) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (provided in the case of any parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus
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(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of property other than cash received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date from:
(I) the sale or other disposition (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than any Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) of Section 4.04(b)),
(II) the sale (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(III) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(F) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the Investment of the Issuers in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the Fair Market Value of such investment shall exceed $50.0 million, shall be determined by the Board of Directors) at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment).
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Designated Non-cash Consideration means the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of non-cash consideration received by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
Designated Preferred Stock means Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.
Destruction means any damage to, loss or destruction of all or any portion of the Collateral.
Discharge of Senior Lender Claims means, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of (a) all Obligations in respect of all outstanding First Priority Lien Obligations and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit
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guaranties outstanding thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the Credit Agreement, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other First Priority Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid; provided that the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other First Priority Lien Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such Obligations or First Priority Lien Obligations. In the event the First Priority Lien Obligations are modified and the Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the First Priority Lien Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:
(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale),
(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person, or
(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale),
in each case prior to 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of an Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death or disability; provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
Domestic Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
EBITDA means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:
(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus
(2) Fixed Charges; plus
(3) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense; plus
(4) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus
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(5) any expenses or charges (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Bank Indebtedness, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes or other Indebtedness, (iii) any additional interest in respect of the Notes and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Financing; plus
(6) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility consolidations, retention, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges) and, in each case, expected to be achieved, completed or realized within 24 months, in the good faith determination of the Issuers; plus
(7) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.07; plus
(8) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; plus
(9) any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus
(10) Pre-Opening Expenses; less, without duplication,
(11) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture and subject to adjustments permitted in this Indenture with respect to acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions occurring following the Issue Date and/or on a pro forma basis, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Indenture, EBITDA of Caesars Linq, LLC in respect of each fiscal quarter will be deemed to be equal to the greater of (i) $24.75 million and (ii) actual EBITDA of Caesars Linq, LLC for such fiscal quarter until (but not including) the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
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Equity Offering means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to the Companys or such direct or indirect parents common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(2) issuances to any Issuer or its Subsidiaries; and
(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement means the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.
Excluded Assets means the property and other assets of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors that is excluded from the grant of security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and the holders, pursuant to the Security Documents.
Excluded Contributions means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors) received by the Company after the Issue Date from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers Certificate executed by an Officer of the Company on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arms-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
First Lien Agent has the meaning given to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
First Lien Notes means the Issuers First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 issued on the Issue Date (and any exchange notes therefor).
First Lien Notes Indenture means the indenture governing the First Lien Notes, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
First Priority After-Acquired Property means any property of any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor that secures any First Priority Lien Obligations that is not already subject to the Lien under the Security Documents, other than any Excluded Assets.
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First Priority Lien Obligations means (i) all Secured Bank Indebtedness, (ii) all Obligations in respect of the First Lien Notes and (iii) all other Obligations of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services in each case owing to a Person that is a holder of Secured Bank Indebtedness or an Affiliate of such holder at the time of entry into such Hedging Obligations or Obligations in respect of cash management services.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of the Issuers for such period to the Fixed Charges (other than Fixed Charges in respect of Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) of the Issuers for such period. In the event that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any Qualified Receivables Financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), discontinued operations and operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of an Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the
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applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuers may designate.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to the Issuers for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Issuers for such period, and
(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Foreign Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia and any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date. For the purposes of this Indenture, the term consolidated or combined with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated or combined with its Restricted Subsidiaries and the other Issuers, as applicable, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.
Gaming Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries manages or conducts any casino, gaming business or activities, the applicable gaming board, commission, or other governmental gaming regulatory body or agency which (a) has, or may at any time
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after issuance of the Notes have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities of the Issuers or any of its subsidiaries, or any successor to such authority or (b) is, or may at any time after the issuance of the Notes be, responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Gaming Laws.
Gaming Laws means all applicable constitutions, treaties, laws and statutes pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming, gambling or casino activities, and all rules, rulings, orders, ordinances, regulations of any Gaming Authority applicable to the gambling, casino or gaming businesses or activities of any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the Gaming Authorities.
guarantee means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.
Guarantor means any Person that guarantees the Notes; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its obligation to guarantee the Notes in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Guarantor.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
Holdco Issuer means the issuer in any Holdco Qualified Public Offering.
Holdco Qualified Public Offering means any Qualified Public Offering in which a direct or indirect parent of the Company is the issuer.
holder or noteholder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrars books.
Incur means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person:
(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except any such balance that constitutes (i) trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out
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obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the obligations referred to in clause (1) of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and
(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; or (4) Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables Financing.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.
Indenture means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Independent Financial Advisor means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuers, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
Intercreditor Agreement means (i) the intercreditor agreement among Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent under the Credit Agreement Documents and the First Lien Notes, the Collateral Agent, the Issuers and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Indenture and (ii) any other intercreditor agreement that is not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (i).
Interest Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
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Investment Grade Securities means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuers and their Subsidiaries,
(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and
(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.
Investments means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of the Issuers in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 4.04:
(1) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the applicable Issuers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the net assets of a Subsidiary of an Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, such Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the applicable Issuers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less
(b) the portion (proportionate to the applicable Issuers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
Issue Date means October 11, 2013.
Junior Lien Obligations means Obligations with respect to other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture, which is by its terms intended to be secured on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Notes; provided such Lien is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture.
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Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Management Group means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers, as applicable.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
Mortgaged Properties means the Real Property owned or leased by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor encumbered by a Mortgage to secure the Notes Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mortgaged Properties securing the Notes Obligations shall be the same as the Mortgaged Properties securing the First Priority Lien Obligations.
Mortgages means, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Net Income means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
Net Insurance Proceeds means the insurance proceeds (excluding liability insurance proceeds payable to the Trustee for any loss, liability or expense incurred by it and excluding the proceeds of business interruption insurance) or condemnation awards actually received by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Destruction or Taking of all or any portion of the Collateral, net of:
(1) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Taking or Destruction (including, without limitation, expenses of attorneys and insurance adjusters); and
(2) repayment of Indebtedness that is secured by the property or assets that are the subject of such Taking or Destruction; provided that, in the case of any Destruction or Taking involving Collateral, the Lien securing such Indebtedness constitutes a Lien permitted by this Indenture to be senior to the Second Priority Liens.
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
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installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuers as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuers after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
New Project means each capital project which is either a new project or a new feature of an existing project owned by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary which receives a certificate of completion or occupancy and all relevant licenses, and in fact commences operations.
Note Guarantee means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes by any Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Notes Obligations means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect of Exchange Notes and guarantees thereof (including all interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
Obligations means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness (including interest, fees and other amounts accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding); provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the holders of the Notes.
Offering Memorandum means the confidential offering memorandum, dated September 27, 2013, relating to the issuance of the Initial Notes.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of an Issuer.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuers by an Officer of each Issuer, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of such Issuer, which meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Operations Management Agreement means each of the real estate management agreements and any other operating management agreement or shared services agreement entered into by any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with Caesars Entertainment or with any other direct or indirect Subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment and any and all modifications thereto, substitutions therefor and replacements thereof so long as such modifications, substitutions and replacements are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of such agreements as in effect on the Issue Date.
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Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuers or the Trustee.
Other Second-Lien Obligations means other Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is equally and ratably secured with the Notes as permitted by this Indenture and is designated by the Issuers as an Other Second-Lien Obligation; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the Security Documents.
Pari Passu Indebtedness means:
(1) with respect to the Issuers, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes; and
(2) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, its obligations in respect of the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes.
Permitted Holders means, at any time, each of (i) the Sponsors, (ii) the Management Group, (iii) Caesars Entertainment and any Person that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of CERP LLC or other Permitted Holders and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of CERP LLC, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders, holds more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof and (iv) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of CERP LLC (a Permitted Holder Group), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other group (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
Permitted Encumbrances means those exceptions specified in the title policies delivered in respect of the Mortgaged Properties.
Permitted Investments means:
(1) any Investment in an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
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(3) any Investment by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(6) advances to employees, taken together with all other advances made pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(7) any Investment acquired by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by such Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);
(9) any Investment by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 1.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) additional Investments by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $250.0 million and (y) 3.25% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (10) is made in any Person that is not an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (10) for so long as such Person continues to be an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(11) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit;
(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), (vii), (xi), (xii)(b) and (xix) of such Section);
(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.03 and Section 4.11, including, without limitation, any guarantee or other obligation issued or incurred under the Credit Agreement in connection with any letter of credit issued for the account of Caesars Entertainment or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to the issuance of, or payments in respect of drawings under, such letters of credit);
(16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or sublicenses (including in respect of gaming licenses) or leases of intellectual property;
(17) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness;
(18) any Investment in an entity or purchase of a business or assets in each case owned (or previously owned) by a customer of a Restricted Subsidiary as a condition or in connection with such customer (or any member of such customers group) contracting with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(19) any Investment in an entity which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to which a Restricted Subsidiary sells accounts receivable pursuant to a Receivables Financing;
(20) additional Investments in joint ventures not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (20), the greater of $100.0 million and 1.5% of Total Assets; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (20) is made in any Person that is not an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (20) for so long as such Person continues to be an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with or consolidated with an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(22) any Investment in any Subsidiary of an Issuer or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and
(23) Investments in joint ventures established to develop or operate nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within a Project not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (23) the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets, which Investments may be made pursuant to (or in lieu of) dispositions in the manner contemplated under clause (w) of the definition of Asset Sale or received in consideration for dispositions under clause (w) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens and mechanics Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) (A) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03, (B) Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to
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exceed the greater of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) and (y) the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness that, as of the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of proceeds therefrom on such date on a pro forma basis, would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuers to exceed 4.25 to 1.00; and (C) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (ii)(B), (iv), (xii), (xvi) or (xxiii) of Section 4.03(b) (provided that (1) in the case of clause (iv), such Lien extends only to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any proceeds or products thereof, (2) in the case of clause (xxiii) such Lien applies solely to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any proceeds or products thereof and (3) in the case of clause (xvi), such Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) shall only be permitted under this clause (C) if, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Indebtedness and Liens, the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuers would be no greater than immediately prior to such Incurrence);
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date after giving effect to the Transactions (other than Liens in favor of the lenders under the Credit Agreement or the First Lien Notes);
(8) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original Lien); provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) may not extend to any other property owned by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Person becoming a Subsidiary and Subsidiaries of such Person);
(9) Liens on assets or property at the time an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) of Section 4.03(b)) may not extend to any other property owned by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to after acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition or property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);
(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to another Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;
(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;
(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
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(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(16) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Receivables Financing Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(17) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(18) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(19) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property (including any after acquired property to the extent it would have been subject to the original Lien) that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (6)(B), the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (6)(B) and not this clause (20) for purposes of determining the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (6)(B), for purposes of Section 11.04(a)(1) and for purposes of the definition of Secured Bank Indebtedness;
(21) Liens on equipment of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to such Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(22) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;
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(23) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(24) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(25) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which obligations do not exceed $35.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(26) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(27) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(28) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;
(29) Permitted Encumbrances, provided that the same do not (i) materially interfere with the development, construction or operation of a Project or (ii) materially adversely affect or result in a judgment of foreclosure on any part of the Mortgaged Properties;
(30) the Venue Easements and any other easements, covenants, rights of way or similar instruments granted in connection with the leases contemplated under clause (v) of the definition of Asset Sale or otherwise entered into in connection with the Transactions, which in each case do not materially impact a Project in an adverse manner;
(31) the filing of a reversion, subdivision or final map(s), record(s) of survey and/or amendments to any of the foregoing over Real Property held by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary designed (A) to merge one or more of the separate parcels thereof together so long as the entirety of each such parcel shall be owned by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) to separate one or more of the parcels thereof together so long as the entirety of each resulting parcel shall be owned by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(32) from and after the lease or sublease of any interest pursuant to clause (v) or (w) of the definition of Asset Sale or otherwise entered into in connection with the Transactions, any reciprocal easement agreement entered into between an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary and the holder of such interest; and
(33) Liens that rank junior to the Liens securing the Notes and secure Junior Lien Obligations.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction means the transactions described as the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction in the Offering Memorandum.
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Preferred Stock means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
Pre-Opening Expenses means, with respect to any fiscal period, the amount of expenses (other than interest expense) incurred with respect to capital projects that are classified as pre-opening expenses on the applicable financial statements of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Project means each project of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary which is either a new project or a new feature of an existing project.
Qualified Public Offering means any underwritten public Equity Offering.
Qualified Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness that (1) is (a) incurred by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property and whether in a single acquisition or a series of related acquisitions) or (b) assumed by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (2) is non-recourse to the Issuers and any Subsidiary Guarantor and (3) is non-recourse to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary means (1) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor and that is formed or created after the Issue Date in order to finance an acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any property or equipment (directly or through one of its Subsidiaries) that secures Qualified Non-Recourse Debt and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary of a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
Qualified Receivables Financing means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:
(1) the Board of Directors shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuers and the Receivables Subsidiary;
(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers); and
(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.
The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Notes shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
Rating Agency means (1) each of Moodys and S&P and (2) if Moodys or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Issuers control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15cs-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, as the case may be.
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Real Property means, collectively, all right, title and interests (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all buildings, structures, parking areas and improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
Receivables Fees means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.
Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by such Issuer or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.
Receivables Repurchase Obligation means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
Receivables Subsidiary means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with an Issuer in which such Issuer or any Subsidiary of such Issuer makes an Investment and to which such Issuer or any such Subsidiary transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of such Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:
(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;
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(b) with which neither an Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of an Issuer had any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Issuers reasonably believe to be no less favorable to such Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of such Issuer; and
(c) to which none of the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries have any obligation to maintain or preserve such entitys financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
Record Date has the meaning specified in Exhibits A and B hereto.
Representative means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Indebtedness; provided that if, and for so long as, such Indebtedness lacks such a Representative, then the Representative for such Indebtedness shall at all times constitute the holder or holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of obligations under such Indebtedness.
Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Restricted Cash means cash and Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually restricted from being distributed to the Company, except for (i) such cash and Cash Equivalents subject only to such restrictions that are contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture and that is secured by such cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) cash and Cash Equivalents constituting cage cash.
Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any Issuer that is the Subsidiary of any other Issuer.
Reversion Date means the date on which one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating.
Sale/Leaseback Transaction means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between an Issuer and an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.
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S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Second Priority Lien Obligations means all Obligations in respect of the Notes and any Other Second-Lien Obligations.
Second Priority Liens means the Liens securing the Obligations of the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture and all present and future Liens securing Other Second-Lien Obligations.
Secured Bank Indebtedness means any Bank Indebtedness that is secured by a Permitted Lien incurred or deemed incurred pursuant to clause (6)(B) of the definition of Permitted Lien.
Secured Indebtedness means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers, at any date the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (excluding Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) constituting First Priority Lien Obligations of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash held by the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination to (ii) EBITDA of the Issuers for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the Secured Leverage Calculation Date), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuers may elect pursuant to an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such
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period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Security Documents means the security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, Mortgages and related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes as contemplated by this Indenture.
Significant Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, taken as a whole, within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or any successor provision).
Similar Business means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
Sponsors means (i) Apollo Management, L.P. and any of its respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the Apollo Sponsors), (ii) Texas Pacific Group and any of its respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the Texas Pacific Sponsors), (iii) any individual who is a partner or employee of an Apollo Sponsor or a Texas Pacific Sponsor that is licensed by a relevant gaming authority on the Issue Date or thereafter replaces such licensee and (iv) any Person that forms a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) with any Apollo Sponsors and/or Texas Pacific Sponsors; provided that the Apollo Sponsors and/or the Texas Pacific Sponsors (x) owns a majority of the voting power and (y) controls a majority of the Board of Directors.
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Standard Securitization Undertakings means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuers which the Company has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final 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 beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).
Subordinated Indebtedness means (a) with respect to an Issuer, any Indebtedness of such Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to obligations in respect of the Notes.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
Subsidiary Guarantor means any Subsidiary of the Issuers that guarantees the Notes, as provided in this Indenture or a supplemental indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Subsidiary from its obligations to guarantee the Notes in accordance with this Indenture or supplemental indenture, such Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Suspension Period means the period of time between a Covenant Suspension Event and the related Reversion Date.
Taking means any taking of all or any portion of the Collateral by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings, pursuant to any law, general or special, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any portion of the Collateral by any governmental authority, civil or military, or any sale pursuant to the exercise by any such governmental authority of any right which it may then have to purchase or designate a purchaser or to order a sale of all or any portion of the Collateral.
Tax Distributions means any distributions described in Section 4.04(b)(xii).
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TIA or Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Total Assets means the total combined, consolidated assets of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuers, without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Issue Date, calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any subsequent acquisition or disposition of a Person or business.
Total Secured Leverage Ratio means, with respect to the Issuers, at any date the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (excluding Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) constituting First Priority Lien Obligations or Second Priority Lien Obligations of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a combined, consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash held by the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination to (ii) EBITDA of the Issuers for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Total Secured Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Total Secured Leverage Ratio is made (the Total Secured Leverage Calculation Date), then the Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuers may elect pursuant to an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Total Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, with respect to each New Project that commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters operations during the four-quarter reference period, the operating results of such New Project will be annualized on a straight line basis during such period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
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For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuers. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officers Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDAPro Forma as set forth in footnote (4) to the Summary Historical Combined Financial Information and Other Data of Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties under Summary in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Transactions means, with the exception of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, the transactions described in the Offering Memorandum under SummaryRecent Developments.
Transfer Restricted Notes means, each and collectively, the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and the Transfer Restricted Global Notes.
Treasury Rate means, as of the applicable redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to October 1, 2016; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to October 1, 2016 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Trust Officer means:
(1) any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and
(2) who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Trustee means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary means:
(1) any Subsidiary of an Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company may designate any Subsidiary of an Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of an Issuer) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, an Issuer or any other Subsidiary of an Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated, in each case at the time of such designation; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:
(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or
(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.
The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:
(x) (1) the Issuers could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a), or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and
(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or
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interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.
Voting Stock of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments.
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares or shares required to be held by Foreign Subsidiaries) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section | |
Additional Interest |
Appendix A | |
Affiliate Transaction |
4.07 | |
Asset Sale Offer |
4.06(b) | |
Bankruptcy Law |
6.01 | |
Change of Control Offer |
4.08(b) | |
Collateral Excess Proceeds |
4.06(b) | |
covenant defeasance option |
8.01(b) | |
Covenant Suspension Event |
4.16 | |
Custodian |
6.01 | |
Definitive Note |
Appendix A | |
Depository |
Appendix A | |
Disqualified Holder |
2.15 | |
Event of Default |
6.01 | |
Excess Proceeds |
4.06(b) | |
Exchange Notes |
Preamble | |
Global Notes |
Appendix A | |
Global Notes Legend |
Appendix A | |
Guaranteed Obligations |
12.01(a) | |
IAI |
Appendix A | |
Increased Amount |
4.12(e) | |
Initial Notes |
Preamble | |
Initial Purchasers |
Appendix A | |
Issuers |
Preamble |
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Term |
Defined in Section | |
legal defeasance option |
8.01(b) | |
Notes |
Preamble | |
Notes Custodian |
Appendix A | |
Notice of Default |
6.01 | |
Offer Period |
4.06(d) | |
Paying Agent |
2.04(a) | |
protected purchaser |
2.08 | |
QIB |
Appendix A | |
Refinancing Indebtedness |
4.03(b) | |
Refunding Capital Stock |
4.04(b) | |
Registered Exchange Offer |
Appendix A | |
Registrar |
2.04(a) | |
Registration Rights Agreement |
Appendix A | |
Regulation S |
Appendix A | |
Regulation S Notes |
Appendix A | |
Restricted Notes Legend |
Appendix A | |
Restricted Payment |
4.04(a) | |
Restricted Period |
Appendix A | |
Retired Capital Stock |
4.04(b) | |
Reversion Date |
4.16 | |
Rule 501 |
Appendix A | |
Rule 144A |
Appendix A | |
Rule 144A Notes |
Appendix A | |
Second Commitment |
4.06(b) | |
Shelf Registration Statement |
Appendix A | |
Successor Issuer |
5.01(a) | |
Successor Entity |
5.01(b) | |
Suspended Covenants |
4.16 | |
Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes |
Appendix A | |
Transfer Restricted Global Notes |
Appendix A | |
Unrestricted Definitive Notes |
Appendix A | |
Unrestricted Global Notes |
Appendix A | |
Venue Easements |
1.01 |
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Notes and any Note Guarantee.
indenture security holder means a holder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
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obligor on the indenture securities means each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor and any other obligor on 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 have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
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) including means including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;
(i) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(j) $ and U.S. dollars each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; and
(k) whenever in this Indenture or the Notes there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest, to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $1,150,000,000.
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The Issuers may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Notes under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and (ii) such Additional Notes are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 3.06, 4.06(e), 4.08(c) or Appendix A), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officers Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:
(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
(2) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes shall accrue;
(3) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of Appendix A in which any such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, or any transfer of such Global Note 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; and
(4) if applicable, that such Additional Notes that are not Transfer Restricted Notes shall not be issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in Exhibit A, but shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes as set forth in Exhibit B.
If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.
The Initial Notes, including any Additional Notes, may, at the Issuers option, be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase; provided that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number, if applicable.
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Initial Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes (if issued as Transfer Restricted Notes) and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Exchange Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes issued other than as Transfer Restricted Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
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required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that Notes may be issued in denominations of less than $2,000 solely to accommodate book-entry positions that have been created by the Depository in denominations of less than $2,000.
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Issuers signed by one Officer (a) Initial Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $1,150,000,000, (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein and (c) the Exchange Notes for issue in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement for a like principal amount of Notes exchanged pursuant thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Such order shall specify the amount of separate Note certificates to be authenticated, the principal amount of each of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, the registered holder of each of the Notes and delivery instructions and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or Appendix A, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.
One Officer shall sign the Notes for each Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuers. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, 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 any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.
(a) The Issuers shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the Registrar) and (ii) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the Paying Agent). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuers may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrars. The term Paying Agent includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
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(b) The Issuers may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. Any Issuer or any of their domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(c) The Issuers may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuers and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuers and the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Issuers shall deposit with each Paying Agent (or if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuers shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of holders or the Trustee all money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuers in making any such payment. If an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Issuers 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 such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. 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 holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing 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 holders.
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrars request. The Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuers shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
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Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the holder of such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the holder (a) satisfies the Issuers and the Trustee within a reasonable time after such holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuers and the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a protected purchaser) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Issuers and the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, such holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuers to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss or liability that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment. The Issuers and the Trustee may charge the holder for their expenses in replacing a Note (including without limitation, attorneys fees and disbursements in replacing such Note). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuers in their discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuers.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because one of the Issuers or an Affiliate of one of the Issuers holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuers receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.
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If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each 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 or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes they have redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuers shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuers may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuers shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each affected holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc. The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers.
SECTION 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 13.06 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officers Certificate.
SECTION 2.15. Mandatory Disposition Pursuant to Gaming Laws. Each person that holds or acquires beneficial ownership of any of the Notes shall be deemed to have agreed, by accepting such Notes, that if any Gaming Authority requires such person to be approved, licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, shall apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within the required time period.
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If a person required to apply or become licensed or qualified or be found suitable fails to do so (a Disqualified Holder), the Issuers shall have the right, at their election, (1) to require such person to dispose of its Notes or beneficial interest therein within 30 days of receipt of notice of such election or such earlier date as may be required by such Gaming Authority or (2) to redeem such Notes at a redemption price that, unless otherwise directed by such Gaming Authority, shall be at a redemption price that is equal to the lesser of:
(a) such persons cost, or
(b) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the earlier of (i) the redemption date or (ii) the date such person became a Disqualified Holder.
The Issuers shall notify the Trustee and applicable Gaming Authority in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Issuers shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such holder may Incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or finding of suitability.
SECTION 2.16. Additional Interest. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within five Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the forms of Note set forth in Exhibit A and B hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Notes at the election of the Issuers or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.
SECTION 3.03. Notices to Trustee. If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of the Note, they shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price. The Issuers shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Note, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Issuers to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein, as well as such notice required to be delivered under Section 3.05 below. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuers and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any holder or otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
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SECTION 3.04. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed, or if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and, in such manner that complies with the requirements of the Depository, if applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption.
(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Note, the Issuers shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail, or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice of redemption to each holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee), except that redemption notices may be mailed or otherwise delivered more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article VIII.
Any such notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;
(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;
(v) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(vi) that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or Common Code number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; and
(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or Common Code number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
(b) At the Issuers request, the Trustee shall deliver the notice of redemption in the Issuers name and at the Issuers expense. In such event, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least one Business Day prior to the date such notice is to be provided to holders in the final form such notice is to be delivered to holders and such notice may not be canceled.
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SECTION 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed or otherwise delivered in accordance with Section 3.05, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice, except as provided in the final sentence of paragraph 5 of the Notes. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a regular Record Date and on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant Record Date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other holder.
SECTION 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price. With respect to any Notes, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuers have deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes to be redeemed, unless the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.08. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the holder (at the Issuers expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered and cancellation.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Issuers shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02. Reports and Other Information.
(a) Notwithstanding that the Issuers may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, CERP LLC shall file with the SEC (and provide the Trustee and holders with copies thereof, without cost to each holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC),
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(i) within the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC;
(ii) within the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC;
(iii) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form), except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC; and
(iv) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuers would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, that (i) at any time prior to the filing of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement by CERP LLC, the Issuers shall not be required to provide financial statements or other financial information regarding any individual Issuer and may instead provide financial statements and other financial information on a combined basis consistent with the presentation in the Offering Memorandum and (ii) CERP LLC shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event CERP LLC will make available such information to prospective purchasers of Notes in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the holders, in each case within 20 days after the time CERP LLC would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subject, in the case of any such information, certificates or reports provided prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, to exceptions consistent with the presentation of financial information in the Offering Memorandum.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CERP LLC shall not be required to furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) In the event that:
(i) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit CERP LLC and any direct or indirect parent of CERP LLC to report at such parent entitys level on a consolidated basis and such parent entity is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the capital stock of CERP LLC, or
(ii) any direct or indirect parent of CERP LLC is or becomes a Guarantor of the Notes,
consolidating reporting at the parent entitys level in a manner consistent with that described in this Section 4.02 and furnishing financial information relating to such direct or indirect parent for CERP LLC will satisfy this Section 4.02; provided that such financial information is accompanied by consolidating
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information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such direct or indirect parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than CERP LLC and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to CERP LLC and its Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.
(c) CERP LLC will make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, CERP LLC has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the SEC with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the holders of the Notes and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CERP LLC will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the holders if CERP LLC has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available. In addition, the requirements of this Section 4.02 shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Notes or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by (1) the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement, and any amendments thereto, and such registration statement and/or amendments thereto are filed at times that otherwise satisfy the time requirements set forth in Section 4.02(a) and/or (2) the posting of reports that would be required to be provided to the Trustee and the holders on CERP LLCs website (or that of any of its parent companies).
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.
(a) (i) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuers shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and, subject to Section 4.03(c), any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock or issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuers for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:
(i) the Incurrence by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers acceptances thereunder (including any Indebtedness Incurred and represented by any First Priority Lien Obligations of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries, the proceeds of which First Priority Lien Obligations are used to repay Indebtedness under such Credit Agreement) up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at the time of Incurrence that does not exceed (x) $3,070.0 million plus (y) an additional aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien
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Obligations outstanding at any one time that does not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, determined on a pro forma basis, to exceed 4.25 to 1.00;
(ii) the Incurrence of up to (A) $1,150.0 million of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under the Notes (and any Exchange Notes) and (B) $1,000.0 million of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under the First Lien Notes (and any exchange notes);
(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b));
(iv) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, Disqualified Stock issued by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), does not exceed the greater of $350.0 million and 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;
(v) Indebtedness Incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with the Transactions, the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction or any other acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary of any Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(vii) Indebtedness of any Issuer to any Restricted Subsidiary or another Issuer; provided that (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries) any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuers under the Notes or the Note Guarantees, as applicable; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (vii);
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(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary issued to another Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (viii);
(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries), such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (ix);
(x) (A) Hedging Obligations entered into in connection with the Transactions and (B) Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes but (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales and, in each case, extensions or replacements thereof;
(xi) obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Project or in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;
(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or, subject to Section 4.03(c), Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 3.25% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));
(xiii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not greater than 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent
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entity of the Company (which proceeds are contributed to an Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, any Issuer or any Subsidiary) as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);
(xiv) any guarantee by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of another Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that (i) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the obligations of such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes, as applicable, any such guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes, as applicable and (ii) if such guarantee is of Indebtedness of an Issuer, such guarantee is Incurred in accordance with, or not in contravention of, Section 4.11 solely to the extent such Section is applicable;
(xv) the Incurrence by any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including any additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date that is one year following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date;
(2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness junior to the Notes or the obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the Notes, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is junior to the Notes or such obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; and
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(3) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided, further, that subclause (1) of this clause (xv) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations;
(xvi) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) any Issuer or, subject to Section 4.03(c), any of the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into any Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation, either:
(1) the Issuers would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuers would be equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation;
(xvii) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(xviii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence;
(xix) Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(xx) [Reserved];
(xxi) Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (1) the financing of insurance premiums or (2) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent described in Section 4.04(b)(iv);
(xxiii) Indebtedness constituting Qualified Non-Recourse Debt in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xxiii), does not exceed $250.0 million;
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(xxiv) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of $50.0 million; and
(xxv) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, agreements to pay service fees to professionals (including architects, engineers and designers) in furtherance of and/or in connection with a Project, in each case to the extent such agreements and related payment provisions are reasonably consistent with commonly accepted industry practices (provided, that no such agreements shall give rise to Indebtedness for borrowed money).
(c) Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under Section 4.03(a) or clauses (xii) or (xvi)(x) of Section 4.03(b) if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) and clauses (xii) and (xvi)(x) of Section 4.03(b), collectively, would exceed the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03:
(i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxv) of Section 4.03(b) or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Issuers shall, in their sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03; provided, however, Indebtedness Incurred under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i) and may not later be reclassified; and
(ii) at the time of incurrence, the Issuers will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.03(a) and (b) (or any portion thereof) without giving pro forma effect to the Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b) (or any portion thereof) when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a) (or any portion thereof).
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, amortization of original issue discount, the accretion of liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such
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Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of any of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company (other than (A) dividends or distributions by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);
(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuers could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (ii) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (C) thereof), (vi)(C), (viii), (xiii)(B) and (xix) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, as applicable, such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) (A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Subordinated Indebtedness of any Issuer, any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or to another Issuer) (collectively, including any such contributions, Refunding Capital Stock);
(B) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or to another Issuer) of Refunding Capital Stock, and
(C) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (vi) of this Section 4.04(b) and not made pursuant to clause (ii)(B), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Company) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(iii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor which is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, any tender premiums, plus any defeasance costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith),
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(B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,
(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding, and
(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness being redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date that is one year following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date;
(iv) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers or any Subsidiary of an Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (iv) do not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $30.0 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $50.0 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock); provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A) the cash proceeds received by any of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to an Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company that occurs after the Issue Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the Cumulative Credit), plus
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers (to the extent contributed to an Issuer) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, plus
(C) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuers in connection with the Transactions that are forgone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests;
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provided that the Issuers may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A), (B) and (C) above in any calendar year; and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any present or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of any Issuer, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their direct or indirect parents in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of an Issuer or any of their direct or indirect parents will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.04 or any other provision of this Indenture;
(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(vi) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;
(B) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (B) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Company from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date; and
(C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii);
provided, however, in the case of each of (A) and (C) above of this clause (vi), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Issuers would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00;
(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(viii) the payment of dividends on the common stock of the Company (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Company of dividends on such entitys common stock) of up to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, other than public offerings with respect to the Companys (or such direct or indirect parents) common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;
(ix) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
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(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets at the time made;
(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Company that files a consolidated tax return that includes the Issuers and their subsidiaries (including, without limitation, by virtue of such parent being the common parent of a consolidated or combined tax group of which the Issuers and/or their Restricted Subsidiaries are members) in an amount not to exceed the amount that the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries would have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local taxes (as the case may be) if the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries paid such taxes as a stand-alone taxpayer (or stand-alone group);
(xiii) the payment of Restricted Payments, if applicable:
(A) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Company and general corporate operating and overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Company in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries;
(B) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, an Issuer Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and
(C) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Company to pay fees and expenses, other than to Affiliates of the Company, related to any equity or debt offering of such parent;
(xiv) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions or owed by an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer or Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates, and any other payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer to enable it to make payments, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, whether payable on the Issue Date or thereafter, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;
(xv) any Restricted Payment made under the Operations Management Agreement and any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(xvi) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
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(xvii) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;
(xviii) Restricted Payments by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(xix) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Notes tendered by holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; and
(xx) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Section 5.01; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuers shall have made a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Notes tendered by holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi)(B), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xiii)(B) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; provided, further that any Restricted Payments made with property other than cash shall be calculated using the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of such property.
(c) The Issuers will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of Investments. Such designation will only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.04, the Issuers will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or pay any dividend or make any distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) on, or in respect of, the Capital Stock of the Company or purchase or otherwise acquire any Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company for the purpose of paying any dividend or making any distribution to, or acquiring Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Company from, the Sponsors, or guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the Company for the purpose of paying such dividend, making such distribution or so acquiring such Capital Stock to or from the Sponsors, in each case by means of utilization of the cumulative Restricted Payment credit provided by Section 4.04(a), or the exceptions provided by clauses (i), (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b) or clause (9), (10), (15) or (20) of the definition of Permitted Investments, if (x) at the time and after giving effect to such payment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Issuers would be greater than 6.00 to 1.00 or (y) such payment is not otherwise in compliance with this Section 4.04.
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SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any other Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) on its Capital Stock; or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes (and any Exchange Notes), the Note Guarantees, the First Lien Notes Indenture, the First Lien Notes (and any exchange notes) and any guarantees thereof;
(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired, and any agreement or other instrument existing on the date of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction with respect to properties and assets that are subject to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary;
(6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(9) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capitalized Lease Obligations in the ordinary course of business;
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(10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;
(12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (a) of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary, (b) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any agreement or instrument will not materially affect the Issuers ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) or (c) of any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt, provided that in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;
(13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment;
(14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuers, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; or
(15) any encumbrance or restriction in any agreement related to the development or financing of a Project.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by any such Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.
SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
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(i) any liabilities (as shown on an Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or such Restricted Subsidiarys obligations in respect of the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee,
(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received),
(iii) Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the other Issuers and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any direct obligation in respect of, or any guarantee of payment of, such Indebtedness in connection with the Asset Sale,
(iv) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) received after the Issue Date from Persons who are not the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof, and
(v) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (v) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 5.0% of Total Assets and $350.0 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).
(b) Within 15 months after any Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option:
(i) to repay (A) Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations and other Pari Passu Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, (C) Notes Obligations or (D) other Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness that does not constitute First Priority Lien Obligations under this clause (i), the Issuers will equally and ratably reduce Notes Obligations as provided pursuant to Section 3.01, through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof or, in the event that the Notes were issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof or, in the event that the Notes were issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Notes), in each case other than Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuers; or
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(ii) to make an Investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case (a) used or useful in a Similar Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.
In the case of Section 4.06(b)(ii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another binding commitment (a Second Commitment) within six months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further that such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into a Second Commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale and to the extent such Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, the Issuers shall make an offer to all holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Issuers, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an Asset Sale Offer) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness), that is at least $2,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Issuers will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million by mailing, or delivered electronically if held by DTC, the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 4.06(f), with a copy to the Trustee.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(c) The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
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(d) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Issuers shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuers, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the Offer Period), the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuers. The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuers immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with Section 4.06.
(e) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuers at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuers receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by the holder for purchase and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Issuers are required to purchase, selection of such Notes for purchase shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with the requirements of DTC, if applicable); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be made pursuant to the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness.
(f) Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or delivered electronically if held at DTC, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each holder of Notes at such holders registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.
SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuers (each of the foregoing, an Affiliate Transaction) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, unless:
(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the relevant Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
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(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, an Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:
(i) transactions between or among the Issuers and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company and any direct parent of the Company; provided that such parent of the Company shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;
(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted Investments;
(iii) [Reserved];
(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of any Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary, or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer;
(v) payments by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are (x) made pursuant to the agreements with the Sponsors described in the Offering Memorandum or (y) approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith;
(vi) transactions in which an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);
(vii) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to officers, directors, employees or consultants which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith;
(viii) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by the applicable Issuer;
(ix) the existence of, or the performance by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of any transaction, agreement or arrangement described in the Offering Memorandum and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under
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any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(x) the execution of the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, including fees to Caesars Entertainment and its subsidiaries or the Sponsors, if any, which are described in the Offering Memorandum or contemplated by the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(xi) any transactions made pursuant to any Operations Management Agreement;
(xii) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or senior management, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or industry norm;
(xiii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(xiv) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any Person;
(xv) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary, as appropriate, in good faith;
(xvi) the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement that complies with Section 4.04(b)(xii);
(xvii) any contribution to the capital of an Issuer;
(xviii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, Section 5.01;
(xix) transactions between any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director of any Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of an Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of such Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;
(xx) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xxi) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxii) any employment agreements entered into by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxiii) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of an Issuer in an Officers Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision set forth in this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Caesars Entertainment, Caesars Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation, and their respective Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of the Issuers or their Subsidiaries with respect to any transaction, so long as the transaction is in the ordinary course of business, pursuant to agreements existing on the Issue Date or pursuant to any management agreement or shared services agreement entered into with any of the Issuers and/or their Subsidiaries or, in each case, amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, or replacements thereof, that are not materially adverse to the Issuers or their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control.
(a) Upon a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right to require the Issuers to repurchase all or any part of such holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuers shall not be obligated to purchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem such Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture. In the event that at the time of such Change of Control the terms of the Bank Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08, then prior to the mailing of the notice to the holders provided for in Section 4.08(b) but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuers shall: (i) repay in full all Bank Indebtedness or, if doing so will allow the purchase of Notes, offer to repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender and/or noteholder who has accepted such offer; or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided for in Section 4.08(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuers have exercised their right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture, the Issuers shall mail a notice (a Change of Control Offer) to each holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such holder has the right to require the Issuers to repurchase such holders Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control;
(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
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(iv) the instructions determined by the Issuers, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.
(c) holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuers at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuers receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the holder and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.
(d) On the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Issuers under this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the holders entitled thereto.
(e) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4.08 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuers and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(g) Notes repurchased by the Issuers pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuers. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding clause (f) will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding.
(h) At the time the Issuers delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Issuers shall also deliver an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Issuers pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering holder.
(i) Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Issuers to make such offer have been complied with.
(j) The Issuers shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.
(k) If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuers as described above, purchases all of
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the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such holders, the Issuers or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of redemption. Any such redemption shall be effected pursuant to Article III.
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuers, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2013, an Officers Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Issuers he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If he or she does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto. The Issuers also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA. Except with respect to receipt of payments of principal and interest on the Notes and any Default or Event of Default information contained in the Officers Certificate delivered to it pursuant to this Section 4.09, the Trustee shall have no duty to review, ascertain or confirm the Issuers compliance with or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.
SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuers shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.11. Future Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Issuers shall cause each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary that is wholly owned by one or more Foreign Subsidiaries and created to enhance the tax efficiency of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries) that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Issuers or any other Guarantor of the Notes to execute and deliver to the Trustee (i) a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit D pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee the Issuers obligations under the Notes and this Indenture and shall comply with the additional requirements of Section 12.06 and (ii) joinders to or new Security Documents and take all actions required by the Security Documents to perfect the Liens created thereunder.
SECTION 4.12. Liens.
(a) The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist (i) any Lien on any asset or property of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Notes) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien; provided, however, that this Section 4.12(a)(i) shall not require any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to secure the Notes if the Lien consists of a Permitted Lien, or (ii) any Lien securing any First Priority Lien Obligation of any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor without effectively providing that the Notes or the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes, as the case may be, shall be granted a second priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon the assets or property constituting the collateral for such First Priority Lien Obligations, except to the extent that such assets or property constitute Excluded Assets.
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(b) Any Lien which is granted to secure the Notes or the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes under clause (i) of Section 4.12(a) (unless also granted pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.12(a)) shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor obligations under such clause (i) of Section 4.12(a).
(c) The Issuers will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, exchange any Indebtedness constituting Second Priority Lien Obligations (including the Notes) existing on the Issue Date for any Indebtedness of the Issuers that is secured by Liens that are senior in priority to the Liens securing the Second Priority Lien Obligations (including the Notes) and junior in priority to the Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations unless, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of the proceeds thereof, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 6.00 to 1.00.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (a) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of Permitted Liens or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (b) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in the definition of Permitted Liens or pursuant to Section 4.12(a), the Issuers shall, in their sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the clauses of the definition of Permitted Liens or pursuant to Section 4.12(a) and in such event, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) will be treated as being Incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to Section 4.12(a).
(e) With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The Increased Amount of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of any of the Issuers, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition of Indebtedness.
SECTION 4.13. After-Acquired Property.
Upon the acquisition by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any First Priority After-Acquired Property, such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments, financing statements and certificates, opinions of counsel or such other documentation substantially similar to the documentation delivered to secure First Priority Lien Obligations as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), a perfected security interest or lien, subject only to Permitted Liens, in such First Priority After-Acquired Property and to have such First Priority After-Acquired Property (but subject to certain limitations, if applicable, including as described in Article XI and the Security Documents) added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such First Priority After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect.
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SECTION 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a) The Issuers shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers 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 Issuers 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 as set forth in Section 13.02.
(b) The Issuers 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 an Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c) The Issuers hereby designate the corporate trust office of the Trustee or its agent as such office or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.04.
SECTION 4.15. Security Documents. To the extent that any instrument or deliverable under the Security Documents is required to be delivered and is not delivered on or prior to the Issue Date, the Issuers will use their commercially reasonable efforts to, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to, deliver such instruments and deliverables within 120 days following the Issue Date or such longer period of time as agreed to by the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement with respect to perfecting security interests in such Collateral thereunder.
SECTION 4.16. Covenant Suspension. If on any date following the Issue Date, (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, then, beginning on that day (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a Covenant Suspension Event), and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.11 and 5.01(a)(iv) (collectively the Suspended Covenants).
If and while the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants, the Notes will be entitled to substantially less covenant protection. In the event that the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the Reversion Date) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events.
The Issuers shall promptly upon its occurrence deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate notifying the Trustee of the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date, and the date thereof. The Trustee shall not have any obligation to monitor the occurrence or dates of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date and may rely conclusively on such Officers Certificate. The Trustee shall not have any obligation to notify the holders of the occurrence or dates of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date.
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On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iii). Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 will be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and prior, but not during, the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a). As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Issuers or their Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period. Within 30 days of such Reversion Date, the Issuers must comply with the terms of Section 4.11.
For purposes of Section 4.06, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.
SECTION 4.17. Maintenance of Insurance. The Issuers shall maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. When Issuers May Merge or Transfer Assets.
(a) (i) Prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, the Issuers may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not an Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their properties or assets in one or more related transactions, in each case, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than in any case in connection with the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (ii) following the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, CERP LLC may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not CERP LLC is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than in any case in connection with the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) unless:
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(i) such Issuer is the surviving person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than such Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or similar entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the Successor Issuer); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, at least one other Issuer is a corporation;
(ii) the Successor Issuer (if other than an Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of such prior Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either
(A) the Successor Issuer would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not less than such ratio for such prior Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
(v) if the prior Issuer is not the Successor Issuer, each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its obligations in respect of the Notes shall apply to such Persons obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and
(vi) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Issuer (if other than the prior Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes, and in such event such Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 5.01(a), (a) any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (b) an Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Issuer in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States or may convert into a limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby and (c) prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, such clauses (iii) and (iv) shall only apply to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer involving all of substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. This Article V will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
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(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 (which govern the release of assets and property securing the Notes upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that is an Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor), no Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor shall, and the Issuers shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not an Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person (other than in any case in connection with the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) unless:
(i) either (A) such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or similar entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the Successor Entity) and the Successor Entity (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, or (b) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and
(ii) the Successor Entity (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Entity (if other than such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Issuers or Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes, and such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Issuers or Subsidiary Guarantors obligations in respect of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) an Issuer (other than CERP LLC) or a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) an Issuer (other than CERP LLC) or a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Subsidiary Guarantor or an Issuer.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Issuer (other than CERP LLC) or Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An Event of Default occurs with respect to Notes if:
(a) there is a default in any payment of interest (including any additional interest) on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) there is a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;
(c) the failure by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;
(d) the failure by any Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent;
(e) either an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any 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 any substantial part of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against either an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a Custodian of either an Issuer or any Significant or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of either an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary; or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
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(g) failure by an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days;
(h) the Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof);
(i) unless all of the Collateral has been released from the Second Priority Liens in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, the Second Priority Liens on any material Collateral cease to be valid or enforceable and such Default continues for 30 days, or an Issuer shall assert, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Person that is a Subsidiary of an Issuer, the Issuers fail to cause such Subsidiary to rescind such assertions within 30 days after the Issuers have actual knowledge of such assertions; or
(j) the failure by any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Security Documents except for a failure that would not be material to the holders of the Notes and would not materially affect the value of the Collateral taken as a whole.
The foregoing shall 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.
The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
However, a default under clauses (c) or (j) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes notify the Issuers of the default and the Issuers do not cure such default within the time specified in clauses (c) or (j) hereof after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or 6.01(f) hereof with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuers may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuers and the Representative under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank
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Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuers deliver an Officers Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or the Security Documents.
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 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. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuers, the Trustee and the holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or expense for which it is not adequately indemnified, or subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
(a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing,
(ii) holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy,
(iii) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense,
(iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and
(v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
(b) A holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another holder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, 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 may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim, statements of interest and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each holder to make 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
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SECTION 6.10. Priorities. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI and any other money or property distributable in respect of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantors obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith) for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to the holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Issuers or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount for any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Issuers a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
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 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 pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes.
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the Issuers nor any Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not 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 had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent 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 Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability 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 Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(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; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(d) 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) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
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(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 the Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustees conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuers and shall Incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be Incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including 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.
(i) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.
(j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon future holders of Notes and upon Notes executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.
(k) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
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(l) The Trustee may request that the Issuers deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(m) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions.
(n) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.
(o) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.
(p) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Issuers compliance with or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or duty made in this Indenture. Delivery of reports, information and documents under Section 4.02 of this Indenture is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any of the information therein including the Issuers compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officers Certificates provided to it by an Issuer).
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 Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with 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, the Note Guarantees or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustees certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (h), (i) or (j) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any holder. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the holders of the Notes and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the holders of Notes and the Issuers having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice if it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any)
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or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the holders. The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee, annually, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuers also are required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take in respect thereof.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders. As promptly as practicable after each June 30 beginning with the June 30 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to June 30 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each holder a brief report dated as of such June 30 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Issuers agree to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuers shall pay to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith) from time to time such compensation, as the Issuers and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing, for the Trustees acceptance of this Indenture and its services hereunder. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith) upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses Incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally shall indemnify the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith), including its officers, directors, employees and agents, and shall hold them harmless, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) Incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Note Guarantee against the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor, any holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts, including any indemnification, shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuers shall not relieve any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuers expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuers and such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties defense and, in such indemnified parties reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense Incurred by an indemnified party through such partys own willful misconduct, negligence (except with respect to the Collateral Agent, which shall be held to a gross negligence standard) or bad faith.
To secure the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
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The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee Incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuers, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuers. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuers shall remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuers or by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes and such holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. 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 the holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Issuers any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustees duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuers obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation 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 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 it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
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 $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated herein.
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when:
(i) either (a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all of the Notes (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (3) if redeemable at the option of the Issuers, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers, and the Issuers have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Issuers directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of the redemption only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of the redemption;
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(ii) the Issuers and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and
(iii) the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Issuers at any time may terminate (i) all of their obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to the holders of the Notes) (legal defeasance option) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.15 and the operation of Section 5.01 for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d) and Sections 6.01(e) and 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i) and 6.01(j) (covenant defeasance option). The Issuers may exercise their legal defeasance option notwithstanding their prior exercise of their covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Issuers terminate all of their obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) by exercising their legal defeasance option or their covenant defeasance option, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Notes and the Security Documents shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.
If the Issuers exercise their legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuers exercise their covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) and 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(g), 6.01(h), 6.01(i) or 6.01(j) or because of the failure of the Issuers to comply with Section 5.01.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Issuers, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Issuers terminate.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuers obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article VIII shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuers obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance.
(a) The Issuers may exercise their legal defeasance option or their covenant defeasance option only if:
(i) the Issuers irrevocably deposit in trust with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of the redemption only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of the redemption;
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(ii) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(iii) no Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Issuers shall have occurred or is continuing on the date of such deposit;
(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuers and is not prohibited by Article X;
(v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) 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 will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all of the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers;
(vi) such exercise does not impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holders Notes on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holders Notes;
(vii) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article VIII have been complied with.
(b) Before or after a deposit, the Issuers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Notes at a future date in accordance with Article III.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes so discharged or defeased.
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SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Issuers. Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuers upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuers upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuers shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII 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 Issuers obligations under this Indenture and the Notes so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuers have made any payment of principal of, or interest on, any such Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuers 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 any Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders.
(a) The Issuers and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes without notice to or consent of any holder:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Issuer (with respect to an Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes;
(iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the obligations of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as applicable, and the Security Documents;
(iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
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(v) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or collateral with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes;
(vi) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement;
(vii) to add additional secured creditors holding First Priority Lien Obligations, Other Second-Lien Obligations or other Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents;
(viii) to implement the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers;
(x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder;
(xi) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the Description of Second Lien Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description of Second Lien Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, and the Issuers will confirm their good faith intention of any such textual change intended to be a verbatim recitation in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee;
(xii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or
(xiii) to make changes to provide for the issuance of the Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.
(b) After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of the Holders.
(a) The Issuers and the Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Note affected, an amendment may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment,
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(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note,
(3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note,
(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article III,
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note,
(6) expressly subordinate the Notes to any other Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
(7) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holders 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,
(8) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holders consent or in the waiver provisions,
(9) make any change in the provisions in the Intercreditor Agreement or this Indenture dealing with the application of proceeds of Collateral that would adversely affect the holders of the Notes; or
(10) except as expressly provided by this Indenture, modify or release the Note Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes.
In addition, without the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. From the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, every amendment, waiver or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
(a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a holder of a Note shall bind the holder and every subsequent holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting holders Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such holder or subsequent holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such holders Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers Certificate from the Issuers certifying that the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every holder. An
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amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuers or the Trustee of consents by the holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuers and the Trustee.
(b) The Issuers 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. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Issuers may require the holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the holder. Alternatively, if the Issuers or the Trustee so determine, the Issuers in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03) and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture have been complied with.
SECTION 9.07. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote) as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. Determinations as to whether holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article IX and Section 2.14.
ARTICLE X
RANKING OF NOTE LIENS
SECTION 10.01. Relative Rights. The Intercreditor Agreement defines the relative rights, as lienholders, of holders of Second Priority Liens and holders of Liens securing First Priority Lien Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement will:
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(a) impair, as between the Issuers and holders of Notes, the obligation of the Issuers, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest on Notes in accordance with their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Issuers or any other obligor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;
(b) restrict the right of any holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(c) prevent the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any holder from exercising against the Issuers or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default (other than its rights as a secured party, which are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement); or
(d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any holder:
(1) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case as to any obligor or otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against any obligor;
(2) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding;
(3) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan therein;
(4) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect restricted or bound by, or liable for, any of the obligations under this Article X;
(5) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;
(6) to make, support or oppose any request for order appointing a trustee or examiner in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or
(7) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or oppose:
if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or
(x) as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other
(y) restructuring or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration of the estate or the disposition of the case or proceeding (in each case except as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement).
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ARTICLE XI
COLLATERAL
SECTION 11.01. Security Documents.The payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes when due, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by the Issuers pursuant to the Notes or by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Note Guarantees, the payment of all other Notes Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents are secured as provided in the Security Documents which the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have entered into and will be secured by Security Documents hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture. The Issuers shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, and each Restricted Subsidiary shall, make all filings (including filings of continuation statements and amendments to UCC financing statements that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such UCC financing statements) and all other actions as are necessary or required by the Security Documents to maintain (at the sole cost and expense of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries) the security interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (other than with respect to any Collateral the security interest in which is not required to be perfected under the Security Documents) as a perfected security interest subject only to Permitted Liens.
SECTION 11.02. Collateral Agent.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents, as well as the rights and protections, as applicable, set forth in Article VII.
(b) Subject to Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Second Priority Lien, or any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith.
(c) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the Trustee shall direct the Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, the holders acknowledge that Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Second Priority Lien; or
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(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Second Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(d) The holders of Notes agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Collateral Agent by the Security Documents. Furthermore, each holder of a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreement and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(e) If the Issuers (i) Incur First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when the Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) direct the Trustee to deliver to the Collateral Agent an Officers Certificate so stating and requesting the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the Intercreditor Agreement in effect on the Issue Date) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so Incurred, the holders acknowledge that the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
SECTION 11.03. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.
(a) Each holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, appoints U.S. Bank National Association as its collateral agent, authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, authorizes and empowers the Trustee to direct the Collateral Agent to enter into, and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, the Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the holders of Notes and other holders of Obligations as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party and the Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder.
(b) The Collateral Agent and Trustee are authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or the Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof, and the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the holders, direct, on behalf of the holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
(1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Second Priority Liens;
(2) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or
(3) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations.
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Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to protect or enforce the Second Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 11.04. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents to secure the Notes and obligations under this Indenture at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement or as provided hereby or in the Security Documents. The applicable assets included in the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens securing the Notes, and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents, under any one or more of the following circumstances or any applicable circumstance as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents:
(1) upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims and concurrent release of all other Liens on such property or assets securing First Priority Lien Obligations (including all commitments and letters of credit thereunder); provided, however, that if any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor subsequently incurs First Priority Lien Obligations that are secured by Liens on property or assets of any Issuer of the type constituting the Collateral and the related Liens are incurred in reliance on clause (6)(B) of the definition of Permitted Liens, then the Issuers will be required to reinstitute the security arrangements with respect to the Collateral in favor of the Notes, which, in the case of any such subsequent First Priority Lien Obligations, will be Second Priority Liens on the Collateral securing such First Priority Lien Obligations to the same extent provided by the Security Documents and on the terms and conditions of the security documents relating to such First Priority Lien Obligations, with the Second Priority Lien held either by the administrative agent, collateral agent or other representative for such First Priority Lien Obligations or by a collateral agent or other representative designated by the Issuers to hold the Second Priority Liens for the benefit of the holders of the Notes and subject to an intercreditor agreement that provides the administrative agent or collateral agent substantially the same rights and powers as afforded under the Intercreditor Agreement;
(2) to enable any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor to consummate the disposition of such property or assets to a Person that is not an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06;
(3) in respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.04 and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder and under the Security Documents;
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(4) in respect of the property or assets of an Issuer, upon the release or discharge of such Issuers Notes Obligations in accordance with this Indenture;
(5) in respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the release or discharge of the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture;
(6) in respect of any property and assets securing the First Priority Lien Obligations, upon the release of the security interests securing such assets or property securing any First Priority Lien Obligations, other than in connection with a Discharge of Senior Lender Claims; and
(7) as described under Article IX.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under this Indenture exists on the date of Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second Priority Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will not be released pursuant to clause (1) or (6) of the preceding paragraph, except to the extent the Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the First Priority Lien Obligations secured by the Collateral (but in such event, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released when such Event of Default and all other Events of Default under this Indenture cease to exist).
In addition, the security interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents securing the Notes Obligations shall automatically terminate and/or be released all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgor (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), as of the date upon (i) all the Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due) have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds; (ii) a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or discharge under Article VIII, or (iii) the holders of at least two thirds in aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued under this Indenture consent to the termination of the Security Documents.
In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 11.04(a), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), at such Pledgors expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) that may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 11.04(a) shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 11.04(a), the Pledgors shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements.
Upon the receipt of an Officers Certificate from the Issuers, as described in Section 11.04(b) below, if applicable, and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Issuers, the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any release of Collateral pursuant to Section 11.04(a), the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute, deliver or acknowledge any instruments of termination, satisfaction or release unless, in each case, an Officers
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Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent, including, without limitation, this Section 11.04, have been met and stating under which of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04(a) above the Collateral is being released have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee on or prior to the date on which the Collateral Agent executes any such instrument.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the holders, except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) To the extent necessary and for so long as required for any Issuer or Subsidiary not to be subject to any requirement pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to file separate financial statements with the SEC (or any other governmental agency), the Capital Stock of any such Issuer or Subsidiary shall not be included in the Collateral with respect to the respective Notes so affected and shall not be subject to the Liens securing such Notes and the Notes Obligations in accordance with and only to the extent provided in the Security Documents.
SECTION 11.05. Filing, Recording and Opinions.
(a) The Issuers will comply with the provisions of TIA Sections 314(b), 314(c) and 314(d), in each case following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA and except to the extent not required as set forth in any SEC regulation or interpretation (including any no-action letter issued by the Staff of the SEC, whether issued to an Issuer or any other Person). Following such qualification, to the extent the Issuers are required to furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to TIA Section 314(b)(2), the Issuers will furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each September 30.
Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 11.04 hereof will be deemed not to impair the Liens under this Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that is required to deliver an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of the TIA, shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion. The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate statements contained in such documents and Opinion of Counsel.
(b) Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an Officer of an Issuer, except in cases where Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Issuers and their Subsidiaries will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if they determine, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of that section and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the SEC and its staff, including no action letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act is inapplicable to the released Collateral.
(d) Upon the request of the Trustee, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in respect of any matter in furtherance of the foregoing transactions contemplated by this Section 11.05.
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SECTION 11.06. [Intentionally omitted.]
SECTION 11.07. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article XI upon the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article XI; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
SECTION 11.08. Release Upon Termination of the Issuers Obligations. In the event (i) that the Issuers deliver to the Trustee, in form and substance acceptable to it, an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full of the Issuers obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture occurs under Article VIII, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuers and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.
SECTION 11.09. Designations. Except as provided in the next sentence, for purposes of the provisions hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement requiring the Issuers to designate Indebtedness for the purposes of the terms First Priority Lien Obligations and Other Second-Lien Obligations or any other such designations hereunder or under the Intercreditor Agreement, any such designation shall be sufficient if the relevant designation provides in writing that such First Priority Lien Obligations or Other Second-Lien Obligations are permitted under this Indenture and is signed on behalf of the Issuers by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement. For all purposes hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuers hereby designates the Obligations pursuant to the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, as First Priority Lien Obligations.
SECTION 11.10. Taking and Destruction. Following the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, upon any Taking or Destruction of any Collateral, all Net Insurance Proceeds received by any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed Net Proceeds and shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.06.
ARTICLE XII
GUARANTEE
SECTION 12.01. Guarantee.
(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the performance and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this
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Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Guaranteed Obligations). The Guaranteed Obligations of all Subsidiary Guarantors shall be secured by perfected security interests (subject to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12) in the Collateral owned by such Subsidiary Guarantor on a pari passu basis with all Other Second-Lien Obligations, pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from any Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article XII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (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 Guaranteed Obligations or each Subsidiary Guarantor; (v) the failure of any holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of each Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 12.02(b) or Section 12.02(c). Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Subsidiary Guarantors, such that such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations would be less than the full amount claimed.
(c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Subsidiary Guarantor.
(d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(e) The Note Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Pursuant to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the security interests securing the Note Guarantees will be equal in priority (subject to Permitted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 4.12) to all security interests in the Collateral granted to secure the Other Second-Lien Obligations.
(f) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 12.02 and 12.06, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by 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 Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(g) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein 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 or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuers or otherwise.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary 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 holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Note Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purposes of this Section 12.01.
(j) Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) Incurred by the Trustee or any holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 12.01.
(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture although the Trustee shall have no obligation to make any such request.
SECTION 12.02. Limitation on Liability.
(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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(b) A Note Guarantee as to any Subsidiary that executes a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof and provides a guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article XII upon:
(i) the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary), of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor if such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of this Indenture;
(ii) the Issuers designating such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04 and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(iii) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Indebtedness which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes;
(iv) the Issuers exercise of their legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option under Article VIII or if the Issuers obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
(v) such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest in favor of the First Priority Lien Obligations, subject to, in each case, the application of the proceeds of such foreclosure in accordance with Section 11.04.
SECTION 12.03. Successors and Assigns. This Article XII shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 12.04. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XII shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XII at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 12.05. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XII, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
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SECTION 12.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors. Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article XII and shall guarantee the Notes. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 12.07. Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Note Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c) in respect of Sections of the TIA that are incorporated by reference in this Indenture pursuant to Section 1.03, the imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 13.02. Notices.
(a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:
if to an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor:
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC
One Caesars Palace Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-8969
Telephone: (702) 407-6000
Facsimile: (702) 407-6418
Attn: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1419
Telephone: (651) 466-6299
Facsimile: (651) 466-7430
Attn: Corporate Trust Services, Raymond S. Haverstock
The Issuers or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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(b) Any notice or communication mailed to a holder shall be mailed, first class mail, to the holder at the holders address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
(c) 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, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.
SECTION 13.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders. The holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and other Persons shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.
SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuers to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture (other than the authentication of the Initial Notes), the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:
(a) a statement that the individual 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 individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.
SECTION 13.06. When Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
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SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular Record Date is not a Business Day, the Record Date shall not be affected.
SECTION 13.09. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuers or of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 13.11. Successors. All agreements of an Issuer and a Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind such persons successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 13.12. Multiple 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. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
SECTION 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.14. Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.
SECTION 13.15. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture 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 and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
SECTION 13.16. Intercreditor Agreement. The terms of this Indenture are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 13.17. Acts of Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
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holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section 13.17. The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signers individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signers authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of the Notes shall be proved by the register of the Notes kept by the Registrar.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the holder of any Note shall bind every future holder of the same Note and the holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuers in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
If the Issuers shall solicit from the holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuers may, at their option, by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof of such Issuer, fix in advance a record date for the determination of holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Issuers shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders for the purposes of determining whether holders of the requisite proportion of the outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
SECTION 13.18. Security Advice Waiver. The parties hereto acknowledge that to the extent regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulatory entity grant them the right to receive brokerage confirmations for certain security transactions as they occur, they each specifically waive receipt of such confirmations to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 13.19. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties hereto agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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GUARANTORS: | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
OCTAVIUS/LINQ INTERMEDIATE HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
CAESARS LINQ, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
CAESARS OCTAVIUS, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 1, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 2, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 3, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 4, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 5, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 6, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 7, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 8, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 9, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
PARIS LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES, ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions.
1.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Additional Interest has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Definitive Note means a certificated Initial Note, Additional Note or Exchange Note (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend.
Depository means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
Global Note means a certificated Initial Note that includes the Global Notes Legend.
Global Notes Legend means the legend set forth under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture.
IAI means an institutional accredited investor as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Initial Purchasers means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC.
Notes Custodian means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement dated September 27, 2013 among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Representative of the Initial Purchasers entered into in connection with the sale and issuance of the Notes.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Registered Exchange Offer means the offer by the Issuers, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Representative of the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes and (b) any other similar registration rights agreement relating to Additional Notes.
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Regulation S means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Notes means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
Restricted Notes Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(i) herein.
Restricted Period, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuers to the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.
Rule 501 means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A Notes means all Initial Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
Shelf Registration Statement means a registration statement filed by the Issuers in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes means Definitive Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Notes Legend.
Transfer Restricted Global Notes means Global Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Notes Legend.
Unrestricted Definitive Notes means Definitive Notes that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend.
Unrestricted Global Notes means Global Notes that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend.
1.2 Other Definitions.
Term: |
Defined in Section: | |
Agent Members |
2.1(b) | |
Global Notes |
2.1(b) | |
Regulation S Global Notes |
2.1(b) | |
Rule 144A Global Notes |
2.1(b) |
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2. The Notes.
2.1 Form and Dating; Global Notes.
(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be (i) privately placed by the Issuers pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and (ii) sold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuers from time to time pursuant to one or more agreements in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Global Notes. (i) Except as provided in clause (d) below, Rule 144A Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the Rule 144A Global Notes).
Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the Regulation S Global Notes), which shall be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
The term Global Notes means the Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes. The Global Notes shall bear the Global Note Legend. The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (collectively, the Agent Members) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes. The Depository may be treated by the Issuers, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuers, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note.
(ii) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes if (x) the Depository (1) notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Issuers thereupon fail to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and a request has been made for such exchange; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Global Note be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all cases, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.
(iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers shall execute, and, upon written order of each
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Issuer signed by an Officer, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.
(iv) Any Transfer Restricted Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.2 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2.
(vi) The holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
2.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 2.08 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges 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 Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Transfer Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest
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to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. 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 pursuant to Section 2.2(i).
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Transfer Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,
and, in each such case, if the Issuers or the Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuers and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officers Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).
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(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any case, beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive Notes.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of Definitive Notes for beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below, as applicable:
(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. If any holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(B) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(C) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(D) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(E) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable; or
(F) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuers or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Transfer Restricted Global Note.
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(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or
(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,
and, in each such case, if the Issuers or the Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuers and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note.
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(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 2.2(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 2.2(e).
(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. A Transfer Restricted Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;
(D) if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and
(E) if such transfer will be made to an Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note.
(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Transfer Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or
(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,
and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the holder thereof.
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note.
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 Depository 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(f) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraph (iii), (iv) or (v), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and any Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUERS OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN
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OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUERS SO REQUEST), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, UNITED STATES AND U.S. PERSON HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Each Regulation S Note shall bear the following additional legend:
BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on any such Initial Note will cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such Initial Note issued to certain holders be issued in global form will continue to apply, and an Initial Note or an Initial Note in global form, in each case without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the holder of such Initial Notes upon exchange of such transferring holders certificated Initial Note or directions to transfer such holders interest in the Global Note, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes pursuant to which holders of such Initial Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and Exchange Notes in certificated or global form, in each case without the Restricted Notes Legend, will be available to holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer.
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(v) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear the Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(vi) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. 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 of this Indenture. 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 Depository 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuers, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
(i) No Obligation of the Trustee.
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(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the holders and all payments to be made to the holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Appendix A-12
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[For Regulation S Global Note Only]
BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Restricted Notes Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUERS OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUERS SO REQUEST), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
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SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, UNITED STATES AND U.S. PERSON HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legends:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF INITIAL NOTE]
No. | [144A] CUSIP No. [144A] ISIN No. |
[699742 AC6] [US699742AC65] | ||||
[REG S] CUSIP No. [REG S] ISIN No. |
[U7012P AB8] [USU7012PAB86] | |||||
11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Note due 2021 |
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, promise to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on October 1, 2021.
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: October 11, 2013
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
as Trustee, certifies that this isone of the Notesreferred to in the Indenture. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
*/ | If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIESSCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY. |
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021
1. Interest
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (such entities, and their successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the Issuers), promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuers shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an Interest Payment Date), commencing April 1, 2014. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from October 11, 2013, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on March 15 and September 15 (each a Record Date) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuers shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. Any Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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4. Indenture
The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013 (the Indenture), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the TIA). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuers. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of each Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
On or after October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice delivered to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:
Period |
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2016 |
108.250 | % | ||
2017 |
105.500 | % | ||
2018 |
102.750 | % | ||
2019 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
In addition, prior to October 1, 2016 the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail, or delivered electronically to the Depository if held by DTC, to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company (as defined in the Indenture) or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Mandatory Redemption
The Issuers will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee) or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article VIII thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuers to repurchase all or any part of such holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer, purchases all of such Notes, the Issuers or such third party may redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
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In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuers will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.
9. Ranking and Collateral
These Notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by a second-priority security interest in the Collateral pursuant to certain Security Documents. The Second Priority Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, second in priority behind all present and future First Priority Lien Obligations and pari passu in priority with all present and future Liens securing Other Second-Lien Obligations.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuers at any time may terminate some of or all their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions 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, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Issuer (with respect to
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an Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the obligations of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as applicable, and the Security Documents; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; (v) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or collateral with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes; (vi) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement; (vii) to add additional secured creditors holding First Priority Lien Obligations, Other Second-Lien Obligations or other Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents; (viii) to implement the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction; (ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers; (x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder (xi) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the Description of Second Lien Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description of Second Lien Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, and the Issuers will confirm their good faith intention of any such textual change intended to be a verbatim recitation in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; (xii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA; or (xiii) to make changes to provide for the issuance of the Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Issuers, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction
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that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Issuers
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuers or their Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Issuers or of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
18. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
19. 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 rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
20. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
21. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
The Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuers will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note. | ||||||
Signature Guarantee: | ||||||
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee | Signature of Signature Guarantee |
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES
This certificate relates to $ principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) book-entry or definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
¨ | has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above) |
¨ | has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes. |
In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is still a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note or a Transfer Restricted Global Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
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to the Issuers; or | ||
(2) |
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to the Registrar for registration in the name of the holder, without transfer; or | ||
(3) |
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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or | ||
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inside the United States to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or | ||
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outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Note shall be held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or | ||
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to an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or | ||
(7) |
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pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. |
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuers or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuers or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note. | ||||||
Signature Guarantee: | ||||||
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee | Signature of Signature Guarantee |
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuers as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases 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 signatory of Trustee or Notes Custodian |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:
Asset Sale ¨ Change of Control ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
$
Date: | Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee |
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 11, 2013, BY AND AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legends:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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[FORM OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
No. | CUSIP No. | [ ] | ||
ISIN No. | [ ] |
11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Note due 2021
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, promise to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on October 1, 2021.
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Dated:
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture. | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
*/ | If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY. |
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021
1. Interest
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (such entities, and their successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the Issuers), promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuers shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an Interest Payment Date), commencing April 1, 2014. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from October 11, 2013, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on March 15 and September 15 (each a Record Date) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuers shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. Any Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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4. Indenture
The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013 (the Indenture), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the TIA). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Notes are senior secured obligations of the Issuers. This Note is one of the Exchange Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuers and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of each Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor has unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption
On or after October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice delivered to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:
Period |
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2016 |
108.250 | % | ||
2017 |
105.500 | % | ||
2018 |
102.750 | % | ||
2019 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
In addition, prior to October 1, 2016 the Issuers may redeem the Notes at their option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail, or delivered electronically to the Depository if held by DTC, to each holders registered address, which in the case of Global Notes shall be the Depository, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2016, the Issuers may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company (as defined in the Indenture) or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
6. Mandatory Redemption
The Issuers will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Notice of Redemption
Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee) or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article VIII thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuers to repurchase all or any part of such holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer, purchases all of such Notes, the Issuers or such third party may redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
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In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuers will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.
9. Ranking and Collateral
These Notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by a second-priority security interest in the Collateral pursuant to certain Security Documents. The Second Priority Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, second in priority behind all present and future First Priority Lien Obligations and pari passu in priority with all present and future Liens securing Other Second-Lien Obligations.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuers at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuers at any time may terminate some of or all their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuers deposit with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions 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, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Issuer (with respect to
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an Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the obligations of an Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or its Note Guarantee, as applicable, and the Security Documents; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; (v) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor or collateral with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes; (vi) to release or subordinate Collateral as permitted by this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement; (vii) to add additional secured creditors holding First Priority Lien Obligations, Other Second-Lien Obligations or other Junior Lien Obligations so long as such obligations are not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security Documents; (viii) to implement the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction; (ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers; (x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder (xi) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the Description of Second Lien Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description of Second Lien Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, and the Issuers will confirm their good faith intention of any such textual change intended to be a verbatim recitation in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; (xii) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA; or (xiii) to make changes to provide for the issuance of the Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities.
15. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Issuers, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction
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that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Issuers
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuers or their Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Issuers or of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
18. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
19. 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 rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
20. Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
21. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
The Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuers will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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Signature Guarantee: | ||||||
Date: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee | Signature of Signature Guarantee |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases 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 signatory of Trustee or Notes Custodian |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:
Asset Sale ¨ Change of Control ¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
$
Date: | Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee |
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF]
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc.
Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc.
Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC
Harrahs Laughlin, LLC
Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC
Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC
Rio Properties, LLC
c/o U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
EP-MN-W53C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107-1419
Attention: Vice President
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[ ] principal amount of the 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the Notes) of CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the Issuers).
Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
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The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We are an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional accredited investor at least $100,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
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2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is two years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuers or any affiliate of such Issuers was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the Resale Restriction Termination Date) only (a) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Note evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made to an institutional accredited investor prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuers and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee.
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture) dated as of [ ], among [GUARANTOR] (the New Guarantor), a subsidiary of [ ] (or its successor), CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the Issuer), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Indenture) dated as of October 11, 2013, providing for the issuance of the Issuers 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the Notes), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $1,150,000,000;
WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuers are required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuers Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Note Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term holders in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term holders as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such holders. The words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuers Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a guarantor under the Indenture.
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3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.
4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit 4.3
EXECUTION VERSION
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC.
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC.
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC
$1,000,000,000 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020
$1,150,000,000 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
October 11, 2013
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
As Representative of the Initial Purchasers listed
on Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC and Rio Properties, LLC (each an Issuer and collectively, the Issuers), propose to issue and sell to certain purchasers (the Initial Purchasers), for whom you (the Representative) are acting as representative, (i) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the First-Priority Notes) and (ii) $1,150,000,000 of their 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the Second-Priority Notes and, together with the First-Priority Notes, the Notes), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement, dated September 27, 2013, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Representative (the Purchase Agreement), relating to the initial placement of the Notes (the Initial Placement) and the related Guarantees (as defined below). To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto (the Subsidiary Guarantors) agree with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (as defined below) (including the Initial Purchasers) (each a Holder and, collectively, the Holders), as follows:
The First-Priority Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed (the First-Priority Guarantees) on a senior secured first-priority basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Second-Priority Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed (the Second-Priority Guarantees and, together with the First-Priority Guarantees, the Guarantees) on a senior secured second-priority basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors. The First-Priority Notes, together with the First-Priority Guarantees, are referred to herein as the First-Priority Securities and the Second-Priority Notes, together with the Second-Priority Guarantees are referred to herein as the Second-Priority Securities and, together with the First-Priority Securities, the Securities.
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Interest shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8 hereof.
Affiliate shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and the terms controlling and controlled shall have meanings correlative thereto.
broker-dealer shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Deferral Period shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.
Event Date shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8(b) hereof.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Offer Registration Period shall mean the one-year period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall mean a registration statement of the Issuers on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein and all exhibits thereto.
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Exchanging Dealer shall mean any Holder (which may include any Initial Purchaser) that is a broker-dealer and elects to exchange for New Securities any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers) for New Securities.
Final Memorandum shall mean the offering memorandum, dated September 27, 2013, relating to the offer and sale of the Notes.
FINRA Rules shall mean the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
First Lien Indenture shall mean the indenture relating to the First-Priority Securities, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
First-Priority Guarantees shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
First-Priority Securities shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Guarantees shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Holder shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Indentures shall mean the First Lien Indenture and the Second Lien Indenture.
Initial Placement shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Initial Purchasers shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Inspector shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(q)(ii) hereof.
Issuers shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Losses shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6(d) hereof.
Majority Holders shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes registered under a Registration Statement.
Managing Underwriters shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Registration Statement.
New First-Priority Securities shall mean debt securities of the Issuers and first-priority guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors, in each case, substantially identical in all material respects to the First-Priority Notes and the related First-Priority Guarantees (except that the new debt securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in interest rate) to be issued under the First Lien Indenture in connection with sales or exchanges effected pursuant to this Agreement.
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New Second-Priority Securities shall mean debt securities of the Issuers and second-priority guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors, in each case, substantially identical in all material respects to the Second-Priority Notes and the related Second-Priority Guarantees (except that the new debt securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in interest rate) to be issued under the Second Lien Indenture in connection with sales or exchanges effected pursuant to this Agreement.
New Securities shall mean the New First-Priority Securities and the New Second-Priority Securities.
Notes shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Final Memorandum.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein.
Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Registered Exchange Offer shall mean the proposed offer of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for each series of the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of the related New Securities.
Registrable Securities shall mean (i) Securities other than those that have been (A) registered under a Registration Statement and exchanged or disposed of in accordance therewith or (B) sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the Commission and (ii) any New Securities resale of which by the Holder thereof requires compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Registration Default shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8(a) hereof.
Registration Statement shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein) and all exhibits thereto.
Second Lien Indenture shall mean the indenture relating to the Second-Priority Securities, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
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Second-Priority Guarantees shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Second-Priority Securities shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Securities shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Registration shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
Shelf Registration Period shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3(b)(ii) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement shall mean a shelf registration statement of the Issuers pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein and all exhibits thereto.
Shelf Request shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3(a) hereof.
Trustee shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indentures.
underwriter shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.
2. Registered Exchange Offer. (a) Unless the Registered Exchange Offer would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare, to cause to be filed with the Commission and to become effective on or prior to the later of (i) 365 days of the date hereof and (ii) 180 days after the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer.
(b) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Section 2(a) above, upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange each series of Securities for the related New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holders business, has no
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arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer not later than 30 Business Days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective.
(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, if an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:
(i) mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law);
(iii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act, supplemented and amended as required, to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;
(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;
(v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;
(vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991); and (B) including a representation that the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the best knowledge of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities; and
(vii) comply in all respects with all applicable laws.
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(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:
(i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(r) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of a series of New Securities equal to the principal amount of such series of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
(e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any broker-dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commissions letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their respective Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors that, at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer:
(i) any New Securities to be received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act; and
(iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors.
(f) If any Initial Purchaser determines that it is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, at the request of such Initial Purchaser, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser or the person purchasing New Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3 hereof from such Initial Purchaser, in exchange for such series of Securities, a like principal amount of such series of New Securities. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such series of New Securities as for such series of New Securities issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.
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3. Shelf Registration. (a) If (i) due to any applicable law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commissions staff, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors determine upon advice of their outside counsel that they are not permitted to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof or (ii) any Holder notifies the Issuers prior to the 20th day following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer that (A) it is prohibited by law or SEC policy from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer; (B) it may not resell the New Securities acquired by it to the public without delivering a Prospectus (other than by reason of such Holders status as an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors) and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales; or (C) it is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors or one of their affiliates, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.
(b) If a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed and declared effective pursuant to Section 3(a), (i) the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, on or prior to 180 days after so required pursuant to Section 3(a), file the Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission, and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to 365 days after the date such obligation arises; provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder; and provided further, that with respect to New Securities received by an Initial Purchaser in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commissions staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in satisfaction of their obligations under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.
(ii) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Securities Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the Shelf Registration Period) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is (or becomes) effective until the earlier of (A) the date upon which the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or (B) the date upon which all the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or otherwise undertaken by the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, and (y) permitted pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.
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(iii) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
4. Additional Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.
(a) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:
(i) furnish to each of the Initial Purchasers and to counsel for the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchasers reasonably propose;
(ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
(iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; and
(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.
(b) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that:
(i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act; and
(ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(c) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall advise counsel for the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):
(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission after the effective date for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution of any proceeding for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(d) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction.
(e) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto.
(f) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
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thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(g) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one (1) conformed copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto.
(h) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities or the New Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and shall maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors be obligated (A) to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where they are not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject them to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the Initial Placement, the Registered Exchange Offer or any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, in any such jurisdiction where they are not then so subject or (B) to subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal amount in respect of doing business in such jurisdiction.
(j) The Issuers shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request in writing at least three (3) Business Days prior to the closing date of any sales of New Securities.
(k) (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c)(ii) through (v) above, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall promptly (or within the time period provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
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make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.
(ii) Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until such Holders receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the Deferral Period) (A) shall not exceed 60 consecutive days, (B) shall not occur more than three (3) times during any calendar year and (C) shall extend the number of days the Shelf Registration or any Prospectus is available by an amount equal to the Deferral Period.
(l) Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for each series of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(m) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to their security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Issuers first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.
(n) [Reserved].
(o) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may require each Holder of securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
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(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request of the Majority Holders, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions if any, as the Majority Holders shall reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:
(i) make reasonably available for inspection at a location where they are normally kept and during normal business hours by the Majority Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Issuers and their subsidiaries;
(ii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Issuers officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent (each, an Inspector) in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that such Inspector shall first agree in writing with the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors that any information that is reasonably and in good faith designated by the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors in writing as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such Inspector, unless (1) disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative order or is necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities, (2) disclosure of such information is required by law (including any disclosure requirements pursuant to federal securities laws in connection with the filing of such Registration Statement or the use of any Prospectus), (3) such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard such information by such person or (4) such information becomes available to such Inspector from a source other than the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors and such source is not known, after due inquiry, by the relevant Holder to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or is not otherwise under a duty of trust to the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
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(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;
(v) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuers or of any business acquired by the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and
(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuers.
The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.
(r) If a Registered Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Securities by Holders to the Issuers (or to such other person as directed by the Issuers) in exchange for the New Securities, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities. In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(s) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts if the Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Securities, to confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.
(t) In the event that any broker-dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or assist in the distribution (within the meaning of FINRA Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall assist such broker-dealer in complying with the FINRA Rules.
(u) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.
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5. Registration Expenses. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel (which shall initially be Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, but which may be another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities matters designated by the Majority Holders) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith in each case which counsel shall be approved by the Issuers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). Each Holder shall pay all expenses of its counsel other than as set forth in the preceding sentence, underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holders Securities or New Securities.
6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement, each Initial Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors by or on behalf of the party claiming indemnification specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors may otherwise have.
The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors also agree to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.
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(b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Initial Purchaser that is a Holder, in such capacity) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, each of their respective directors and officers who sign such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Issuers or any Guarantor within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest (based on the advice of counsel to the indemnified person); (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel to the indemnified person) that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties
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are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the indemnifying party, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively Losses) (other than by virtue of the failure of an indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party of its right to indemnification pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8, where such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of substantial rights or defenses)), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Security, or in the case of a New Security, applicable to the Security that was exchangeable into such New Security, as set forth in the Final Memorandum, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuers shall be deemed to be equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued in the Initial Placement as set forth in the Final Memorandum. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total fees received in the Initial Placement, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Securities Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
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who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
(e) The provisions of this Section will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.
7. Underwritten Registrations. (a) If any of the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders, subject to the consent of the Issuers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Holders of Securities or New Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement shall be responsible for all underwriting commissions and discounts.
(b) No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such persons Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
8. Registration Defaults.
(a) In the event that (i) an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 2(a) and (x) such Exchange Offer Registration Statement does not become effective on or prior to the later of (I) 365 days of the date hereof and (II) 180 days after the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction or (y) the Exchange Offer is not completed within 30 Business Days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement of the applicable date specified in clause (x) above becomes effective, (ii) a Shelf Registration Statement is required in accordance with Section 3(a) and such Shelf Registration Statement does not become effective on or prior to 365 days after the date such obligation arises, or (iii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective but ceases to be effective or the corresponding Prospectus ceases to be usable at any time during the Exchange Offer Registration Period or the Shelf Registration Period, as applicable, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (any event referred to in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) a Registration Default), then, in each case, the interest rate on such Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following such Registration Default and (ii) an additional
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0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.00% per annum, in each case until the earlier of the date such Registration Default is cured. Any amounts payable under this paragraph shall also be deemed Additional Interest for purposes of this Agreement. In no event will the Issuers be obligated to pay Additional Interest for Registration Defaults under more than one of the clauses of this Section 8(a) at any one time.
In no event will the Issuers be obligated to pay additional interest for all
Registration Defaults under more than one of the clauses in this Section 8(a) at any one time with respect to a series of Securities and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, it is expressly understood that additional interest would be payable
only with respect to Securities so requested to be registered pursuant to
Section 3(a).
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an Event Date). Any Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the Holder of such series of Notes with respect to which Additional Interest is due and owing. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.
9. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have not entered into, and agree not to enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
10. Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given with respect to any series of Securities, unless the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of such series of Notes outstanding; provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective; provided, further, that no amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 8 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registered Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided, further, that the provisions of this Article 10 with respect to any series of Securities may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder of such series of Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing provisos), a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement.
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11. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under each Indenture;
(b) if to the Initial Purchasers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and
(c) if to the Issuers, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.
The Initial Purchasers or the Issuers by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
12. Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indentures or in the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
13. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Securities and the New Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
15. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
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17. Severability. In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
18. Securities Held by the Issuers, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Issuers or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours, | ||||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
OCTAVIUS/LINQ INTERMEDIATE HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
CAESARS LINQ, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
CAESARS OCTAVIUS, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 1, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 2, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 3, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 4, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 5, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 6, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 7, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 8, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 9, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
PARIS LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||
By: | /s/ Stuart Dickson | |||
Name: | Stuart Dickson | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
For itself and as Representative of the other Initial Purchasers.
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See Plan of Distribution.
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ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. See Plan of Distribution.
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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until , , all dealers effecting transactions in the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.
The company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers. New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities. Any broker-dealer that resales new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of one year after the expiration date, the company will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
[If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508.]
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ANNEX D
Rider A
PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name: | ||
Address: | ||
Rider B
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 11, 2013,
Among
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC,
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC.
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC,
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC.,
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC,
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC,
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, AND
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, CREDIT SUISSE AG, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., MIHI LLC and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Syndication Agents,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, CREDIT SUISSE AG, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., MIHI LLC and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Documentation Agents,
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC., AND
UBS SECURITIES LLC,
as Co-Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I | ||||||
Definitions | ||||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Defined Terms |
1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02. |
Terms Generally |
71 | ||||
SECTION 1.03. |
Effectuation of Transactions |
71 | ||||
SECTION 1.04. |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents |
72 | ||||
SECTION 1.05. |
Times of Day |
72 | ||||
SECTION 1.06. |
Timing of Payment or Performance |
72 | ||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
The Credits | ||||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Commitments |
72 | ||||
SECTION 2.02. |
Loans and Borrowings |
73 | ||||
SECTION 2.03. |
Requests for Borrowings |
73 | ||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Swingline Loans |
74 | ||||
SECTION 2.05. |
The Letter of Credit Commitment |
78 | ||||
SECTION 2.06. |
Funding of Borrowings |
87 | ||||
SECTION 2.07. |
Interest Elections |
87 | ||||
SECTION 2.08. |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
89 | ||||
SECTION 2.09. |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
89 | ||||
SECTION 2.10. |
Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans |
90 | ||||
SECTION 2.11. |
Prepayment of Loans |
92 | ||||
SECTION 2.12. |
Fees |
97 | ||||
SECTION 2.13. |
Interest |
98 | ||||
SECTION 2.14. |
Alternate Rate of Interest |
99 | ||||
SECTION 2.15. |
Increased Costs |
100 | ||||
SECTION 2.16. |
Break Funding Payments |
101 | ||||
SECTION 2.17. |
Taxes |
101 | ||||
SECTION 2.18. |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
105 | ||||
SECTION 2.19. |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
106 | ||||
SECTION 2.20. |
Illegality |
108 | ||||
SECTION 2.21. |
Incremental Commitments |
108 | ||||
SECTION 2.22. |
Defaulting Lenders |
116 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
Representations and Warranties | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Organization; Powers |
119 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Authorization |
119 | ||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Enforceability |
119 | ||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Governmental Approvals |
120 |
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SECTION 3.05. |
Financial Statements |
120 | ||||
SECTION 3.06. |
No Material Adverse Effect |
121 | ||||
SECTION 3.07. |
Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases |
121 | ||||
SECTION 3.08. |
Subsidiaries |
122 | ||||
SECTION 3.09. |
Litigation; Compliance with Laws |
122 | ||||
SECTION 3.10. |
Federal Reserve Regulations |
122 | ||||
SECTION 3.11. |
Investment Company Act |
123 | ||||
SECTION 3.12. |
Use of Proceeds |
123 | ||||
SECTION 3.13. |
Tax Returns |
123 | ||||
SECTION 3.14. |
No Material Misstatements |
123 | ||||
SECTION 3.15. |
Employee Benefit Plans |
124 | ||||
SECTION 3.16. |
Environmental Matters |
124 | ||||
SECTION 3.17. |
Security Documents |
125 | ||||
SECTION 3.18. |
Location of Real Property and Leased Premises |
126 | ||||
SECTION 3.19. |
Solvency |
126 | ||||
SECTION 3.20. |
Labor Matters |
127 | ||||
SECTION 3.21. |
No Default |
127 | ||||
SECTION 3.22. |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. |
127 | ||||
SECTION 3.23. |
Senior Debt |
127 | ||||
SECTION 3.24. |
Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws |
127 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | ||||||
Conditions of Lending | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. |
All Credit Events |
128 | ||||
SECTION 4.02. |
First Credit Event |
129 | ||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
Affirmative Covenants | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Existence; Businesses and Properties |
131 | ||||
SECTION 5.02. |
Insurance |
132 | ||||
SECTION 5.03. |
Taxes |
133 | ||||
SECTION 5.04. |
Financial Statements, Reports, etc. |
133 | ||||
SECTION 5.05. |
Litigation and Other Notices |
136 | ||||
SECTION 5.06. |
Compliance with Laws |
136 | ||||
SECTION 5.07. |
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections |
136 | ||||
SECTION 5.08. |
Use of Proceeds |
137 | ||||
SECTION 5.09. |
Compliance with Environmental Laws |
137 | ||||
SECTION 5.10. |
Further Assurances; Additional Security |
137 | ||||
SECTION 5.11. |
Real Property Development Matters |
140 | ||||
SECTION 5.12. |
Rating |
142 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | ||||||
Negative Covenants | ||||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Indebtedness |
143 |
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SECTION 6.02. |
Liens |
149 | ||||
SECTION 6.03. |
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
156 | ||||
SECTION 6.04. |
Investments, Loans and Advances |
156 | ||||
SECTION 6.05. |
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions |
162 | ||||
SECTION 6.06. |
Restricted Payments |
165 | ||||
SECTION 6.07. |
Transactions with Affiliates |
168 | ||||
SECTION 6.08. |
Business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries |
171 | ||||
SECTION 6.09. |
Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. |
171 | ||||
SECTION 6.10. |
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio |
174 | ||||
SECTION 6.11. |
No Other Designated Senior Debt |
174 | ||||
ARTICLE VII | ||||||
Events of Default | ||||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Events of Default |
174 | ||||
SECTION 7.02. |
Right to Cure |
177 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
The Agents | ||||||
SECTION 8.01. |
Appointment |
178 | ||||
SECTION 8.02. |
Delegation of Duties |
178 | ||||
SECTION 8.03. |
Exculpatory Provisions |
179 | ||||
SECTION 8.04. |
Reliance by Agents |
179 | ||||
SECTION 8.05. |
Notice of Default |
179 | ||||
SECTION 8.06. |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders |
180 | ||||
SECTION 8.07. |
Indemnification |
180 | ||||
SECTION 8.08. |
Agents in their Individual Capacity |
181 | ||||
SECTION 8.09. |
Successor Agents |
181 | ||||
SECTION 8.10. |
Payments Set Aside |
182 | ||||
SECTION 8.11. |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
182 | ||||
SECTION 8.12. |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
183 | ||||
SECTION 8.13. |
Agents and Arrangers |
183 | ||||
SECTION 8.14. |
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Matters |
183 | ||||
SECTION 8.15. |
Withholding Tax |
184 | ||||
ARTICLE IX | ||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||
SECTION 9.01. |
Notices; Communications |
184 | ||||
SECTION 9.02. |
Survival of Agreement |
186 | ||||
SECTION 9.03. |
Binding Effect |
186 | ||||
SECTION 9.04. |
Successors and Assigns |
186 | ||||
SECTION 9.05. |
Expenses; Indemnity |
191 |
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SECTION 9.06. |
Right of Set-off |
193 | ||||
SECTION 9.07. |
Applicable Law |
194 | ||||
SECTION 9.08. |
Waivers; Amendment |
194 | ||||
SECTION 9.09. |
Interest Rate Limitation |
197 | ||||
SECTION 9.10. |
Entire Agreement |
197 | ||||
SECTION 9.11. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
197 | ||||
SECTION 9.12. |
Severability |
198 | ||||
SECTION 9.13. |
Counterparts |
198 | ||||
SECTION 9.14. |
Headings |
198 | ||||
SECTION 9.15. |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
198 | ||||
SECTION 9.16. |
Confidentiality |
199 | ||||
SECTION 9.17. |
Platform; Borrower Materials |
200 | ||||
SECTION 9.18. |
Release of Liens, Guarantees and Pledges |
201 | ||||
SECTION 9.19. |
Judgment Currency |
202 | ||||
SECTION 9.20. |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
203 | ||||
SECTION 9.21. |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
203 | ||||
SECTION 9.22. |
Application of Gaming Laws |
204 | ||||
SECTION 9.23. |
Affiliate Lenders |
205 |
Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A |
Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit B |
Form of Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit C |
Form of Swingline Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit D |
Form of Interest Election Request | |
Exhibit E |
Form of Mortgage | |
Exhibit F |
Form of Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit G |
Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice | |
Exhibit H |
Form of Lender Participation Notice | |
Exhibit I |
Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice | |
Exhibit J |
Form of Solvency Certificate | |
Exhibit K |
Form of Global Intercompany Note | |
Exhibit L |
Form of Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement | |
Exhibit M |
Form of Collateral Agreement | |
Exhibit N |
Form of Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement | |
Exhibit O |
Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit P |
Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Schedule 1.01(A) |
Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 1.01(B) |
Existing Letters of Credit | |
Schedule 1.01(C) |
Subsidiary Loan Parties | |
Schedule 1.01(D) |
Undeveloped Land | |
Schedule 1.01(E) |
Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 1.01(F) |
Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction | |
Schedule 2.01 |
Commitments | |
Schedule 3.01 |
Organization; Powers |
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Schedule 3.04 |
Governmental Approvals | |
Schedule 3.08(a) |
Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 3.08(b) |
Subscriptions | |
Schedule 3.22 |
Intellectual Property Rights | |
Schedule 4.02(b) |
Local Counsel | |
Schedule 5.10 |
Post-Closing Items | |
Schedule 6.01 |
Existing Indebtedness | |
Schedule 6.02(a) |
Existing Liens | |
Schedule 6.04 |
Existing Investments | |
Schedule 6.07 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |
Schedule 9.01 |
Notice Information |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 11, 2013 (this Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation (CERP Finance) and (c) (i) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vi) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ((i) through (vi) of this clause (c), collectively the CMBS Borrowers or each, a CMBS Borrower, together with CERP LLC and CERP Finance, the Borrowers), the LENDERS party hereto from time to time and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders.
WHEREAS, in connection with the refinancing of the Existing Facilities of the CMBS Borrowers and their subsidiaries, the Borrowers (a) have requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (i) Term B Loans on the Closing Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $2,500.0 million and (ii) Revolving Facility Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Outstanding Amount at any time not to exceed $269.5 million and (b) will issue up to $1,000.0 million in aggregate principal amount of First Priority Senior Secured Notes and up to $1,150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, in each case, in a Rule 144A or other private placement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer are willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
ABR shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect for such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (c) the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) by reference to the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rates (or the successor thereto if the British Bankers Association is no longer making a Eurocurrency Rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers Association (or the successor thereto if the British Bankers Association is no longer making a Eurocurrency Rate available) as an authorized vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates). Any change in such rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be.
ABR Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
ABR Loan shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan.
ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.
ABR Revolving Loan shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
ABR Term Loan shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Acceptable Discount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(iii).
Acceptance Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(ii).
Accepting Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(e).
Act of Terrorism shall mean an act of any person directed towards the overthrowing or influencing of any government de jure or de facto, or the inducement of fear in or the disruption of the economic system of any society, by force or by violence, including (i) the hijacking or destruction of any conveyance (including an aircraft, vessel, or vehicle), transportation infrastructure or building, (ii) the seizing or detaining, and threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain, or the assassination of, another individual, (iii) the use of any (a) biological agent, chemical agent, or nuclear weapon or device, or (b) explosive or firearm, with intent to endanger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property and (iv) a credible threat, attempt, or conspiracy to do any of the foregoing.
Additional Mortgage shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(c).
Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (x) (a) the Eurocurrency Rate in effect for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Statutory Reserves applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any, and (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Borrowings composed of Eurocurrency Term Loans, 1.00%.
Adjustment Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Pricing Grid.
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Administrative Agent means Citicorp North America, Inc. in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, together with its successors and assigns.
Administrative Agent Fees shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
Administrative Agents Office means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified.
Affiliate Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.23(a).
Agent Parties shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agents.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
All-in Yield shall mean, as to any Loans, the yield thereon payable to all Lenders providing such Loans or in the primary syndication thereof, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, up-front fees, rate floors or otherwise; provided, that original issue discount and up-front fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the life of such Loans); and provided, further, that All-in Yield shall not include arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring or similar fees and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting lenders.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, related to terrorism financing or money laundering including any applicable provision of the USA PATRIOT Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), as amended from time to time and any successors thereto.
Apollo shall mean, collectively, Apollo Management VI, L.P. and other affiliated co-investment partnerships.
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Applicable Commitment Fee shall mean, for any day, (i) 0.50% per annum; provided, that on and after each Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrowers after the Closing Date, the Applicable Commitment Fee will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid or (ii) with respect to any Other Revolving Facility Commitments, the Applicable Commitment Fee set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.
Applicable Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Applicable Discount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(iii).
Applicable Margin shall mean for any day (i) with respect to any Term B Loan, 6.00% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 5.00% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (ii) with respect to any Initial Revolving Loan, 6.00% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 5.00% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan; provided, however, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrowers after the Closing Date, the Applicable Margin with respect to an Initial Revolving Loan will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid, and (iii) with respect to any Other Term Loan or Other Revolving Loan, the Applicable Margin set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto.
Applicable Period shall mean an Excess Cash Flow Period.
Applicable Premium shall mean the greater of (I) 1% of the principal amount of the Term B Loans being prepaid and (II) the excess of (A) the present value of all remaining required interest to the first anniversary of the Closing Date (using the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate that is determined for a three-month Interest Period commencing on the date of such prepayment and assuming such Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate remains the same for the entire period from the date of such prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date) and principal payments due on the principal amount of the Term B Loans being prepaid plus the prepayment premium provided in clause (ii)(2) of the proviso to Section 2.11(a) on such principal amount being prepaid, in each case assuming a prepayment date of the first anniversary of the Closing Date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points over (B) the principal amount of the Term B Loans being prepaid. For purposes of this definition, Treasury Rate means the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity at the time of computation of the United States of America Treasury securities with a constant maturity most nearly equal to the period from such date of prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however, that if the period from such date of prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States of America Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States of America Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such date of prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States of America Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
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Approved Fund shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Asset Sale shall mean any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Assignee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Company (if required by Section 9.04), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Availability Period shall mean, with respect to any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments under any Revolving Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date (or, if later, the effective date for such Class of Revolving Facility Commitments) to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Class and, in the case of each of the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline Loans, Swingline Borrowings and Letters of Credit under such Revolving Facility, the date of termination in full of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.
Available Unused Commitment shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender under any Revolving Facility at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Revolving Facility Commitment under such Revolving Facility of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.
Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Cumulative Credit.
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Board of Directors shall mean, as to any person, the board of directors or other governing body of such person, or if such person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity. With respect to the Borrowers, the Board of Directors of any Borrower may include the Board of Directors of any direct or indirect parent of such Borrower.
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Borrower or Borrowers shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
Borrowing shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type in a single currency under a single Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Borrowing Minimum shall mean $5.0 million except, in the case of Swingline Loans, $500,000.
Borrowing Multiple shall mean $1.0 million except, in the case of Swingline Loans, $100,000.
Borrowing Request shall mean a request by a Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
Budget shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(e).
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in Dollars in the London interbank market.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, (a) the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Lease Obligations) incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in additions to property, plant or equipment or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person and (b) Capitalized Software Expenditures.
Capital Lease Obligations of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any obligations that would not be accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as of the Closing Date shall not be included in Capital Lease Obligations after the Closing Date due to any changes in GAAP or interpretations thereunder or otherwise.
Capitalized Software Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in accordance with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the combined or consolidated balance sheet of such person and its subsidiaries.
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Cash Collateralize shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(g).
Cash Interest Expense shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of, without duplication, (a) pay in kind Interest Expense or other non-cash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any debt issuance costs, commissions, financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing, and the expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing or any amendment of this Agreement and (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement to provide to any Borrower or any Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
Cash Management Bank shall mean any person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement (or on the Closing Date), is an Agent, a Co-Lead Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such person, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
CEC means Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns.
CERP Cash shall mean all cash and cash equivalents of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries received in respect of operations that has not been otherwise disbursed in a manner not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
CERP Finance shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
CERP LLC shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
CFC shall mean a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.
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A Change in Control shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) at any time, a change of control (or similar event) shall occur under the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof that constitutes Material Indebtedness; or
(b) any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall fail to have the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of Equity Interests representing at least a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of CERP LLC; provided that the occurrence of the foregoing event shall not be deemed a Change of Control if,
(i) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, (A) any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate otherwise have the right, directly or indirectly, to designate a majority of the Board of Directors of CERP LLC at such time or (B) any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the ordinary voting Equity Interests of CERP LLC at such time, or
(ii) at any time upon or after a Qualified IPO, (A) no person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or group and its subsidiaries and any person or entity acting its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of more than the greater of (x) 35% on a fully diluted basis of the ordinary voting Equity Interests of CERP LLC and (y) the percentage of the ordinary voting Equity Interests of CERP LLC owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders on a fully diluted basis and (B) during each period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of CERP LLC shall be occupied by persons who were either (1) nominated by the Board of Directors of CERP LLC or a Permitted Holder, (2) appointed by directors so nominated or (3) appointed by a Permitted Holder.
Change in Law shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or L/C Issuer (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenders or L/C Issuers holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirement and directives promulgated by the Bank of International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in
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Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented, but only to the extent a Lender is imposing applicable increased costs or costs in connection with capital adequacy requirements similar to those described in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2.15 generally on other similarly situated borrowers of loans under United States of America credit facilities.
Charges shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
Citibank means Citicorp North America, Inc., in its individual capacity, and its successors.
Class shall mean, (a) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans; and (b) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is in respect of a commitment to make Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans. Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) from the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, respectively, or from other Other Term Loans or other Other Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be construed to be in separate and distinct Classes.
Class Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Closing Date shall mean October 11, 2013.
CMBS Borrower or CMBS Borrowers shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Co-Lead Arrangers shall mean Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, in their capacities as co-lead arrangers and bookrunners for this Agreement.
Collateral shall mean all the Collateral (or equivalent term) as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Documents.
Collateral Agent shall mean the Administrative Agent acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties.
Collateral Agreement shall mean the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) substantially in the form of Exhibit M, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrowers, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Collateral Requirement shall mean the requirement that (in each case subject to Sections 5.10(d), (e) and (g) and Schedule 5.10):
(a) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (x) from each Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement and (y) from each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, in each case duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person;
(b) on the Closing Date, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned on the Closing Date directly by the Loan Parties, other than Excluded Securities and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(c) (i) on the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, all Indebtedness of each Borrower and each Subsidiary having, in the case of each instance of Indebtedness, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $15.0 million (other than (A) intercompany current liabilities in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries or (B) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) that is owing to a Loan Party, other than Excluded Securities, shall be evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or instruments required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(d) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, subject to Section 5.10(g), the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a supplement to the Collateral Agreement and the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (ii) supplements to the other Security Documents, if applicable, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;
(e) after the Closing Date, (i) all the outstanding Equity Interests of (A) any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, (B) any Borrower that becomes a Subsidiary of another Borrower and (C) subject to Section 5.10(g), all the Equity Interests that are directly acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Equity Interests of any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary established after the Closing Date), other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(f) on the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, all documents and
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instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(g) within (x) 120 days after the Closing Date (in the case of clause (ii)) and 30 days after the Closing Date (in the case of clause (i)) with respect to the Mortgaged Properties set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in, and solely to the extent required by, Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11 with respect to the Mortgaged Properties encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each such Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing and (ii) such other documents including, but not limited to, any consents, agreements and confirmations of third parties, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property;
(h) within (x) 120 days after the Closing Date (in the case of clauses (ii) through (vii)) and 30 days after the Closing Date (in the case of clause (i) and, solely with respect to flood insurance policies, clause (ii)) with respect to the Mortgaged Properties set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in, and solely to the extent required by, Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11 with respect to Mortgaged Properties encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property on which a Building (as defined in 12 CFR Chapter III, Section 339.2) is located (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by each Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto), (ii) a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, and a declaration page relating to, the insurance policies required by Section 5.02 (including, without limitation, flood insurance policies), each of which shall (A) be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a standard lenders loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable), (B) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, (C) in the case of flood insurance, (1) identify the addresses of each property located in a special flood hazard area, (2) indicate the applicable flood zone designation, the flood insurance coverage and the deductible relating thereto, (3) provide that the insurer will give the Collateral Agent forty-five (45) days written notice of cancellation (or such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (4) otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) to the extent required to mortgage a leasehold interest in Real Property that must be mortgaged pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, estoppel and consent agreements executed by each of the lessors
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of such leased Real Property, along with (A) a memorandum of lease in recordable form with respect to such leasehold interest, executed and acknowledged by the owner of the affected real property, as lessor, or (B) evidence that the applicable lease with respect to such leasehold interest or a memorandum thereof has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in the Administrative Agents reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice to third-party purchasers of such leasehold interest, or (C) if such leasehold interest was acquired or subleased from the holder of a recorded leasehold interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice upon recordation and otherwise in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided, that the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have complied with the immediately preceding requirements of this clause (iii) if the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries will have provided the Administrative Agent with an officers certificate confirming that the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries have made commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill the aforementioned requirements, (iv) opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties of (A) local counsel for the Borrowers in each jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgages and other matters customarily included in such opinions and (B) counsel for the Borrowers regarding due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgages, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) a policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder of title insurance, as applicable, paid for by the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries or a Parent Entity, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage to be entered into on the Closing Date or thereafter in accordance with Sections 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) and 5.11 as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except Permitted Liens, together with such customary endorsements (including zoning endorsements where reasonably appropriate and available or, in lieu of such zoning endorsements, where available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located, a zoning report from a recognized vendor or a zoning compliance letter from the applicable municipality in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located, (vi) if the finalization of the title insurance policies pursuant to clause (v) hereof and the Surveys (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to clause (vii) hereof occurs after delivery of any Mortgage pursuant to clause (g), then, to the extent required to correct and/or confirm the Mortgaged Property encumbered by such Mortgage is consistent with that so insured and surveyed and/or confirm the Collateral Agents mortgage lien on and security interests in such Mortgaged Property, (A) an amendment to any such applicable Mortgage (or to the extent required, a new Mortgage) duly authorized, executed and acknowledged, in recordable form and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to each such applicable Mortgaged Property and (B) such other documents, including, but not limited to, any supplemental consents, agreements and/or confirmations of third parties, and supplemental local counsel opinions, as Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effectuate the same, and (vii) a survey of each
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Mortgaged Property (including all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), as applicable, for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid (such surveys, collectively, the Surveys). Such Surveys shall be certified to Borrowers, Collateral Agent and the title insurance company, and shall meet minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys in all material respects and shall be sufficient and satisfactory to the title insurance company so as to enable the title insurance company to issue coverage over all general survey exceptions and to issue all endorsements reasonably requested by Collateral Agent. All such Surveys shall be dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof (unless otherwise acceptable to the title insurance company issuing the title insurance);
(i) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance required by the terms of this Agreement; and
(j) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.10 and 5.11, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Sections 5.10 and 5.11.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).
Commitments shall mean (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment and Term Facility Commitment and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, its Swingline Commitment.
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Company shall mean, (i) prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, each of the Borrowers and (ii) on and after the consummation of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, CERP LLC.
Conduit Lender shall mean any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender; provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 or 9.05 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender, unless the designation of such Conduit Lender is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which consent shall specify that it is being made pursuant to the proviso in the definition of Conduit Lender and
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provided that that designating Lender provides such information as the Borrowers reasonably request in order for the Borrowers to determine whether to provide their consent or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
Consolidated Debt at any date shall mean the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit or bank guarantees, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money and Disqualified Stock of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries determined on a combined or consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of the Borrowers and their subsidiaries for such period, on a combined or consolidated basis; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(i) any net after tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expense or charge (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) including, without limitation, any severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, and expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests or debt securities of the Company or any Parent Entity, any Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction (including any costs relating to auditing prior periods, transition-related expenses, and Transaction Expenses incurred before, on or after the Closing Date), in each case, shall be excluded,
(ii) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(iii) any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrowers) shall be excluded,
(iv) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary
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or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary of such referent person) in respect of such period and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment in cash received from any person in excess of the amounts included in clause (A),
(vi) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,
(vii) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such person and its Subsidiaries) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or the Post-Closing Restructuring Transactions or any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles adjustments arising pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any non-cash compensation charge or expenses realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded,
(x) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded,
(xi) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded,
(xii) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from Swap Agreements for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded,
(xiii) (i) the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of straight-line rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included,
(xiv) (1) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (ii) in fact
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reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded, and (2) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period),
(xv) without duplication, an amount equal to the amount of distributions actually made to any parent or equity holder of such person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 6.06(b)(y) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such person for such period, and
(xvi) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrowers and the consolidated Subsidiaries without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since June 30, 2013, determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), as applicable, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any acquisition or disposition of a person or assets that have occurred on or after the last day of such fiscal quarter.
Control shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and Controlling and Controlled shall have meanings correlative thereto.
Covenant Resumption Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Covenant Suspension Period.
Covenant Suspension Period shall mean the period commencing on the date of any Qualifying Act of Terrorism and continuing until (and including) the last day of the second full fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which the Qualifying Act of Terrorism occurs; provided, however, that if a separate and distinct Qualifying Act of Terrorism occurs during any Covenant Suspension Period, such Covenant Suspension Period shall continue until (and including) the last day of the second full fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which such subsequent Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall occur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, in its sole discretion, elect that any Covenant Suspension Period end on any date prior to the date that such Covenant Suspension Period would otherwise end absent such election. The first day following the end of the Covenant Suspension Period is the Covenant Resumption Date.
Credit Event shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article IV.
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Cumulative Credit shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication (and without duplication of amounts that otherwise increased the amount available for Investments pursuant to Section 6.04):
(a) $50.0 million, plus:
(b) an amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at such time, plus
(c) the aggregate amount of proceeds received after the Closing Date and prior to such time that would have constituted Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof except for the operation of clause (x) or (y) of the second proviso thereof (the Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds), plus
(d) the cumulative amount of proceeds (including cash and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of property other than cash) from the sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Company and common Equity Interests of the Company issued upon conversion of Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to a person other than any Borrower or a Subsidiary not previously applied for a purpose other than use in the Cumulative Credit; provided, that this clause (d) shall exclude Permitted Cure Securities and the proceeds thereof, sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e) or used as described in clause (ix) of the definition of EBITDA and any amounts used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(C), plus
(e) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the common capital of the Company received in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of property other than cash) after the Closing Date (subject to the same exclusions as are applicable to clause (d) above), plus
(f) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Company or any Parent Entity, plus
(g) 100% of the aggregate amount received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of property other than cash received by such Borrower or any Subsidiary) after the Closing Date from:
(A) the sale (other than to a Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(B) any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
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(h) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of the Investments of a Borrower or any Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), plus
(i) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus
(j) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(ii) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus
(k) any amounts thereof used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.06(e) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus
(l) any amounts thereof used to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(E) after the Closing Date prior to such time (other than payments made with proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests that were excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit pursuant to clause (c) above);
provided, however, for purposes of Section 6.06(e), the calculation of the Cumulative Credit shall not include any Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds except to the extent they are used as contemplated in clause (j) above.
Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount shall mean, at any date, an amount (which shall not be less than zero in the aggregate) determined on a cumulative basis equal to the aggregate cumulative sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the Closing Date and prior to such date.
Cure Amount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.
Cure Right shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.
Current Assets shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of (a) all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, and (b) in the event that a Permitted Receivables Financing is accounted for off balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable comprising part of the Receivables Assets subject to such Permitted Receivables Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to clause (x).
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Current Liabilities shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv) through (a)(vi) of the definition of such term.
Debt Service shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(e).
Default shall mean any event or condition which, but for the giving of notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender shall mean, subject to Section 2.22, any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Swingline Lender, Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with reorganization
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or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall mean the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
Discount Range shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(ii).
Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(ii).
Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(i).
Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(v).
Disinterested Director shall mean, with respect to any person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.
Disqualification means, with respect to any Lender:
(a) the failure of that person timely to file pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws:
(i) any application requested of that person by any Gaming Authority in connection with any licensing required of that person as a lender to any Borrower; or
(ii) any required application or other papers in connection with determination of the suitability of that person as a lender to any Borrower;
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(b) the withdrawal by that person (except where requested or permitted by the Gaming Authority) of any such application or other required papers;
(c) any finding by a Gaming Authority that there is reasonable cause to believe that such person may be found unqualified or unsuitable; or
(d) any final determination by a Gaming Authority pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws:
(i) that such person is unsuitable as a lender to any Borrower;
(ii) that such person shall be disqualified as a lender to any Borrower; or
(iii) denying the issuance to that person of any license or other approval required under applicable Gaming Laws to be held by all lenders to any Borrower.
Disqualified Stock shall mean, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Loan Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) at the option of the holders thereof, is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the earlier of (x) the latest Term Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of issuance and (y) the date on which the Loans and all other Loan Obligations that are accrued and payable are repaid in full and the Commitments are terminated; provided, however, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided further, however, that if such Equity Interests are issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by a Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death or disability; provided further, however, that any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
Documentation Agents shall mean Citicorp North America, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., MIHI LLC and UBS Securities LLC, in their capacities as co-documentation agents for this Agreement.
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Dollar Equivalent means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the applicable date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.
Dollars or $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
EBITDA shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xi) of this clause (a) otherwise reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):
(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to taxes or arising from tax examinations),
(ii) Interest Expense (and to the extent not included in Interest Expense, (x) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period),
(iii) depreciation and amortization expenses of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period including, without limitation, the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits,
(iv) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense as described in the preceding clause (iii)) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, New Project, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (w) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the First Priority Senior Secured Notes, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and this Agreement, (x) any amendment or other modification of the Obligations or other Indebtedness, (y) any additional interest with respect to the First Priority Senior Secured Notes, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Permitted Receivables Financing,
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(v) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or reserves (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility closure, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges) and, in each case, expected to be achieved, completed or realized within 24 months, in the good faith determination of the Company,
(vi) any other non-cash charges; provided, that, for purposes of this subclause (vi) of this clause (a), any non-cash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),
(vii) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid in accordance with Section 6.07 (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during such period,
(viii) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing,
(ix) any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of any Loan Party solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit,
(x) any deductions (less any additions) attributable to minority interests except, in each case, to the extent of cash paid or received, and
(xi) Pre-Opening Expenses,
minus (b) the sum of (without duplication and to the extent the amounts described in this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustments permitted hereunder with respect to acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions occurring following the Closing Date and/or pursuant to the definition of Pro Forma Basis, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement, EBITDA of Caesars Linq, LLC in respect of each fiscal quarter will be deemed to be equal to the greater of (i) $24.75 million and (ii) actual EBITDA of Caesars Linq, LLC for such fiscal quarter until (but not including) the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014.
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Economic Sanctions Laws means (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 5(b) and 16, as amended), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706, as amended), Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), as amended from time to time and any successor thereto, and the regulations administered and enforced by OFAC and (ii) any and all other laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates relating to economic sanctions and terrorism financing.
Embargoed Person shall mean (i) any country or territory that is the subject of a comprehensive sanctions program administered by OFAC, Syria, and North Korea or (ii) any Person that (x) is publicly identified on the most current list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) or (y) resides, is organized or chartered, or has a place of business in a country or territory that is the subject of a comprehensive sanctions program administered by OFAC. As of the Closing Date, comprehensive sanctions programs administered by OFAC are the Iran, Sudan, and Cuba sanctions programs.
environment shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
Environmental Laws shall mean all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to human health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).
Equity Interests of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
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ERISA Event shall mean (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) with respect to any Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the receipt by any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (h) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (i) with respect to a Plan, the provision of security pursuant to Section 206(g) of ERISA; or (j) the withdrawal of any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a substantial employer as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA.
Eurocurrency Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.
Eurocurrency Loan shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.
Eurocurrency Rate means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (BBA LIBOR), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Loan being made, continued or converted by Citibank and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Citibanks London Branch (or other Citibank branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
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Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Eurocurrency Term Loan shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Event of Default shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any Applicable Period, EBITDA of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for such Applicable Period, minus, without duplication, (A):
(a) Debt Service for such Applicable Period,
(b) the amount of any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Applicable Period (other than any voluntary prepayment of the Loans, which shall be the subject of Section 2.11(c)) and the amount of any voluntary prepayments of revolving Indebtedness to the extent accompanied by permanent reductions of any revolving facility commitments during such Applicable Period, so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service,
(c) (i) Capital Expenditures by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period that are paid in cash and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Applicable Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital,
(d) Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or other permitted Investments that any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Applicable Period, become obligated to make or otherwise anticipated to make payments with respect thereto but that are not made during such Applicable Period; provided, that (i) the Borrowers shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Applicable Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and certifying that payments in respect of such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related equipment or Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or other permitted Investments are expected to be made in the following Applicable Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period,
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(e) Taxes paid in cash by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Applicable Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Applicable Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,
(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such Applicable Period,
(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Applicable Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,
(h) permitted Restricted Payments made in cash by the Company during such Applicable Period and permitted Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to any person other than a Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such Applicable Period, in each case in accordance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(e), except to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of any Borrower or any Subsidiary),
(i) amounts paid in cash during such Applicable Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries in a prior Applicable Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,
(j) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith, and
(k) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Applicable Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, in each case on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period,
plus, without duplication, (B):
(l) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Applicable Period,
(m) all amounts referred to in clauses (A)(b), (A)(c) and (A)(d) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including
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Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding proceeds of extensions of credit under any revolving credit facility), the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,
(n) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures referred to in clause (A)(d) above and the delivery of the related equipment do not occur in the following Applicable Period of the Borrowers specified in the certificate of the Company provided pursuant to clause (A)(d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures that were not so made in such following Applicable Period,
(o) cash payments received in respect of Swap Agreements during such Applicable Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,
(p) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Applicable Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.11(b)),
(q) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income, and
(r) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) such items do not represent cash paid by any Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period.
Excess Cash Flow Period shall mean each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year of the Company ending on December 31, 2014.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01.
Excluded Property shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(g).
Excluded Securities shall mean any of the following:
(a) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrowers reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
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(b) in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by a Loan Party) to secure the Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;
(c) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness to the extent and for so long as the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law (including any Gaming Laws);
(d) any Equity Interests of any person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party not in violation of Section 6.09(c) (other than, in this subclause (A)(ii), non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirements of Law), (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided, that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Loan Party or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate any Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Loan Party or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Equity Interests (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in subclause (A)(ii), non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirement of Law);
(e) any Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary, any Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary;
(f) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of, or other Equity Interests owned by, a Foreign Subsidiary;
(g) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to any Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrowers;
(h) any Margin Stock.
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Excluded Subsidiary shall mean any of the following (except as otherwise provided in clause (b) of the definition of Subsidiary Loan Party):
(a) each Immaterial Subsidiary,
(b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary),
(c) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations by any Requirement of Law (including Gaming Law) or that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received),
(d) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable contractual requirement from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations on the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary not in violation of Section 6.09(c) (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect),
(e) any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary and any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary,
(f) any Foreign Subsidiary,
(g) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is an FSHCO or (ii) that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary,
(h) any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of or granting Liens to secure the Obligations are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby or (y) providing such a Guarantee or granting such Liens could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and
(i) each Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Excluded Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
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Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) such recipients net income by a jurisdiction as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in or, in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, and/or enforced, any Loan Documents) and, for the avoidance of doubt, including any backup withholding in respect of such a tax under Section 3466 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), (b) any branch profits Tax under Section 884(a) of the Code, or any similar Tax, that is imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a Lender (other than an assignee selected by any Borrower pursuant to a request by any Borrowers under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax imposed by the United States federal government that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to laws in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Loan Party with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (d) any withholding tax attributable to a Lenders failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), (f), (g), or (i) or the Administrative Agents failure to comply with Section 2.17(l), and (e) any Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
Existing Class Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Existing Facilities shall mean (i) the CMBS mortgage and mezzanine loan debt facilities of the CMBS Borrowers and (ii) the loan facility of Caesars Linq, LLC and Caesars Octavius, LLC, in each case outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions on the Closing Date.
Existing Letters of Credit shall mean those letters of credit issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 1.01(B).
Extended Revolving Facility Commitment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extended Term Loan shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extending Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extension shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
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Facility shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of the Closing Date there are two Facilities, i.e., the Term B Facility and the Revolving Facility Commitments established on the Closing Date and the extensions of credit thereunder, and thereafter, the term Facility may include any Incremental Term Facility and any Revolving Facility consisting of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or other official governmental interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into or applicable pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) or any intergovernmental agreement (or related law or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.
Federal Funds Rate shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee Letter shall mean that certain Fee Letter, dated as of October 11, 2013, as amended, by and among Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC and Citicorp North America, Inc.
Fees shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the L/C Issuer Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees and the Term Closing Fee.
Financial Officer of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.
Financial Performance Covenant shall mean the covenant of the Borrowers set forth in Section 6.10.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit O, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent (each as defined therein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as defined therein) and each representative of any Other First Lien Obligations, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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First Lien Notes shall mean (i) the First Priority Senior Secured Notes, (ii) any Future First Lien Notes and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof.
First Lien Obligations shall mean the Obligations and the Other First Lien Obligations.
First Lien Secured Parties shall mean the Secured Parties and the Other First Lien Secured Parties.
First Priority Senior Secured Notes shall mean the $1,000.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 8% First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 issued pursuant to the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and any notes issued by the Borrowers in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the First Priority Senior Secured Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the First Priority Senior Secured Notes.
First Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents shall mean the First Priority Senior Secured Notes and the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
First Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Borrowers, as issuers, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto from time to time and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Foreign Lender shall mean any Lender (a) that is not disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that is not a United States Person as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and whose regarded owner is not a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender under any Revolving Facility, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations under such Revolving Facility other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of Swingline Loans under such Revolving Facility other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
FSHCO shall mean any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and/or of one or more FSHCOs.
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Future First Lien Notes shall mean senior secured loans or notes of any Borrower (which notes or loans may either be secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Obligations or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations) incurred after the Closing Date (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of which (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement; provided that (i) a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and (ii) any Future First Lien Notes that are secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Loan Obligations in the form of term loans (other than term loans subject to high yield style covenants) shall be subject to the requirements of Section 2.21(b)(viii) and (c) of which no Subsidiary of any Borrower is a borrower or guarantor other than any Subsidiary Loan Party. Notes issued by any Borrower in exchange for any Future First Lien Notes in accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of such Future First Lien Notes shall also be considered Future First Lien Notes.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02; provided that any reference to the application of GAAP in Sections 3.13(b), 3.20, 5.03, 5.07 and 6.02(e) to a Foreign Subsidiary (and not as a consolidated Subsidiary of any Borrower) shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary.
Gaming Authority means, in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries manages or conducts any casino, gaming business or activities, the applicable gaming board, commission, or other governmental gaming regulatory body or agency which (a) has, or may at any time after the Closing Date have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities at the Property or any successor to such authority or (b) is, or may at any time after the Closing Date be, responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Gaming Laws.
Gaming Laws means all applicable constitutions, treaties, laws, rates, regulations and orders and statutes pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming, gambling or casino activities and all rules, rulings, orders, ordinances, regulations of any Gaming Authority applicable to the gambling, casino, gaming businesses or activities of any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the Gaming Authorities.
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Global Intercompany Note means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit K, evidencing Indebtedness owed among Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
Guarantee of or by any person (the guarantor) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such person in good faith.
guarantor shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Guarantee.
Hazardous Materials shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
Hedge Bank shall mean any person that is (or an Affiliate thereof is) an Agent, a Co-Lead Arranger or a Lender on the Closing Date (or any person that becomes an Agent, Co-Lead Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date) and that enters into a Swap Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Agreement.
Honor Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).
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Immaterial Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrowers most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), have assets with a value in excess of 1.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 1.0% of total revenues of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis as of such date and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrowers most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis as of such date; provided, that any Borrower may elect in its sole discretion to exclude as an Immaterial Subsidiary any Subsidiary that would otherwise meet the definition thereof.
Increased Amount of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness or in the form of common stock of the Company, the accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.
Increased Amount Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
Incremental Amount shall mean, at any time, the sum of
(1) the excess, if any, of (a) $300.0 million over (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments established after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.21 utilizing this clause (1) (other than Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Facility Commitments or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, respectively) plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(ee) at such time; plus
(2) any additional amounts so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, (a) in the case of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), in each case, that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (b) in the case of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), in each case, that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in right of security to the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 6.00 to 1.00 and (c) in the case of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), in each case, that is unsecured, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is at least 2.00 to 1.00; provided, that, for purposes of this clause (2), (A) all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r)(i)(x) outstanding at such time, shall be included in the
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calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r)(i)(y) outstanding at such time, shall be included in the calculation of the Total Secured Leverage Ratio and (B) the Net Proceeds of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee) at such time shall not be netted for purposes of such calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable.
Incremental Assumption Agreement shall mean an Incremental Assumption Agreement among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders entered into pursuant to Section 2.21.
Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall mean any increased or incremental Revolving Facility Commitment provided pursuant to Section 2.21.
Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Facility Loan as a result of an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.
Incremental Term Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Incremental Term Loans.
Incremental Term Facility shall mean any Class of Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans made hereunder.
Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date shall mean, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the maturity date for such Class as set forth in such Incremental Assumption Agreement.
Incremental Term Lender shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Term Loans to any Borrower.
Incremental Term Loan Installment Date shall have, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(ii).
Incremental Term Loans shall mean Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c). Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of additional Term B Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.21 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans (including in the form of Extended Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, as applicable).
Indebtedness of any person shall mean, if and to the extent (other than with respect to clause (h) below) the same would constitute indebtedness or a liability in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all
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obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than such obligations accrued in the ordinary course), to the extent the same would be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (d) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (e) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (f) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (g) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers acceptances, (h) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (g) above and (i) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade and other ordinary course payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof. To the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness shall include the amount of any Receivables Net Investment.
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to or measured by any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
Ineligible Institution shall mean the persons identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date, and as may be identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Company from time to time thereafter, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, by delivery of a notice thereof to the Administrative Agent setting forth such person or persons (or the person or persons previously identified to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered Ineligible Institutions).
Information shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(a).
Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated September, 2013, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.
Initial Revolving Loan shall mean a Revolving Facility Loan made (i) pursuant to the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Closing Date (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment on the same terms as the Revolving Facility Loans referred to in clause (i) of this definition.
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Intellectual Property Right shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.
Interest Coverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) Interest Expense (other than Interest Expense in respect of Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) for such Test Period, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, further, however, that for purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, Substituted EBITDA shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Company and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent).
Interest Election Request shall mean a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing or Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
Interest Expense shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on a combined or consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, (b) capitalized interest of such person, and (c) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing which are payable to any person other than a Loan Party. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries with respect to Swap Agreements, and interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrowers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Payment Date means, (a) as to any Loan other than an ABR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the scheduled maturity date of such Loan; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any ABR Loan (including a Swingline Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the scheduled maturity date of such Loan.
Interest Period means, as to each Eurocurrency Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency
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Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months (or twelve months if agreed to by each applicable Lender or such period of shorter than one month as may be consented to by the Administrative Agent) thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the maturity date of such Loan.
Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
Investment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
ISP means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Issuer Documents means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and a Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
Junior Financing shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.09(b).
L/C Advance means, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage under the applicable Revolving Facility. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
L/C Borrowing means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as an ABR Revolving Loan. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
L/C Issuer shall mean Citibank and each other L/C Issuer designated pursuant to Section 2.05(k), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 8.09; provided that, in the case of any Existing
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Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer with respect thereto shall be as is indicated on Schedule 1.01(B). An L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such L/C Issuer, in which case the term L/C Issuer shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one L/C Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the L/C Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all L/C Issuers, as the context requires.
L/C Issuer Fees shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).
L/C Obligations means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
L/C Participation Fee shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.12(b).
Lender shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 9.04), as well as any person that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04 or Section 2.21.
lending office shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.
Lender Participation Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(iii).
Letter of Credit shall mean any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
Letter of Credit Application shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, with respect to each L/C Issuer, the commitment of such L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility, the day that is five days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Revolving Facility then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
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Letter of Credit Sublimit shall mean the aggregate Letter of Credit Commitments of the L/C Issuer, in an amount not to exceed $100.0 million or such larger amount not to exceed the Revolving Facility Commitment as the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer may agree. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility Commitments.
License Revocation means the revocation, failure to renew or suspension of, or the appointment of a receiver, supervisor, conservator or similar official with respect to, any casino, gambling or gaming license issued by any Gaming Authority covering any casino or gaming facility of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Linq shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(b).
Liquor Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sells and distributes liquor, the applicable alcoholic beverage commission or other Governmental Authority responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Liquor Laws.
Liquor Laws means the laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to or involving the sale and distribution of liquor by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the applicable Liquor Authorities.
Loan Documents shall mean (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, (iii) the Security Documents, (iv) each Incremental Assumption Agreement, and (v) any Note issued under Section 2.09(e), and solely for the purposes of Section 7.01 hereof, the Engagement Letter; provided that for purposes of the expense reimbursement and indemnity provisions in Section 8.07 and Section 9.05 only, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any agreements governing any First Lien Notes shall be deemed to be Loan Documents.
Loan Obligations shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrowers of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrowers under this Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral and (iii) all
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other monetary obligations of the Borrowers owed under or pursuant to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents.
Loan Parties shall mean the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
Loans shall mean the Term Loans, the Revolving Facility Loans and the Swingline Loans.
Local Time shall mean Las Vegas, Nevada local time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Majority Lenders of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders under such Facility having Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time. The Loans, Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Majority Lenders at any time.
Management Agreements shall mean each Amended and Restated Management Agreement, each dated as of the Closing Date, between Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC, Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC, Rio Properties, LLC, Harrahs Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC, Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC and Harrahs Laughlin, LLC and their respective management companies.
Management Group shall mean the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of CEC, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (x) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of CERP LLC, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of CERP LLC, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (y) executive officers and other management personnel of CEC, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of CERP LLC.
Margin Stock shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or financial condition of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the material Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
Material Disruption shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Qualifying Act of Terrorism.
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Material Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50.0 million.
Material Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary other than Immaterial Subsidiaries.
Maximum Rate shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgaged Properties shall mean the Owned Real Properties owned by any Loan Party that are set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) and each additional Owned Real Property encumbered by a Mortgage or Additional Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11.
Mortgages shall mean, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, substantially, in the case of mortgages, in the form of Exhibit E (with such changes as are reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Mortgages shall include, without limitation, the Additional Mortgages.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
Net Income shall mean, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
Net Proceeds shall mean:
(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale under Sections 6.05(g) and (l), net of (i) attorneys fees, accountants fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable (in the good faith determination of the Borrowers) as a result thereof, and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in
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accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be cash proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if the Company shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the applicable Borrowers intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Business Acquisitions and other permitted Investments hereunder (except for Permitted Investments or intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries), in each case within 18 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 18 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 18-month period but within such 18-month period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the termination of such contract, such remaining portion if not so used by such time shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in any fiscal year shall constitute Net Proceeds in such fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $25.0 million (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds) and (y) in any event, no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $10.0 million (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds); and
(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.
New Class Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
New Project shall mean each capital project which is either a new project or a new feature at an existing project owned by a Borrower or its Subsidiaries which receives a certificate of completion or occupancy and all relevant licenses, and in fact commences operations.
New York Courts shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).
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Non-Defaulting Lender shall mean, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
Non-Extension Notice Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Non-Reinstatement Deadline shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Note shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
Notes Offering Memorandum shall mean the final offering memorandum, dated September 27, 2013, in respect of the First Priority Senior Secured Notes and the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes.
Obligations shall mean, collectively, (a) the Loan Obligations, (b) obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (c) obligations in respect of any Secured Swap Agreement.
OFAC shall have meaning set forth in the definition of Embargoed Person.
Offered Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(iii).
Operations Management Agreement means each of the real estate management agreements, shared service agreements and any other operating management agreement entered into by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with CEC or with any other direct or indirect subsidiary of CEC and any and all modifications thereto, substitutions therefore and replacements thereof so long as such modifications, substitutions and replacements are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries than the terms of such agreements as in effect on the Closing Date.
Other First Lien Obligations shall mean the Other First Lien Obligations as defined in the Collateral Agreement, including any interest accruing after commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to any holder of Other First Lien Obligations whether or not allowed in such proceeding.
Other First Lien Secured Parties shall mean the Other First Lien Secured Parties as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
Other Revolving Facility Commitments shall mean Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments to make Other Revolving Loans.
Other Revolving Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise, transfer, sales, property, intangible, mortgage recording, or similar Taxes,
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charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, registration, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents, and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Excluded Taxes.
Other Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
Outstanding Amount means (i) with respect to any Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swingline Loans occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by any Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
Overdraft Line shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(w).
Overnight Rate means, for any day, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Owned Real Property means each parcel of Real Property that is located in the United States and is owned in fee by any Loan Party that has an individual fair market value (on a per property basis and as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) of at least $15.0 million (x) as of the Closing Date, for Real Property now owned or (y) the date of acquisition, for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date (provided that such $15.0 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of a Mortgaged Property or otherwise necessary for such Mortgaged Property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Mortgaged Property); provided that, with respect to any Real Property that is partially owned in fee and partially leased by any Loan Party, Owned Real Property will include both that portion of such material real property that is owned in fee and that portion that is so leased to the extent that (i) such leased portion is integrally related to the ownership or operation of the balance of such material real property or is otherwise necessary for such real property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such material real property in fee and only if (ii) such portion that is owned in fee has an individual fair market value (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) of at least $15.0 million (x) as of the Closing Date, for Real Property now so partially owned and partially leased or (y) the date of acquisition, for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date so partially owned and partially leased (provided that such $15.0 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of a Mortgaged Property or otherwise necessary for such Mortgaged Property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Mortgaged Property) and (iii) a mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent
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(for the benefit of the Secured Parties) is permitted on such Real Property by applicable law and by the terms of any lease, or other applicable document governing any leased portion of such Real Property, or with the consent of the applicable lessor or grantor (to the extent obtained after the applicable Loan Party has utilized commercially reasonable efforts to obtain same).
Parent Entity means any direct or indirect parent of the Company.
Participant shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(ii).
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
Pension Act shall mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended.
Perfection Certificate shall mean the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be supplemented from time to time to the extent required by Section 5.04(f).
Permitted Business Acquisition shall mean any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors qualifying shares) in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) in excess of $10.0 million, after giving effect to such acquisition or investment and any related transactions, the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by a Loan Party, shall be merged into a Loan Party or become, following the consummation of such acquisition in accordance with Section 5.10, a Loan Party; (vi) the aggregate amount of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by the Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in persons that are not Loan Parties or do not become Loan Parties following the consummation of such acquisition shall not in the aggregate exceed, together with all outstanding Investments made in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to Sections 6.04(b) and (v), the greater of (x) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such acquisition or investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and (y) $150.0 million; and (vii) if the date of the consummation of such acquisition shall occur during a Covenant Suspension Period, the sum of (1) the aggregate Available Unused Commitments under the Revolving Facilities plus (2) all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on such date
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shall not be less than $250.0 million; provided that this clause (vii) shall not apply to any acquisition consummated pursuant to binding commitments in existence at or prior to the date on which the relevant Covenant Suspension Period began.
Permitted Cure Securities shall mean any equity securities of the Company or a Parent Entity issued pursuant to the Cure Right other than Disqualified Stock.
Permitted Holder shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors, (ii) the Management Group, (iii) CEC and any Person that has no material assets other than the capital stock of CERP LLC or other Permitted Holders and that, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires beneficial ownership of 100% on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests of CERP LLC, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests thereof, and (iv) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) the members of which include any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the voting Equity Interests of CERP LLC (a Permitted Holder Group), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other group (other than the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests held by the Permitted Holder Group.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;
(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250 million and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding companys long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;
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(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrowers) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moodys, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(e) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moodys (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;
(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000.0 million; and
(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.5% of the total assets of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, on a combined or consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrowers most recently completed fiscal year; and
(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.
Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement shall mean, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be junior to any Liens securing the Term B Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, junior Liens pursuant to Section 2.21(b)(ii)), either (as the Borrowers shall elect) (x) any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement if such Liens secure Second Priority Claims (as defined therein), (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such junior Liens than such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a junior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Company and the Administrative Agent in the reasonable exercise of reasonable judgment.
Permitted Liens shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
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Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender as an Assignor and a Borrower as an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit F or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Permitted Loan Purchases shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall mean, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term B Loans, either (as the Borrowers shall elect) (x) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such pari passu Liens than the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a pari passu basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Company and the Administrative Agent in the exercise of reasonable judgment.
Permitted Receivables Documents shall mean all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing a Permitted Receivables Financing.
Permitted Receivables Financing shall mean one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Receivables Assets or interests therein are sold to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries finance their acquisition of such Receivables Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Receivables Assets; provided, that recourse to any Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a true sale/absolute transfer opinion with respect to any transfer by any Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary).
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to Refinance), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and, in the case of revolving Indebtedness being Refinanced, to effect a corresponding reduction in the commitments with respect to such revolving Indebtedness being Refinanced); provided, that with respect to any Indebtedness being Refinanced, (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions, expenses, plus an amount equal to any existing commitment utilized thereunder and letters of credit undrawn thereunder), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i) and 6.01(z), the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is
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greater than or equal to the shorter of (i) the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (ii) the weighted average life to maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness being Refinanced that were due on or after the date that is one year following the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence were instead due on the date that is one year following such Term B Facility Maturity Date, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Loan Obligations on terms in the aggregate not materially less favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have greater guarantees or security than the Indebtedness being Refinanced (except that a Loan Party may be added as an additional obligor) unless such security is otherwise permitted by Section 6.02 at such time of incurrence; provided further, that with respect to a Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted hereunder that is subordinated, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) be subordinated to the guarantee by Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Loan Obligations, and (ii) be otherwise on terms (excluding interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
person shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is, (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, and (iii) in respect of which any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Platform shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).
Pledged Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction means: (i) the transactions described on Schedule 1.01(F) and (ii) any transactions undertaken in good faith by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.
Pre-Opening Expenses means, with respect to any fiscal period, the amount of expenses (other than interest expense) incurred with respect to capital projects which are classified as pre-opening expenses or project opening costs (or any similar or equivalent caption) on the applicable financial statements of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for such period, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Pricing Grid shall mean, with respect to the Loans, the table set forth below:
Pricing Grid for Revolving Facility
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Senior Secured Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin for ABR Loans (other than Swingline Loans) |
Applicable Margin for Swingline Loans |
Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans |
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Greater than 3.75 to 1.0 |
5.00 | % | 4.50 | % | 6.00 | % | 0.500 | % | ||||||||
Less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.0 |
4.75 | % | 4.25 | % | 5.75 | % | 0.375 | % |
For the purposes of the Pricing Grid, changes in the Applicable Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee resulting from changes in the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date (the Adjustment Date) of delivery of the relevant financial statements pursuant to Section 5.04 for each fiscal quarter beginning with the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrowers after the Closing Date, and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered within the time periods specified in Section 5.04, then, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, until the date that is three Business Days after the date on which such financial statements are delivered, the pricing level that is one pricing level higher than the pricing level theretofore in effect shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such financial statements were to have been delivered but were not delivered. Each determination of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio pursuant to the Pricing Grid shall be made in a manner consistent with the determination thereof pursuant to Section 6.10.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio set forth in any compliance certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c) is inaccurate as a result of any fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct of the Company or any officer thereof and the result is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee for any day occurring within the period covered by such compliance certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrowers for the relevant period pursuant to this Agreement as a result of the miscalculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of this Agreement, as applicable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid pursuant to said Section (and shall remain due and payable until paid in full, together with all amounts owing under Section 2.13, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
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primary obligor shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term Guarantee.
Prime Rate shall mean the rate of interest per annum as announced from time to time by Citibank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City.
Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).
Pro Forma Basis shall mean, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the Reference Period): (i) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, pro forma effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, any acquisition, Investment, capital expenditure, construction, repair, replacement, improvement, development, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation (including the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Redesignation, New Project, and any restructurings of the business of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made and are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Company determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the relevant transactions), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, other than in the case of Section 6.10, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or relevant transaction is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any Permitted Receivables Financing, in each case not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, other than in the case of Section 6.10, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or relevant transaction is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period, (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods, and (z) with respect to each New Project which commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarters
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operations during the Reference Period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period and (iii) (A) any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and all other Subsidiary Redesignations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term Pro Forma Basis shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Company and may include, (i) adjustments to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from such relevant pro forma event (including, to the extent applicable, the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction) and (2) all adjustments of the type used in connection with the calculation of Projected Run-Rate LTM Adjusted EBITDA Pro Forma as set forth in the Notes Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Reference Period. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company setting forth such demonstrable or additional operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, or synergies and adjustments pursuant to clause (2) above or cost savings and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Pro Forma Compliance shall mean, at any date of determination, that the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, the issuance, incurrence and permanent repayment of Indebtedness), with the Financial Performance Covenant recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 5.04 have been or were required to have been delivered (provided, that at all times during a Covenant Suspension Period, such covenant shall be deemed to have applied to the Borrowers most recently completed fiscal quarter).
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).
Project shall mean (i) any and all buildings, structures, fixtures, construction, development and other improvements of any nature to be constructed, added to, or made on, under or about any Real Property (exclusive of any personal property) with respect to which the cost of such construction, additions or development is at least equal to $15.0 million and (ii) any planning processes or preparatory steps undertaken to implement or further any such
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construction, additions or developments contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) of this definition (including, without limitation, (a) the combination of two or more individual land parcels into one parcel, (b) the separation or division of one or more individual land parcels into two or more parcels, (c) the re-zoning of parcels, and (d) demolition work on parcels).
Project Financing shall mean (1) any Capital Lease Obligation, mortgage financing, purchase money Indebtedness or other similar Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement, or improvement of any Undeveloped Land or any refinancing of any such Indebtedness and (2) any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction of any Undeveloped Land.
Project Notice shall mean a notice delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Company pursuant to Section 5.11(a) identifying the applicable Mortgaged Property constituting Undeveloped Land, providing a reasonable description of the applicable Project that the Company anticipates in good faith will be undertaken with respect to such Undeveloped Land and identifying the Project Financing to be entered into in connection with the financing of such Project.
Projections shall mean the projections of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.
Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(ii).
Pro Rata Extension Offers shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Public Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
Qualified Equity Interests shall mean any Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity other than Disqualified Stock.
Qualified IPO shall mean an underwritten public offering of the Equity Interests of CERP LLC or any Parent Entity which generates cash proceeds of at least $350.0 million.
Qualified Non-Recourse Debt shall mean Indebtedness that (i) is (x) incurred by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any new property (real or personal, whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property and whether in a single acquisition or a series of related acquisitions) or any Undeveloped Land or, to the extent owned by a Borrower or a Subsidiary on the Closing Date, any Real Property located outside the United States or (y) assumed by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (ii) is non-recourse to any Borrower and any Subsidiary (other than a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or its Subsidiaries) and (iii) is non-recourse to any Subsidiary that is not a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
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Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary shall mean (i) a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party and that is formed or created after the Closing Date in order to finance the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any new property or any Undeveloped Land or, to the extent owned by a Borrower or a Subsidiary on the Closing Date, any Real Property located outside the United States (directly or through one of its Subsidiaries) that secures Qualified Non-Recourse Debt incurred in respect of such property and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall mean (a) any Act of Terrorism which occurs on any property of the Company or its subsidiaries or in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any property of any of them, is the target, or (b) any Act of Terrorism the result of which is that passenger deplanements into the McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada as reported by Clark County Department of Aviation (Deplanements) in a given fiscal quarter fall, or if the data is not yet available would reasonably be expected to fall, by 5% or more compared with Deplanements in the corresponding quarter during the prior year (a Material Disruption) or, as the case may be, the most recent corresponding quarter in which no Material Disruption occurred or existed.
Qualifying Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(iv).
Qualifying Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g)(iv).
Real Property means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements situated, placed or constructed upon, or fixed to or incorporated into, or which becomes a component part of such real property, and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
Receivables Assets shall mean accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) and related assets and property from time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by any Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Receivables Net Investment shall mean the aggregate cash amount paid by the lenders or purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in connection with their purchase of, or the making of loans secured by, Receivables Assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such Receivables Assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Permitted Receivables Documents (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of items included in clause (c) of the definition of Interest Expense); provided, however, that if all or any part of such Receivables Net Investment shall have been reduced by application of any distribution and thereafter such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Receivables Net Investment shall be increased by the amount of such distribution, all as though such distribution had not been made.
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Reference Period shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Pro Forma Basis.
Refinance shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, Refinancing and Refinanced shall have a meaning correlative thereto.
Refinancing Amount shall mean, in connection with any Refinancing of Indebtedness hereunder, the additional amount of Indebtedness in excess of the principal amount of Indebtedness being Refinanced that is incurred to fund such Refinancing; provided that, the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses).
Refinancing Notes shall mean any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by any Loan Party (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided, that (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable; (d) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes issued under an indenture, the terms thereof do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (e) the other terms of such Refinancing Notes (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums), taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries than the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued), as determined by the Borrowers in good faith; (f) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Notes that is not a Loan Party and (g) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
Refinancing Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).
Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such persons Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such persons Affiliates.
Related Sections shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
Release shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the environment.
Replacement L/C Issuer means, with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Lender thereunder from time to time designated by the applicable Borrower as the Replacement L/C Issuer under such Replacement Revolving Facility with the consent of such Replacement Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent.
Replacement L/C Obligations means, as at any date of determination with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Replacement Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings, under such Replacement Revolving Facility. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Replacement Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Replacement Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
Replacement Letter of Credit means any letter of credit issued pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility.
Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage means, as to any Replacement Revolving Lender at any time under any Replacement Revolving Facility, the percentage which such Lenders Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility then constitutes of the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments under such Replacement Revolving Facility (or, at any time after such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of such Lenders Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure then outstanding pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility constitutes of the amount of the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure then outstanding pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility).
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Replacement Revolving Facility shall mean each Class of Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Replacement Revolving Lenders.
Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Replacement Revolving Loans at such time, (b) the Outstanding Amount of Replacement Swingline Loans at such time and (c) the Outstanding Amount of the Replacement L/C Obligations at such time. The Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Replacement Revolving Lender at any time shall be the product of (x) such Replacement Revolving Lenders Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage of the applicable Class and (y) the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class of all Replacement Revolving Lenders, collectively, at such time.
Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).
Replacement Revolving Lender shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(m).
Replacement Revolving Loans shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).
Replacement Swingline Loans means any swingline loan made to any Borrower pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
Required Lenders shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Facility Commitments under any Revolving Facility have been terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposures under such Revolving Facility) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposures) at such time. The Loans, Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
Required Percentage shall mean, with respect to an Applicable Period, 50%; provided, that (a) if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of the Applicable Period is greater than 2.25:1.00 but less than or equal to 2.75:1.00, such percentage shall be 25%, and (b) if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of the Applicable Period is less than or equal to 2.25:1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.
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Required Prepayment Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(e).
Requirement of Law shall mean, as to any person, any law, treaty, rule, regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or assets or to which such person or any of its property or assets is subject (including any Gaming Laws).
Responsible Officer of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.
Restricted Payments shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06. The amount of any Restricted Payment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith).
Retained Percentage shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, (a) 100% minus (b) the Required Percentage with respect to such Excess Cash Flow Period.
Revolving Facility shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class and, for purposes of Section 9.08(b), shall refer to all such Revolving Facility Commitments as a single Class.
Revolving Facility Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Facility Loans of the same Class.
Revolving Facility Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b), as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04, and (c) increased (or replaced) as provided under Section 2.21. The initial amount of each Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment (or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment), as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Facility Commitments on the date hereof are $269.5 million. On the date hereof, there is only one Class of Revolving Facility Commitments. After the date hereof, additional Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments may be added or created pursuant to Incremental Assumption Agreements.
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Facility Loans of such Class at such time, (b) the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Class at such time and (c) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations of such Class at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any
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Revolving Facility Lender under any Revolving Facility at any time shall be the product of (x) such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility and (y) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility of all Revolving Facility Lenders, collectively, at such time.
Revolving Facility Lender shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental Revolving Facility Lender) with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.
Revolving Facility Loan shall mean a Loan made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or Section 2.21.
Revolving Facility Maturity Date shall mean, as the context may require, (a) with respect to the Revolving Facility in effect on the Closing Date, October 11, 2018 and (b) with respect to any other Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.
Revolving Facility Percentage shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender of any Class, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class represented by such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class. If the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages of such Class shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.
S&P shall mean Standard & Poors Ratings Group, Inc.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
Same Day Funds means with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among Citibank, as Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent (as defined therein), each Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent (as defined therein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent and each representative of any Other Second Lien Obligations (as defined therein), as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Second Priority Liens shall mean (a) Liens that are Second Priority Liens (as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) and (b) other Liens (other than Liens securing the Obligations) that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to, and otherwise subject to the terms of a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement.
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Second Priority Senior Secured Notes shall mean the $1,150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 11% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and any notes issued by the Borrowers in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes.
Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents shall mean the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Borrowers, as issuers, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto from time to time and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Secured Cash Management Agreement shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank to the extent that such Cash Management Agreement is not otherwise designated in writing by the applicable Borrower and the applicable Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Cash Management Agreement.
Secured Swap Agreement shall mean any Swap Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank to the extent that such Swap Agreement is not otherwise designated in writing by the applicable Borrower and the applicable Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Swap Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents, any Guarantee of, or grant of any Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Secured Swap Agreement by a Loan Party shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
Secured Parties shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Swap Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to any Secured Cash Management Agreement and each sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.02 by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Loan Documents or by the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Documents shall mean the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement, the IP Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 4.02, 5.10 or 5.11.
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total First Lien Senior Secured Net Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such
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date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, further, however, that for purposes of calculating the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, Substituted EBITDA shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Company and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent).
Similar Business shall mean any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (i) business or activities conducted by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or (ii) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing.
Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary shall mean (i) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing for the acquisition of Receivables Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in the event any Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law) and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary.
Sponsor shall mean (i) Apollo and each Affiliate of Apollo (but not including, however, any of its portfolio companies), (ii) TPG and each Affiliate of TPG (but not including, however, any of its portfolio companies), and (iii) any individual who is a partner or employee of Apollo Management, L.P., Apollo, the Texas Pacific Group or TPG, to the extent such individual is licensed by a relevant Gaming Authority on the Closing Date or thereafter replaces any such licensee.
Spot Rate for a currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m., Local Time on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made or if such rate cannot be competed as of such date such other date as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall reasonably determine is appropriate under the circumstances; provided that the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer if the person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
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Statutory Reserves shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Subordinated Intercompany Debt shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(e).
subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the parent), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Subsidiary shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of any of the Borrowers. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, a Borrower that is also a Subsidiary of a Borrower shall be a Subsidiary hereunder.
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement shall mean the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit N, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Subsidiary Loan Party shall mean (a) each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of a Borrower on the Closing Date that is set forth on Schedule 1.01(C) and (b) each other Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of a Borrower (that is not an Excluded Subsidiary) that becomes, or is required pursuant to Section 5.10 to become, a party to the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and the Collateral Agreement after the Closing Date.
Subsidiary Redesignation shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained in this Section 1.01.
Swap Agreement shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or
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value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing, whether or not exchange traded; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swingline Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.
Swingline Borrowing Request shall mean a request by a Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Swingline Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Swingline Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitments on the Closing Date is $50.0 million. The Swingline Commitment is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility Commitments.
Swingline Lender shall mean Citibank, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans and its successors in such capacity and each other Swingline Lender designated pursuant to Section 2.04(g), in each case in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder and its successors in such capacity. In the event that there is more than one Swingline Lender at any time, references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to the Swingline Lender in respect of the applicable Swingline Loan or to all Swingline Lenders, as the context requires.
Swingline Loans shall mean the swingline loans made to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.
Syndication Agents shall mean Citicorp North America, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., MIHI LLC and UBS Securities LLC, in their capacities as co-syndication agents for this Agreement.
Taxes shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, withholdings or similar charges (including ad valorem charges) imposed by any Governmental Authority, and all interest, additions to tax and penalties related thereto.
Term B Borrowing shall mean any Borrowing comprised of Term B Loans.
Term B Facility shall mean the Term B Loan Commitment and the Term B Loans made hereunder.
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Term B Facility Maturity Date shall mean October 11, 2020.
Term B Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term B Loans hereunder. The amount of each Lenders Term B Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Term B Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $2,500.0 million.
Term B Loan Installment Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(i).
Term B Loans shall mean (a) the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and (b) any Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
Term Borrowing shall mean any Term B Borrowing or any Incremental Term Borrowing.
Term Closing Fee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).
Term Facility shall mean the Term B Facility and/or any or all of the Incremental Term Facilities.
Term Facility Maturity Date shall mean, as the context may require, (a) with respect to the Term B Facility in effect on the Closing Date, the Term B Facility Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.
Term Loan Commitment shall mean any Term B Loan Commitment or any Incremental Term Loan Commitment.
Term Loan Installment Date shall mean any Term B Loan Installment Date or any Incremental Term Loan Installment Date.
Term Loans shall mean the Term B Loans and/or any or all of the Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.21.
Termination Date shall mean the date on which (a) all Commitments shall have been terminated, (b) the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other Loan Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement claims not then due) and (c) all Letters of Credit (other than those that have been Cash Collateralized) have been cancelled or have expired and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full.
Test Period shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrowers then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and, initially, the four fiscal quarter period ending June 30, 2013.
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Total First Lien Senior Secured Net Debt at any date shall mean (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries outstanding at such date that consists of, without duplication, Indebtedness (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) that in each case is then secured by first-priority Liens on property or assets of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of Indebtedness secured thereby), less (ii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on such date.
Total Senior Secured Net Debt at any date shall mean (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries outstanding at such date that consists of, without duplication, Indebtedness (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) that in each case is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of Indebtedness secured thereby), less (ii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on such date.
Total Leverage Ratio shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, further, however, that for purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, Substituted EBITDA shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Company and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent).
Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Senior Secured Net Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, further, however, that for purposes of calculating the Total Secured Leverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, Substituted EBITDA shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Company and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent).
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Total Net Debt at any date shall mean (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries outstanding at such date, less (ii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on such date.
TPG shall mean, collectively, TPG Partners V, L.P. and other affiliated co-investment partnerships.
Transaction Documents shall mean the Loan Documents, the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents and the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents.
Transaction Expenses shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the borrowings and other extensions of credit hereunder; (b) the refinancing or repayment of the Existing Facilities, (c) the sale and issuance of the First Priority Senior Secured Notes and the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, (d) the transactions described under Summary Recent Developments in the Notes Offering Memorandum (other than the Post-Closing Restructuring Transactions), and (e) the payment of all fees and expenses in connection therewith to be paid on, prior or subsequent to the Closing Date.
Type shall mean, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term Rate shall include the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate and the ABR.
Undeveloped Land shall mean, (i) all Real Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(D), (ii) all undeveloped land acquired after the Closing Date and (iii) any operating property of any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is subject to a casualty event that results in such property ceasing to be operational.
Unfunded Pension Liability shall mean, as of the most recent valuation date for the applicable Plan, the excess of (1) the Plans actuarial present value (determined on the basis of reasonable assumptions employed by the independent actuary for such Plan for purposes of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) of its benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA) over (2) the fair market value of the assets of such Plan.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
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Unreimbursed Amount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c).
Unrestricted Cash shall mean cash or cash equivalents of the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries that would not appear as restricted on a combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, including without limitation all cage cash.
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean (1) any Subsidiary of a Borrower identified on Schedule 1.01(E), (2) any other Subsidiary of a Borrower, whether now owned or acquired or created after the Closing Date, that is designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder after the Closing Date by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Company shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.04, (d) without duplication of clause (c), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04, and (e) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an unrestricted subsidiary (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof constituting Material Indebtedness and (3) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a Subsidiary Redesignation); provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, certifying to the best of such officers knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clause (i).
U.S. Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
USA PATRIOT Act shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
Venue Documents shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(p).
Venue Easements shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(p).
Waivable Mandatory Prepayment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(e).
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Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of any person shall mean a Domestic Subsidiary of such person that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such person.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Working Capital shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
SECTION 1.03. Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions as shall have taken place on or prior to the date of determination, unless the context otherwise requires.
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SECTION 1.04. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable. No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Article VI or paragraph (f), (j) or (m) of Section 7.01 being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which such determination occurs or in respect of which such determination is being made.
SECTION 1.05. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Local Time.
SECTION 1.06. Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:
(a) each Lender with a Term B Loan Commitment agrees to make Term B Loans in Dollars to the Borrowers on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment,
(b) each Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment of a Class agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans of such Class to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period for such Class of Revolving Facility in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lenders Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class and (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments under such Class of Revolving Facility. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Facility Loans;
(c) each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrowers, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment;
(d) amounts borrowed under Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Revolving Facility Loan and Term Loan shall be a joint and several obligation of each of the Borrowers. Each Revolving Facility Loan and Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility (or, in the case of Swingline Loans, in accordance with their respective Swingline Commitments); provided, however, that Revolving Facility Loans of any Class shall be made by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages of such Class on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lenders failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans or Term Loans shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided, that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.15 or 2.17 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple. Subject to Section 2.04(c) and Section 2.05(c), at the time that each Term Borrowing or Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple; provided, that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing under any Revolving Facility may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments thereunder. Borrowings of more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time; provided, that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (i) 20 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under the Term Facilities and (ii) 20 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. (a) To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing and/or a Term Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of any proposed Borrowing denominated in Dollars or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing; provided, that, to request a Borrowing on the Closing Date, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone not later than 5:00 p.m., Local Time, one Business Day prior to the Closing Date. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly
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by hand delivery or electronic means to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans (and, if so, specifying the Class of Commitments under which such Borrowing is being made), Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans or Replacement Revolving Loans, as applicable;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period; and
(vi) the location and number of the applicable Borrowers account to which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans.
(a) The Swingline. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Facility Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans in Dollars under any Revolving Facility (each such loan, a Swingline Loan) to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period for such Revolving Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of its Swingline Commitment, notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans under such Revolving Facility, when aggregated with the Revolving Facility Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Facility Loans and L/C Obligations under such Revolving Facility of the Revolving Facility Lender acting as Swingline Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment under such Revolving Facility; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of the applicable Class shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility of such Class, and (ii) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender of such Class (other than the
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Swingline Lender) shall not exceed such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class, and provided, further, that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, any Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.11, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan under any Revolving Facility, each Revolving Facility Lender under such Revolving Facility shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility times the amount of such Swingline Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be made upon a Borrowers irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed and the Revolving Facility under which such borrowing is to occur, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swingline Borrowing Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any telephonic Swingline Loan request, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan request and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Borrowing (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. Local Time, on the borrowing date specified in such Swingline Borrowing Request, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower at the account of such Borrower specified in such Swingline Borrowing Request.
(c) Refinancing of Swingline Loans.
(i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the applicable Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Facility Lender under the Revolving Facility pursuant to which such Swingline Loan was made make an ABR Revolving Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of the amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding under such Revolving Facility. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the Borrowing Minimum and Borrowing Multiples, but subject to the unutilized portion of the
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Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the applicable Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Request promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall make an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage under the Revolving Facility pursuant to which such Swingline Loan was made of the amount specified in such Borrowing Request available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agents Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Revolving Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount under such Revolving Facility. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for ABR Revolving Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Revolving Facility Lenders under such Revolving Facility fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and each Revolving Facility Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Facility Lender under the applicable Revolving Facility fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Facility Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Facility Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders ABR Revolving Loan included in the relevant ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Facility Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Facility Lenders obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, any Borrower or any other person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lenders obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of any Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
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(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Facility Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Facility Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan made under any Revolving Facility is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 8.10 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender under such Revolving Facility shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swingline Lender. The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the applicable Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its ABR Revolving Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Revolving Facility Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swingline Lender. The applicable Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.
(g) Additional Swingline Lenders. From time to time, any Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Revolving Facility Lender designate such Revolving Facility Lender (in addition to Citibank) to act as a Swingline Lender hereunder. In the event that there shall be more than one Swingline Lender hereunder, each reference to the Swingline Lender hereunder with respect to any Swingline Loan shall refer to the person that made such Swingline Loan and each such additional Swingline Lender shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement as a Swingline Lender to the same extent as if it had been originally named as the Swingline Lender hereunder. Promptly after making any Swingline Loan or receiving any payment with respect to any Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will provide the Administrative Agent with the details thereof. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may request), each Swingline Lender shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Swingline Loans made by it that are outstanding at such time together with such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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SECTION 2.05. The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(a) General.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Facility Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from and including the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit under any Revolving Facility denominated in Dollars for the account of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with clause (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Facility Lenders under each Revolving Facility severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued under such Revolving Facility for the account of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility, (w) the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility, (x) no Lenders Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility shall exceed such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment under such Revolving Facility and (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the applicable Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by such Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the applicable Borrowers ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly such Borrower or any Subsidiary may, during the foregoing period with respect to any Revolving Facility, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility, if:
(A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have approved such expiry date (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); or
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date for such Revolving Facility, unless all the Revolving Facility Lenders under such Revolving Facility have approved such expiry date (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(E) a default of any Revolving Facility Lenders obligations to fund under Section 2.05(c) exists or any Revolving Facility Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the applicable Borrower or such Revolving Facility Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuers Fronting Exposure with respect to such Revolving Facility Lender.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Article VIII included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
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(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the applicable Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit is being issued; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably request. Additionally, the applicable Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Facility Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 4.01 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuers usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility, each Revolving Facility Lender under such Revolving Facility shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the applicable Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-
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Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility has been issued, the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date under such Revolving Facility; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Facility Lender or the applicable Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) If the applicable Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued under any Revolving Facility, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving Facility Lenders under such Revolving Facility shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the Non-Reinstatement Deadline), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Facility Lender or the applicable Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.
(v) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
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(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than (1) 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date that the L/C Issuer provides notice to the applicable Borrower of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or (2) 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the next succeeding Business Day (if such notice is provided after 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date such notice is given) (each such applicable date, an Honor Date), the applicable Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer (and the L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any failure by such Borrower to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time) in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the applicable Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility Lender under the Revolving Facility pursuant to which such Letter of Credit was issued of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the Unreimbursed Amount), and the amount of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans under the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum Borrowing Minimums or Borrowing Multiples, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Facility Lender under the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agents Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)(iii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Revolving Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate specified in Section 2.13(c). In such event, each Revolving Facility Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Facility Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.05.
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(iv) Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its ABR Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Facility Lenders obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit under a revolving Facility under which such Lender has a Revolving Facility Commitment, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Facility Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lenders obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (other than delivery by a Borrower of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of any Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Facility Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders ABR Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Facility Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Facility Lender such Revolving Facility Lenders L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from a Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Facility Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof under the applicable Revolving Facility in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
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(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 8.10 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender under such Revolving Facility shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Facility Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of a Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit that appears on its face to be valid proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Each Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with such
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Borrowers instructions or other irregularity, such Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. Each Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Facility Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Facility Lenders or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude such Borrowers pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.05(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, such Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to such Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower which such Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuers willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral.
(i) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the applicable Borrower shall promptly Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.
(ii) Sections 2.11(d), 2.22 and 7.01 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of Sections 2.05, 2.11(d), 2.22 and 7.01, Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Facility Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances, in each case, pursuant to documentation in form
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and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. Each of the Borrowers hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Facility Lenders under any Revolving Facility under which a Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Citibank.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the applicable Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(i) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(j) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. Each of the Borrowers hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(k) Additional L/C Issuers. From time to time, any Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Revolving Facility Lender designate such Revolving Facility Lender (in addition to Citibank) to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder. In the event that there shall be more than one L/C Issuer hereunder, each reference to the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to any L/C Issuer shall refer to the person that issued such Letter of Credit and each such additional L/C Issuer shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement as an L/C Issuer to the same extent as if it had been originally named as the L/C Issuer hereunder. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, each L/C Issuer (other than Citibank) will also deliver to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may request), each L/C Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) issued by it that are outstanding at such time together with such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Term Loan or Revolving Facility Loan to be made by it hereunder available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agents Office for the applicable currency not later than (i) 12:00 p.m., Local Time, in the case of any ABR Loan denominated in Dollars and (ii) 10:00 a.m., Local Time, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, in each case, on the Business Day specified in the applicable Borrowing Request. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrowers by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the applicable Borrower as specified in the Borrowing Request; provided, however, that if, on the date the Borrowing Request with respect to a Revolving Facility Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by a Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and, second, shall be made available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of ABR Loans, prior to 9:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.06(a) (or, in the case of a Borrowing of ABR Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.06(a)) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the applicable Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans under the applicable Facility. If the applicable Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the applicable Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by any Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections.
(a) Each Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans or Term Loans initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, a Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue
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such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section; provided, that except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan. A Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in the form of Exhibit D and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lenders portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any
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contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) each Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing shall, unless repaid, be continued as a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing with an Interest Period of one months duration.
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class shall terminate on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Class.
(b) Any Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class; provided, that (i) each such reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million (or, if less, the remaining amount of such Class of Revolving Facility Commitments) and (ii) no Borrower shall terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.11 under such Revolving Facility, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class (excluding any Cash Collateralized Letter of Credit) would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.
(c) The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class under clause (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (or such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent), specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the applicable Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class delivered by the applicable Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the applicable Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of a Class shall be made ratably among the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) Each of the Borrowers hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender under each Revolving Facility the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan under such Revolving Facility on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Revolving Facility, (ii) to
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the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10 and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan under any Revolving Facility on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Revolving Facility.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount and currency of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lenders share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a Note). In such event, the Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Company. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans.
(a) Subject to the other paragraphs of this Section,
(i) the Borrowers shall repay Term B Borrowings on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year (commencing on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrowers after the Closing Date) and on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day (each such date being referred to as a Term B Loan Installment Date), in an aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans equal to (A) in the case of quarterly payments due prior to the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of Term B Loans outstanding on the Closing Date, and (B) in the case of such payment due on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to the then unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loans outstanding;
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(ii) in the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made on an Increased Amount Date, the Borrowers shall repay such Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the related Incremental Assumption Agreement (each such date being referred to as an Incremental Term Loan Installment Date);
(iii) to the extent not previously paid, outstanding Term Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date.
(b) To the extent not previously paid, outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of any Class shall be due and payable on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Class.
(c) Prepayment of the Term Loans from:
(i) all Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 2.11(b) and Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied to the Term Loans pro rata among each Term Facility, with the application thereof being applied to the remaining installments thereof as the Company may direct; provided that, subject to the pro rata application to Loans outstanding within any Class of Term Loans, the Company may allocate such prepayment in its sole discretion among the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Company may specify (so long as the initial Term B Loans incurred on the Closing Date are allocated at least their pro rata share of such prepayment);
(ii) any optional prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) shall be applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans as the Company may direct under the applicable Class or Classes as the Company may direct; and
(iii) any prepayment of Term Loans of a particular Class pursuant to Section 2.11(g) or 9.04(i) shall be applied to the remaining installments of such Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis.
(d) Any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or (c) shall be applied so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Term Loans in the applicable Class or Classes of Term Loans (including Refinancing Term Loans and Other Term Loans, if any) to be repaid, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term Loans in the applicable Class or Classes, irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans (other than with respect to Other Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, to the extent the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto does not so require); provided that if no Lenders exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(e), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, prior to the repayment of any Term Loan, the Company may select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by electronic means) of such selection not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, at least one Business Day before the scheduled date of such prepayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, at least three Business
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Days before the scheduled date of such prepayment (or, in each case, such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent); provided, that a notice of prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in each case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Repayments of Eurocurrency Borrowings pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid to the extent required by Section 2.13(d).
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.
(a) (i) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as provided in clause (ii) of this Section 2.11(a) and subject to Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, upon prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(d). Each such notice shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lenders pro rata share of such prepayment.
(ii) Each voluntary prepayment of Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) shall be subject to the following:
(1) in the event of any voluntary prepayments of the Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the applicable Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Lenders with respect to such Term B Loans a prepayment premium equal to the Applicable Premium on such date on the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid; and
(2) in the event of any voluntary prepayments of the Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) made on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the applicable Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Lenders with respect to such Term B Loans a prepayment premium equal to 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid; and
(3) in the event of any voluntary prepayments of the Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) made on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the applicable Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Lenders with respect to such Term B Loans a prepayment premium equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid. No premium shall be payable on or after the third anniversary of the Closing Date.
(b) Subject to Section 2.11(e) and (f), the Borrowers shall apply all Net Proceeds promptly upon receipt thereof to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10; provided that, with respect to Net Proceeds from Asset Sales, the Borrowers
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may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase any First Lien Notes or other Indebtedness that is secured by pari passu Liens on the Collateral permitted by Section 6.02, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness with a pari passu lien on the Collateral and (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of all Classes of Term Loans.
(c) Subject to Section 2.11(e) and (f), within five (5) Business Days after financial statements are delivered under Section 5.04(a) with respect to each Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrowers shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to (i) the amount by which the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow exceeds $5.0 million, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of any voluntary prepayments during such Excess Cash Flow Period (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (A), the amount of any voluntary prepayments after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) of Term Loans and (B) the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess Cash Flow Period (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (B), the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) of Revolving Facility Commitments to the extent that an equal amount of Revolving Facility Loans was simultaneously repaid, to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10. Not later than the date on which the payment is required to be made pursuant to the foregoing sentence for each applicable Excess Cash Flow Period, the Company will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Company setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the amount of any required prepayment in respect thereof and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.
(d) If the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower at any time that the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the applicable Borrower shall (at such Borrowers option) prepay Revolving Facility Loans and/or the Swingline Loans and/or such Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after any such initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.
(e) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event a Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment (a Waivable Mandatory Prepayment) of the Term Loans, not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the Required Prepayment Date) on which such Borrower elects (or is otherwise required) to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, such Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of the amount of such Lenders pro rata share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lenders option to refuse such amount. Each such
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Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the second Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the applicable Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment less the amount of Declined Proceeds, which amount shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to prepay the Term Loans of those Lenders that have elected to accept such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (each, an Accepting Lender) (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Term Loans in the applicable Class(es) of Term Loans in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of Section 2.10), and (ii) the Borrowers may retain a portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment otherwise payable to those Lenders that have elected to exercise such option and decline such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (such declined amounts, the Declined Proceeds). Such Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrowers and may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11 to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrowers hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c), to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrowers have determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c), (x) the Borrowers apply an amount equal to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such prepayments as if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrowers rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is applied to the permanent repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.
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(g) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.11(a) or 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.11(g)), any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans and/or repay Revolving Facility Loans of any Class (with, in the case of Revolving Facility Loans under any Revolving Facility, a corresponding permanent reduction in the Revolving Facility Commitment of each Lender who receives a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment), to the Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment) pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 2.11(g); provided that (A) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Lenders with Term Loans of any Class and/or Revolving Facility Loans of any Class on a pro rata basis with all Lenders of such Class, and after giving effect to any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, there shall be sufficient aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments among the Revolving Facility Lenders to apply to the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, unless the applicable Borrower shall concurrently with the payment of the purchase price by such Borrower for such Revolving Facility Loans, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(g) in the amount of any such excess Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations and (B) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company stating (1) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (after giving effect to any related waivers or amendments obtained in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment), (2) that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this Section 2.11(g) has been satisfied and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans so prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.
(ii) To the extent a Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, such Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit G (each, a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice) that such Borrower desires to prepay Term Loans and/or repay Revolving Facility Loans of an applicable Class (with a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class) in each case in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by such Borrower (each, a Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans shall not be less than $5.0 million. The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment: (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans of the applicable Class, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the applicable Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans of such Class (the Discount Range) and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the Acceptance Date). Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice with respect to Revolving Facility Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify the L/C Issuer thereof and Discounted Voluntary Prepayments in respect thereof shall be subject to the consent of the L/C Issuer, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(iii) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and receipt by the Administrative Agent of any required consent from the L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.11(g)(ii), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit H (each, a Lender Participation Notice) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the Acceptable Discount) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (Offered Loans). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans of the applicable Class(es) specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, shall determine the applicable discount for Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans of the applicable Class(es) (the Applicable Discount), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the applicable Borrower if such Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(ii) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which such Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided, however, that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Loans whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.
(iv) The applicable Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans (or the respective portions thereof) (with, in the case of Revolving Facility Loans, a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments) of the applicable Class(es) offered by the Lenders (Qualifying Lenders) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (Qualifying Loans) at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, such Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, such Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.
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(v) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I (each a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M. Local time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid.
(vi) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with Section 2.11(g)(iii) above) established by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company.
(vii) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, (A) any Borrower may withdraw its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) any Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice.
SECTION 2.12. Fees.
(a) The Borrowers agree to pay to each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the date that is three Business Days after the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in each year, and the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee in Dollars (a Commitment Fee) on the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated) at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee with respect to such Lender. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any Lenders Commitment Fee (other than with respect to the Swingline Lender), the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for which such Lenders Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.
(b) The Borrowers from time to time agree to pay (i) to each Revolving Facility Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender; provided that at any time that an L/C Issuer
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has Fronting Exposure to a Defaulting Lender, until such Fronting Exposure has been reduced to zero, the L/C Participation Fee attributable to such Fronting Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer shall be payable to such L/C Issuer) under any Revolving Facility, through the Administrative Agent, three Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and three Business Days after the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders under such Revolving Facility shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an L/C Participation Fee) on such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily aggregate Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations (excluding the portion thereof attributable to Unreimbursed Amounts) of such Class, during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Revolving Facility or the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall be terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings of such Class made by such Lender effective for each day in such period and (ii) to each L/C Issuer, for its own account (x) three Business Days after the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fronting fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum of the daily stated amount of such Letter of Credit), plus (y) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any drawing thereunder, such L/C Issuers customary documentary and processing fees and charges (collectively, L/C Issuer Fees). All L/C Participation Fees and L/C Issuer Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
(c) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the agency fees set forth in the Fee Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the Administrative Agent Fees).
(d) The Borrowers agree to pay on the Closing Date to each Term Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date, as fee compensation for the funding of such Lenders Term B Loan, a closing fee (the Term Closing Fee) in an amount equal to 2.00% of the stated principal amount of such Lenders Term B Loan, payable to such Lender from the proceeds of its Term B Loan as and when funded on the Closing Date. Such Term Closing Fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the Closing Date and nonrefundable and non-creditable thereafter.
(e) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that L/C Issuer Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable L/C Issuers. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.13. Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
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(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by a Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided, that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, (ii) in the case of Revolving Facility Loans under any Revolving Facility, upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments with respect to such Revolving Facility and (iii) in the case of the Term Loans, on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date; provided, that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan (including any Swingline Loan) prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the ABR at times when the ABR is based on the prime rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR, Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate or Eurocurrency Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility that the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders by telephone or electronic means as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no
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longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency shall be ineffective and in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as an ABR Borrowing and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate) or L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or L/C Issuer to any Tax with respect to any Loan Document or any Eurocurrency Loan made by it or any Letter of Credit or participation therein (other than Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.17 or Excluded Taxes); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or L/C Issuers capital or on the capital of such Lenders or L/C Issuers holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lenders or such L/C Issuers holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or such L/C Issuers policies and the policies of such Lenders or such L/C Issuers holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lenders or such L/C Issuers holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrowers
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and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Promptly after any Lender or any L/C Issuer has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrowers thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or L/C Issuers right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenders or L/C Issuers intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (c) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender (it being understood that the deemed amount shall not exceed the actual amount) to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrowers and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for any Taxes except as required by law; provided, that if any applicable withholding agent shall be required to withhold or deduct any Taxes in respect of any such payments, then (i) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party
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shall be increased as necessary so that after all required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent), receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such withholding or deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Each Loan Party shall jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes payable by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17), and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such Loan Party by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf, on behalf of another Agent or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), two original copies of whichever of the following is applicable: (i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, (ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), (iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a Non-Bank Certificate), and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), (iv) to the extent the Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (e.g., where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender), duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, together with appropriate forms and certificates described in Sections 2.17(e)(i) through (iii) and any additional Form W-8IMYs, withholding statements and other information as may be required by law (provided that, where a Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more of its direct or indirect partners are claiming the portfolio interest
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exemption, the Foreign Lender may provide the Non-Bank Certificate on behalf of such direct or indirect partners) or (v) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(f) Each U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) certifying that such U.S. Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding on or before the date such U.S. Lender becomes a party and upon the expiration of any form previously delivered by such U.S. Lender.
(g) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA and to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 2.17(e), (f) or (g), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(i) Each Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any documentation previously provided pursuant to Sections 2.17(e), (f) or (g) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
(j) If any Borrower determines that a reasonable basis exists for contesting an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax for which a Loan Party has paid additional amounts or indemnification payments, each affected Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Borrower as such Borrower may reasonably request in contesting such Tax; provided that nothing in this Section 2.17(j) shall obligate any Lender or the Administrative Agent to take any action that such person, in its sole judgment, determines may result in a material detriment to such person. The Borrowers shall indemnify and hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless against any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such person in connection with any request made by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.17(j). Any refund received from a successful contest shall be governed by Section 2.17(k).
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(k) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent or Lender in good faith, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the applicable Loan Partys request, provide such Loan Party with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant Governmental Authority (provided that such Lender or the Administrative Agent may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). A Lender or the Administrative Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its sole discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. This Section 2.17(k) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems in good faith to be confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to a Loan Party the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net after tax position than such Lender would have been in if the additional amounts giving rise to such refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes had never been paid.
(l) If any Administrative Agent is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrowers, on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, with two duly completed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Administrative Agent is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding. If any Administrative Agent is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, it shall provide (1) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form) with respect to payments to be received by it as a beneficial owner and (2) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), together with required accompanying documentation, with respect to payments to be received by it on behalf of the Lenders. Each Administrative Agent shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any documentation previously provided pursuant to Sections 2.17(l) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrowers updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers) or promptly notify the Borrowers in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so. Notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary, nothing in this Section 2.17(l) shall require any Administrative Agent to provide any documentation that it is not legally eligible to provide as a result of any Change of Law after the date hereof.
(m) For the avoidance of doubt, the term Lender shall, for purposes of this Section 2.17, include any L/C Issuer and any Swingline Lender.
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The Borrowers shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of drawings under Letters of Credit, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16, or 2.17, or otherwise) without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agents Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date specified herein. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrowers to pay fully all amounts of principal, Unreimbursed Amounts, interest and fees then due from the Borrowers hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrowers hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties and (ii) second, towards payment of principal of Loans and Unreimbursed Amounts then due from the Borrowers hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and Unreimbursed Amounts then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans resulting in
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such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender entitled thereto, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans of other Lenders entitled thereto to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders entitled thereto ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans; provided, that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.11(g) and Section 9.04(i)) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to a Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from any Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or L/C Issuer with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenders obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to
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assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender is the subject of a Disqualification, then any Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided, that (i) the Borrowers shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrowers may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. No action by or consent of the removed Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrowers, Administrative Agent, such removed Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided, that if such removed Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the applicable Borrowers request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.
(c) If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrowers shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) at its sole expense (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by deeming such Non-Consenting Lender to have assigned its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to (i) the Administrative Agent (unless, in the case of an assignment of Term Loans, such assignee is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) and (ii) if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer); provided, that: (a) all Obligations of the Borrowers owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being
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replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment (including any amount payable pursuant to Section 2.11(a)) and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. No action by or consent of the Non-Consenting Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrowers, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided, that if such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the applicable Borrowers request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.
SECTION 2.20. Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans in any currency, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrowers through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans in such currency or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) to either (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars if the affected Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans as Eurocurrency Loans until the last day of such Interest Period, convert all Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans on the last day of such Interest Period (or, otherwise, immediately convert such Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans) or (ii) prepay such Eurocurrency Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
SECTION 2.21. Incremental Commitments.
(a) Any Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount at the time such Incremental Commitments are established from one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as the case may be, in their own discretion. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $5.0 million and a minimum amount of $20.0 million or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount or in each case such lesser amount approved by the Administrative Agent), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are requested to become effective (the Increased Amount Date), (iii) in the case of Incremental Term Loan Commitments, whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be commitments to make term loans with terms identical to Term B Loans or commitments to make term loans with pricing terms and/or amortization and/or participation in mandatory prepayments or commitment reductions and/or maturity and/or other terms different from the Term B Loans
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(Other Term Loans) and (iv) in the case of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, whether such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are to be commitments to make additional Revolving Facility Loans on the same terms as the Initial Revolving Loans or commitments to make revolving loans with pricing terms and/or participation in mandatory prepayments or commitment reductions and/or maturity and/or other terms different from the Initial Revolving Loans (Other Revolving Loans).
(b) The Borrowers and each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Facility Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that
(i) except as to pricing, amortization, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and ranking as to security (which shall, subject to clause (ii) through (iv) of this proviso, be determined by the Company and the Incremental Term Lenders in their sole discretion), the Other Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the Term B Loans, as applicable, or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(ii) the Other Term Loans shall rank pari passu or, at the option of the Borrowers, junior in right of security with the Term B Loans (provided, that if such Other Term Loans rank junior in right of security with the Term B Loans, such Other Term Loans shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to clause (viii) below),
(iii) the final maturity date of any Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence,
(iv) the weighted average life to maturity of any Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term B Loans,
(v) except as to pricing, amortization, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and ranking as to security (which shall, subject to clause (v) through (vii) of this proviso, be determined by the Company and the Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders in their sole discretion), the Other Revolving Loans shall have (x) substantially the same terms as the Initial Revolving Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(vi) the Other Revolving Loans shall rank pari passu or, at the option of the Borrowers, junior in right of security with the Initial Revolving Loans (provided, that if such Other Revolving Loans rank junior in right of security with the Initial Revolving Loans and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to clause (ix) below),
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(vii) the final maturity date of any Other Revolving Loans shall be no earlier than the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to the Initial Revolving Loans,
(viii) with respect to any Other Term Loan that ranks pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans, the All-in Yield shall be the same as that applicable to the Term B Loans on the Closing Date, except that the All-in Yield in respect of any such Other Term Loan may exceed the All-in Yield in respect of such Term B Loans on the Closing Date by no more than 0.50%, or if it does so exceed such All-in Yield (such difference, the Term Yield Differential) then the Applicable Margin (or the LIBOR floor as provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Term B Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Term Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%; provided that, to the extent any portion of the Term Yield Differential is attributable to a higher LIBOR floor being applicable to such Other Term Loans, such floor shall only be included in the calculation of the Term Yield Differential to the extent such floor is greater than the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three months duration at such time, and, with respect to such excess, the LIBOR floor applicable to the outstanding Term B Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the LIBOR floor applicable to such Other Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Margin applicable to such Term B Loans then outstanding, and
(ix) with respect to any commitments to make Other Revolving Loans that rank pari passu in right of security with the Initial Revolving Loans, the All-in Yield of such Other Revolving Loans shall be the same as that applicable to the Initial Revolving Loans on the Closing Date, except that the All-in Yield in respect of any such Other Revolving Loan may exceed the All-in Yield in respect of such Initial Revolving Loans on the Closing Date by no more than 0.50%, or if it does so exceed such All-in Yield (such difference, the Revolving Yield Differential) then the Applicable Margin applicable to such Initial Revolving Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Revolving Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%.
Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that is necessary to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21 and any such collateral and other documentation shall be deemed Loan Documents hereunder and such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrowers consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless on the date of such effectiveness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.
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(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that (i) all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Term Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the outstanding applicable Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and (ii) all Revolving Facility Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments (other than Other Revolving Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the applicable Class of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrowers agree that Section 2.16 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (e) through (i) of this Section 2.21), pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time by a Borrower to all Lenders of any Class of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments, on a pro rata basis (based, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, on the aggregate outstanding Term Loans of such Class and, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, on the aggregate outstanding Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility, as applicable) and on the same terms (Pro Rata Extension Offers), the Borrowers are hereby permitted to consummate transactions with individual Lenders from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lenders Loans and/or Commitments of such Class and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lenders Loans and/or Commitments of such Class pursuant to the terms of the relevant Pro Rata Extension Offer (including without limitation increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lenders Loans and/or Commitments and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lenders Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to on the same terms in the preceding sentence shall mean, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, that all of the Term Loans of such Class and, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, that all of the Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of such Revolving Facility are, in each case, offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the same. Any such extension (an Extension) agreed to between the applicable Borrower and any such Lender (an Extending Lender) will be established under this Agreement by implementing an Incremental Term Loan for such Lender (if such Lender is extending an existing Term Loan (such extended Term Loan, an Extended Term Loan)) or an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment for such Lender (if such Lender is extending an existing Revolving Facility Commitment (such extended Revolving Facility Commitment, an Extended Revolving Facility Commitment)).
(f) The applicable Borrower and each Extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments of such Extending Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that (i) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing terms, amortization, final maturity date and participation in prepayments and commitment reductions (which shall, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this proviso, be determined by the applicable Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), the Extended Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the existing Class of Term
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Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the latest Term Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence, (iii) the weighted average life to maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Class of Term Loans to which such offer relates, (iv) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing terms, participation in mandatory prepayments and commitment reductions and final maturity (which shall be determined by the applicable Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), any Extended Revolving Facility Commitment shall have (x) the same terms as an existing Class of Revolving Facility Commitments or (y) have such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (v) any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrowers consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto. If provided in any Incremental Assumption Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Facility Commitments, and with the consent of each Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit shall be reallocated to lenders holding such Extended Revolving Facility Commitments in the manner specified in such Incremental Assumption Agreement, including upon effectiveness of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment or upon or prior to the maturity date for any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.
(g) Upon the effectiveness of any such Extension, the applicable Extending Lenders Term Loan will be automatically designated an Extended Term Loan and/or such Extending Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment will be automatically designated an Extended Revolving Facility Commitment. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) if such Extending Lender is extending a Term Loan, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Extended Term Loan and (ii) if such Extending Lender is extending a Revolving Facility Commitment, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Facility Commitments will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) any Extending Lender may extend all or any portion of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to one or more Pro Rata Extension Offers (subject to applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Term Loan and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment), (iv) there shall be no condition to any Extension of any Loan or Commitment at any time or from time to time other than notice to the Administrative Agent of such Extension and the terms of the Extended Term Loan or
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Extended Revolving Facility Commitment implemented thereby and (v) all Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(i) Each Extension shall be consummated pursuant to procedures set forth in the associated Pro Rata Extension Offer; provided that the Borrowers shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent prior to making any Pro Rata Extension Offer to establish reasonable procedures with respect to mechanical provisions relating to such Extension, including, without limitation, timing, rounding and other adjustments.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clause (j) through (o) of this Section 2.21), any Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional tranches of term loans under this Agreement (such loans, Refinancing Term Loans), the net cash proceeds of which are used to Refinance in whole or in part any Class of Term Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a Refinancing Effective Date) on which the applicable Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Term Loans shall be made, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that: (i) before and after giving effect to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans on the Refinancing Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans (except that no Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing); (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the then remaining weighted average life to maturity of the refinanced Term Loans; and (iii) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates or any other pricing terms and optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment or redemption terms and final maturity which shall be as agreed between the applicable Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect on the date of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans), as determined by the Borrowers in good faith. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Borrower may establish Refinancing Term Loans to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Revolving Facility Commitment (regardless of whether Revolving Facility Loans are outstanding under such Revolving Facility Commitments at the time of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans), so long as (i) the aggregate amount of such Refinancing Term Loans does not exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments terminated at the time of incurrence thereof and (ii) if the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding on the Refinancing Effective Date would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding in each case after giving effect to the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments, the applicable Borrower shall take one or more of the actions contemplated by Section 2.11(d) such that such Revolving Facility Credit
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Exposure does not exceed such aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Refinancing Effective Date after giving effect to the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments (it being understood that such Refinancing Term Loans may be provided by the Lenders holding the Revolving Facility Commitments being terminated and/or by any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder).
(k) Any Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term Loans made to such Borrower.
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.11(a) and Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (l) through (o) of this Section 2.21), any Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional Facilities providing for revolving commitments (Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and the revolving loans thereunder, Replacement Revolving Loans), which replaces in whole or in part any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments under this Agreement. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date) on which such Borrower proposes that the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall become effective, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that: (i) before and after giving effect to the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans (except that no Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing); (ii) after giving effect to the establishment of any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and any concurrent reduction in the aggregate amount of any other Revolving Facility Commitments, the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the applicable Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date; (iii) no Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have a final maturity date prior to the latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence; (iv) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Facility (other than provisions relating to (x) fees, interest rates and other pricing terms and prepayment and commitment reduction and optional redemption terms which shall be as agreed between the Borrowers and the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and (y) the amount of any letter of credit sublimit and swingline commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility which shall be as agreed between the applicable Borrower, the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, the Administrative Agent and the Replacement L/C Issuer and Replacement Swingline Lender, if any, under such Replacement Revolving Facility
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Commitments) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments than, those, taken as a whole, applicable to the then outstanding Revolving Facility (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the latest final maturity of the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the date of incurrence of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) as determined by the Borrowers in good faith. In addition, any Borrower may establish Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Term Loan hereunder (regardless of whether such Term Loan is repaid with the proceeds of Replacement Revolving Loans or otherwise), so long as the aggregate amount of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments does not exceed the aggregate amount of Term Loans repaid at the time of establishment thereof (it being understood that such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment may be provided by the Lenders holding the Term Loans being repaid and/or by any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder).
(m) Any Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee of a Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 9.04 (such Person, a Replacement Revolving Lender) to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment made on any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Revolving Facility Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.
(n) On any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, each of the Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall purchase from each of the other Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, at the principal amount thereof and in the applicable currencies, such interests in the Replacement Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class then outstanding on such Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Replacement Revolving Loans and participations of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class will be held by the Lenders thereunder ratably in accordance with their Replacement Revolving Credit Percentages.
(o) For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) if a Lender is providing a Refinancing Term Loan, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Refinancing Term Loan and (ii) if a Lender is providing a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement Revolving Facility
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Commitments will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) there shall be no condition to any incurrence of any Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment at any time or from time to time other than those set forth in clauses (j) or (l) above, as applicable, and (iv) all Refinancing Term Loans, Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(p) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, (i) for the purpose of determining the number of outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowings upon the incurrence of any Incremental Loans, (x) to the extent the last date of Interest Periods for multiple Eurocurrency Borrowings under the Term Facilities fall on the same day, such Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be considered a single Eurocurrency Borrowing and (y) to the extent the last date of Interest Periods for multiple Eurocurrency Borrowings under the Revolving Facilities fall on the same day, such Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be considered a single Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) the initial Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing of Incremental Loans may, at the applicable Borrowers option, be of a duration of a number of Business Days that is less than one month, and the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate with respect to such initial Interest Period shall be the same as the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate applicable to any then-outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing as such Borrower may direct, so long as the last day of such initial Interest Period is the same as the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing.
SECTION 2.22. Defaulting Lenders.
(i) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender under any Revolving Facility becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority, during any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender under any such Revolving Facility to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05, the Revolving Facility Percentage of each non-Defaulting Lender under such Revolving Facility shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Facility Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under such Revolving Facility in connection with such reallocation shall not exceed the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender.
(ii) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of Required Lenders or Majority Lenders.
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(iii) Cash Collateral. To the extent the reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above is insufficient for any reason to cover the L/C Issuers and Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure to a Defaulting Lender, the applicable Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such uncovered Fronting Exposure pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(iv) Limitation on Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Swingline Lender shall have any obligation to make Swingline Loans and no L/C Issuer shall have any obligation to issue, amend or renew any Letter of Credit at any time there is Fronting Exposure, in each case, unless the Swingline Lender or the L/C Issuer, respectively, is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
(v) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Defaulting Lender on account of its Loans or participations under the Revolving Facility Commitments (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, following an Event of Default or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.06, shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the applicable Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the applicable Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the applicable Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.22(v) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(vi) Certain Fees. (A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender.
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive L/C Participation Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its pro rata share of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral.
(C) With respect to any Commitment Fee or L/C Participation Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (vi)(A) or (B) above, the Borrowers shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (vii) below, (y) pay to each L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuers or the Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(vii) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata Commitments (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
(viii) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Facility Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under the applicable Revolving Facility to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Facility Percentages under such Revolving Facility (without giving effect to Section 2.22(i)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of any Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
On the date of each Credit Event, each of the Borrowers represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, each Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of a Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be obtained by such Borrower and such Subsidiary Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by-laws of such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party or (C) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent
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conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing and continuation statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and any successor offices, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such actions, consents and approvals under Gaming Laws or from Gaming Authorities the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (f) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (g) such other actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (h) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 3.04.
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements.
(a) The unaudited pro forma combined or consolidated balance sheet and related combined or consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrowers, together with their consolidated Subsidiaries (including the notes thereto) (the Pro Forma Financial Statements) and pro forma adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 and the four fiscal quarter period ended June 30, 2013 (the Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender (via inclusion in the Information Memorandum), have been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction. Each of the Pro Forma Financial Statements and the Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA has been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Borrowers to have been reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith estimates of certain items and that the actual amount of such items on the Closing Date is subject to change), and presents fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrowers and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2013, assuming that the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction had actually occurred at such date, and the results of operations of the Borrowers and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2013, assuming that the Transactions and the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction had actually occurred on the first day of such twelve-month period.
(b) The audited combined balance sheets of the CMBS Borrowers and Octavius Linq Holding Company, LLC (Linq) as at December 31, 2011 and 2012, and the related audited combined statements of comprehensive income, stockholders equity and cash flows for such fiscal years, reported on by and accompanied by a report from Deloitte & Touche LLP, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects the combined financial position of the CMBS Borrowers, Linq and their respective combined or consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the combined results of operations and cash flows of the CMBS Borrowers, Linq and their respective combined or consolidated Subsidiaries for the years then ended.
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(c) The unaudited combined condensed balance sheet of the CMBS Borrowers and Linq as at June 30, 2013 and the related unaudited combined condensed statements of comprehensive income, stockholders equity and cash flows for the six-month period ended June 30, 2013, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects the combined or consolidated financial position of the CMBS Borrowers, Linq and their respective combined or consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the combined condensed results of operations and cash flows of the CMBS Borrowers, Linq and their respective combined or consolidated Subsidiaries for such period (subject to normal year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Effect. After December 31, 2012, there has been no event or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.
(a) Each of the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries has valid title in fee simple or equivalent to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its Real Properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
(b) Each of the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries have complied with all material obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any material portion of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date.
(d) As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries is obligated under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted under Section 6.02 or 6.05, or in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction.
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SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries.
(a) Schedule 3.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each Subsidiary of each Borrower and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by such Borrower or by any such Subsidiary.
(b) As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors (or entities controlled by directors) and shares held by directors (or entities controlled by directors)) relating to any Equity Interests of the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 3.08(b).
SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) None of the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law (including the USA PATRIOT Act), rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 3.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Each Borrower and each Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all Gaming Laws that are applicable to them and their businesses, except where a failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations.
(a) None of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) Neither the making of any Loan (or the extension of any Letter of Credit) hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.
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SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act. None of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds. (a) The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans and Swingline Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, solely for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for Permitted Business Acquisitions and project development and, in the case of Letters of Credit, for the back-up or replacement of existing letters of credit) and (b) the Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans made on the Closing Date to finance a portion of the Transactions and for the payment of Transaction Expenses.
SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns.
(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it (including in its capacity as withholding agent) and each such Tax return is true and correct;
(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a) and all other Taxes or assessments due and payable by it (and made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable) through the date of the Applicable Credit Event, including in its capacity as a withholding agent (except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 and for which any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP); and
(c) Other than as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes.
SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements.
(a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates, forward-looking information and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the Information) concerning the Company, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated thereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated thereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken
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as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made (giving effect to all supplements and updates provided thereto prior to the date hereof).
(b) The Projections, estimates and other forward-looking information and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of a Borrower or any of its Representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated thereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrowers to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood such Projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, such Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ significantly from the projected results, and that no assurances can be given that the projected results will be realized), as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrowers.
SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan that is, or has in the five years preceding the date of this Agreement been, sponsored or maintained by any Borrower or any Subsidiary is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date preceding the date of this Agreement, no Plan has any material Unfunded Pension Liability; (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (v) none of the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates (A) has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated or (B) has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan; and (vi) none of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries has engaged in a prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Code Section 4975) in connection with any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that would subject any Borrower or any Subsidiary to tax.
SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters. Except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice has been received by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrowers knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) each of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all Environmental Laws and is in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals and with all other Environmental Laws, (iii) no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently owned, operated or leased or, to the Borrowers knowledge, formerly owned, operated or leased, by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would
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reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or transported to or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws and (iv) there are no agreements in which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.
SECTION 3.17. Security Documents.
(a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. As of the Closing Date, in the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral and required to be delivered under the applicable Security Document are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection in such Collateral can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except for Permitted Liens).
(b) When the Collateral Agreement or IP Security Agreements are properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in the domestic registered or pending copyrights, patents and trademarks included in the Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date).
(c) The Mortgages, if any, executed and delivered on the Closing Date are, and the Mortgages executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10 and Section 5.11 will be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the applicable Loan Parties right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when
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such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, and all relevant mortgage taxes and recording charges are duly paid, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have valid Liens with record notice to third parties on, and security interest in, all right, title, and interest of the applicable Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 3.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, (i) each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that licensing by the Gaming Authorities may be required to enforce and/or exercise or foreclose upon certain security interests and such enforcement and/or exercise or foreclosure may be otherwise limited by the Gaming Laws and (ii) no Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.
SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises.
(a) The Perfection Certificate completely and correctly identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all material Real Property owned by the Loan Parties. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties own in fee all the Real Property set forth as being owned by them in the Perfection Certificate except to the extent set forth therein.
(b) The Perfection Certificate lists correctly in all material respects, as of the Closing Date, all material Real Property that is leased by the Loan Parties as the lessee and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties have in all material respects valid leases in all the Real Property set forth as being leased by them as the lessee in the Perfection Certificate except to the extent set forth therein.
SECTION 3.19. Solvency.
(a) On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
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(b) On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, none of the Borrowers intends to, and none of the Borrowers believes that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such subsidiary.
SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.
SECTION 3.21. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 3.22. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, (a) each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the patents, trademarks, service marks or trade names, copyrights or mask works, domain names, data, databases, trade secrets, applications and registrations for any of the foregoing (collectively, Intellectual Property Rights) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, (b) to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries are not interfering with, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property Rights of any person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened.
SECTION 3.23. Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute Senior Debt (or the equivalent thereof) and Designated Senior Debt (or the equivalent thereof, if any) under the documentation governing any Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted to be incurred hereunder constituting Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations.
SECTION 3.24. Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws.
(a) As of the Closing Date, to the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, none of its controlled Affiliates and none of
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the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate has violated or is in violation of any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Law.
(b) To the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, none of its controlled Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or such controlled Affiliate that is acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) is an Embargoed Person or (ii) except as otherwise authorized by OFAC, otherwise permitted for U.S. persons by a U.S. Governmental Authority or by any rule, regulation or order of a U.S. Governmental Authority, will use any proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purpose of financing the activities of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of funding or facilitation, is an Embargoed Person.
(c) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(d) None of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (i) is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any manner that violates Section 2 of such executive order, or (iii) is a person on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the limitations or prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation or executive order.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
The obligations of (a) the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) to make Loans and (b) any L/C Issuer to permit any L/C Credit Extension hereunder (each, a Credit Event) are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08) of the following conditions:
SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing and on the date of each L/C Credit Extension:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.03) or, in the case of an L/C Credit Extension, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Application as required by Section 2.05(b).
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(b) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(c) At the time of and immediately after each Borrowing or L/C Credit Extension (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each such Borrowing (subject to the immediately preceding paragraph) and each L/C Credit Extension shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date of such Borrowing or L/C Extension as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. First Credit Event. On or prior to the Closing Date:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each of the Borrowers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include delivery of a signed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission (e.g., pdf)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer, a written opinion of (i) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) each local counsel specified on Schedule 4.02(b), in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying:
(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent constituent and governing documents, including all amendments thereto, of such Loan Party, (1) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, or (2) otherwise certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party or other person duly authorized by the constituent documents of such Loan Party,
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(ii) a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official),
(iii) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent constituent and governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (iv) below,
(iv) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents dated as of the Closing Date to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,
(v) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party, and
(vi) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent), tax and judgment, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are Permitted Liens or have been, or will be simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the closing under this Agreement, released (or arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for such release shall have been made).
(e) The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J and signed by a Financial Officer of the Company confirming the solvency of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date.
(f) The Agents shall have received all fees payable thereto or to any Lender on or prior to the Closing Date and, to the extent invoiced, all other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the
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extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document.
(g) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.10 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall override the applicable clauses of the definition of Collateral Requirement for the purposes of this Section 4.02) and subject to the grace periods and post-closing periods set forth in such definition, the Collateral Requirement shall be satisfied (or waived pursuant to the terms hereof) as of the Closing Date.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by Section 9.20, to the extent such information has been requested not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(i) The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Sections 4.01(b) and 4.01(c).
(j) All Indebtedness under the Existing Facilities shall have been, or shall be substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing hereunder, repaid and all commitments thereunder terminated, and the Administrative Agent shall have received customary payoff letters evidencing such repayment and termination.
(k) The Lenders shall have received the financial statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA referred to in Section 3.05.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.02, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and, in the case of a Borrowing, such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees with each Lender that until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrowers will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties.
(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary of a Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
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except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05; provided that any Borrower may liquidate or dissolve one or more Borrowers (other than the Company) or Subsidiaries if the assets of such Borrower or Subsidiaries (to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities) are acquired by a Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution, except that Borrowers and Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries (except in each case as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05).
(b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, and (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement).
SECTION 5.02. Insurance.
(a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause the Loan Parties to be listed as insured and the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and property casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation engaged in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.
(b) With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the Mortgages) are located is designated a flood hazard area in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) Borrowers and the Subsidiaries shall obtain flood insurance to the extent required to comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to time.
(c) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it is understood and agreed that:
(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B)
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such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each Borrower, on behalf of itself and behalf of its Subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of its Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and their agents and employees;
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties; and
(iii) the amount and type of insurance that the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries has in effect as of the Closing Date satisfies for all purposes the requirements of this Section 5.02.
SECTION 5.03. Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all Taxes, imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all material lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrowers or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto or (b) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) Within 105 days (or such other time period as specified in the SECs rules and regulations with respect to non-accelerated filers for the filing of annual reports on Form 10-K), following the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013), a combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners equity showing the financial position of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the combined or consolidated results of their operations during such year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners equity shall be audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern, other than solely with respect to, or resulting solely from an upcoming maturity date under any series of Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such
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opinion is delivered) to the effect that such combined or consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by CERP LLC of annual reports on Form 10-K of the Borrowers and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein);
(b) Within 60 days (or such other time period as specified in the SECs rules and regulations with respect to non-accelerated filers for the filing of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q) (or, in the case of the first fiscal quarter for which quarterly financial statements are required to be delivered hereunder, within 75 days following the end of such fiscal quarter), following the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2013), a combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the combined or consolidated results of their operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of CERP LLC on behalf of the Borrowers as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by CERP LLC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Borrowers and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein);
(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, but not including any fiscal quarter that ends during a Covenant Suspension Period, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent calculating the Financial Performance Covenant, and (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, if the accounting firm is not restricted from providing such a certificate by its policies, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);
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(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or after an initial public offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided, however, that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of any of the Borrowers or the website of the SEC;
(e) within 105 days after the beginning of each fiscal year (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), a reasonably detailed combined or consolidated annual budget for such fiscal year (including a projected combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related combined or consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the Budget), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Financial Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;
(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent not more frequently than twice a year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (f) or Section 5.10(f);
(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including without limitation with regard to compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act), or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of the Lenders); and
(h) (i) in the event that in respect of the First Priority Senior Secured Notes, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, the rules and regulations of the SEC permit CERP LLC or any Parent Entity to report at CERP LLC or such Parent Entitys level on a combined or consolidated basis such combined or consolidated reporting at CERP LLC or such Parent Entitys level in a manner consistent with that described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.04 for the Borrowers (together with a reconciliation showing the adjustments necessary to determine compliance by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries with the Financial Performance Covenant) will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that until such time as CERP LLC shall have filed a registration statement with the SEC with respect to the First Priority Senior Secured Notes or the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, the combined or consolidated financial statements required by this Section 5.04 may be satisfied by the delivery of financial statements that are prepared on a basis consistent with the presentation thereof in the Notes Offering Memorandum.
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SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Company obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority (including any action, suit or proceeding by or subject to decision by any Gaming Authority) or in arbitration, against any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any other development specific to any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the development or occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have developed or occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) promptly after the same are available, copies of any written communication to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any Gaming Authority advising it of a material violation of, or material non-compliance with, any Gaming Law by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(f) CERP LLCs determination of the commencement or termination of a Covenant Suspension Period.
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, including all Gaming Laws and the Economic Sanction Laws, except that the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries need not comply with any laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.
SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of any Borrower
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or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to such Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to such Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of such Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (so long as the Borrowers have the opportunity to participate in any such discussions with such accountants), in each case, subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans in the manner set forth in Section 3.12.
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Additional Security.
(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to satisfy the Collateral Requirement and to cause the Collateral Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below.
(b) If any asset (other than Real Property, which is covered by paragraph (c) below) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) in an amount greater than $15.0 million is acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) assets constituting Excluded Property), such Loan Party will (i) promptly as practicable notify the Collateral Agent thereof and (ii) take or cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take such actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens (subject to any Permitted Liens), including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (g) below.
(c) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the acquisition (which for this clause (c) shall include the improvement of any Real Property that was not Owned Real Property that results in it qualifying as Owned Real Property) of and will grant and cause each of
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the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests in, and mortgages on, such Owned Real Property of any Loan Parties that are not Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date, within 90 days after such acquisition (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of Exhibit E or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, an Additional Mortgage) and constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens at the time of recordation thereof, record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary Loan Party to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges required to be paid in connection therewith, in each case subject to paragraph (g) below. Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a flood hazard determination (along with an executed borrowers notice and evidence of insurance as necessary), leasehold documentation, including an estoppel and consent agreement and a recorded lease or memorandum thereof, as necessary, opinions of local counsel, a title insurance policy and a survey and otherwise comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this paragraph (c), to the extent that any Borrower anticipates in good faith (1) delivering a Project Notice to the Administrative Agent with respect to any such Owned Real Property acquired after the Closing Date within forty-five (45) days following such acquisition and (2) that such Project Notice would result in the release of a Mortgage securing the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.11(a) (if there were a Mortgage on such Owned Real Property), then such Borrower shall not be required to deliver an Additional Mortgage with respect to such Owned Real Property pursuant to this paragraph (c) (and such Owned Real Property will instead be subject to Section 5.11 below). If such Borrower has not delivered a Project Notice with respect to such Owned Real Property within such forty-five (45) day period, then such Borrower shall promptly take the actions required to be taken pursuant to this paragraph (c).
(d) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date such Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may reasonably agree), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date such Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree (or, with respect to clauses (g) and (h) of the definition of Collateral Requirement, within 90 days after such formation or acquisition or such longer period as set forth therein or as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, as applicable), cause the Collateral Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Domestic Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Domestic Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below.
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(e) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of any Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary constitutes a first tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below.
(f) Furnish to the Collateral Agent promptly (and in any event within 30 days after such change) written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Partys corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Partys identity or organizational structure, (C) in any Loan Partys organizational identification number or (D) in any Loan Partys jurisdiction of organization; provided, that no Loan Party shall effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties with the same priority as prior to such change.
(g) The Collateral Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 and the other provisions of the Loan Documents with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to any of the following (collectively, the Excluded Property): (i) any Real Property held by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a lessee under a lease or any Real Property owned in fee that is not Owned Real Property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien on such assets or such rights can be perfected by filing a UCC-1), and commercial tort claims with a value of less than $10.0 million, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, rule, regulation (including any Gaming Law) or enforceable contractual obligation not in violation of Section 6.09(c) binding on the assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on the assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets (A) owned on the Closing Date or (B) acquired after the Closing Date with Indebtedness of the type permitted pursuant to clauses (i) or (j) of Section 6.01) (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction), (iv) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers), (v) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrowers reasonably agree that the costs or other consequence of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby, (vi) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than a Borrower or any other Loan Party) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (vii) any governmental licenses (including gaming licenses) or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent
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security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (viii) pending United States intent-to-use trademark applications for which a verified statement of use or an amendment to allege use has not been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (ix) other customary exclusions under applicable local law or in applicable local jurisdictions set forth in the Security Documents, (x) any Excluded Securities and (xi) for the avoidance of doubt, any assets owned by, or the Equity Interests of, any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary or any other asset securing any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt or any Permitted Receivables Financing (which shall in no event constitute Collateral hereunder, nor shall any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary be a Loan Party hereunder); provided, that the Borrowers may in their sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of Excluded Property. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, or any other Loan Document, (i) the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waiver of requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Company, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (ii) no foreign law governed security documents shall be required, (iii) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral Requirement and the Security Documents shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Company, (iv) to the extent any Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction with mortgage recording or similar tax, the amount secured by the Security Document with respect to such Mortgaged Property shall be limited to the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as determined in good faith by the Borrowers (subject to any applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction or such lesser amount agreed to by the Collateral Agent) and (v) there shall be no control, lockbox or similar arrangements nor any control agreements relating to the Borrowers and their subsidiaries bank accounts (including deposit, securities or commodities accounts).
(h) The Borrowers shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Parties to, satisfy the requirements listed on Schedule 5.10 within the timeframes indicated thereon.
SECTION 5.11. Real Property Development Matters.
(a) Releases of Mortgaged Property. In the event that a Borrower delivers a Project Notice to the Administrative Agent with respect to all or any portion of a Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties constituting Undeveloped Land identifying the applicable Mortgaged Property or Properties, providing a reasonable description of the Project that such Borrower anticipates in good faith to be undertaken with respect to such Mortgaged Property or Properties constituting Undeveloped Land and identifying the Project Financing to be entered into in connection with the financing of such Project, then, if (x) the terms of such Project Financing require the release of the Mortgage securing the Obligations and (y) in the case of Undeveloped Land acquired after the Closing Date, the Borrowers are in Pro Forma Compliance
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after giving effect to such Project Financing, on the later of the date that is ten (10) Business Days following the date of the delivery of the Project Notice to the Administrative Agent and the date a mortgage or other security document securing the Project Financing is executed and delivered for recording pending, or is executed and delivered substantially concurrently with, the release of the Mortgage securing the Obligations, the security interest and Mortgage on the applicable Mortgaged Property or Properties shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party (and any Loan Party shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements). In connection with any such termination or release, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed or delivered) to any Loan Party, at such Loan Partys expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, mortgage releases (including partial mortgage releases in the case where the Mortgaged Property covered by any Mortgage includes Mortgaged Property not subject to such release) and UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Loan Party any such applicable Mortgaged Property. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. With respect to any Owned Real Property owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a Project Financing pursuant to this Section 5.11, no second lien mortgages may be placed on such Owned Real Property while such Project Financing is outstanding.
(b) New Mortgages on Developed Properties.
(i) Promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the final completion of construction (as defined in the applicable engineering, procurement and construction contract) of any Project for which a Project Notice was previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the completion of such Project and, to the extent permitted by the terms of the applicable Project Financing (provided that to the extent the terms of the applicable Project Financing restrict the taking of such actions, such Borrower shall take such actions promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the cessation of such restrictions), shall take the actions specified in clause (iii) below;
(ii) Promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the abandonment or termination by a Borrower of any Project for which a Project Notice was previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the abandonment or termination of such Project and, unless such Borrower delivers a new Project Notice with respect to the Real Property subject to such Project within such 20 Business Days (or such longer time permitted by the Administrative Agent), shall take the actions specified in clause (iii) below;
(iii) To the extent required by the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Borrowers shall (w) release or cause any applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to release all security interests or mortgages on the Real Property subject to such Project securing such Project Financing, (x) grant
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or cause any applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to grant to the Collateral Agent Additional Mortgages in any such Owned Real Property of such Loan Party subject to such Project as are not covered by the original Mortgages, constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens at the time of recordation thereof, (y) record or file, and cause such Subsidiary Loan Party to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and (z) pay, and cause such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to Section 5.10(g). Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a title insurance policy and a survey and otherwise comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property.
(c) Release of Liens. Promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the final completion of construction (as defined in the applicable engineering, procurement and construction contract) of any Project relating to a Mortgaged Property (other than with respect to which a Project Notice has been delivered), the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the completion of such Project and, to the extent permitted by the terms of any such third party mortgage financing Indebtedness (provided that to the extent the terms of the applicable mortgage financing Indebtedness restrict the taking of such actions, the applicable Borrower shall take such actions promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the cessation of such restrictions), shall and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to release all third party mortgage financing Indebtedness for such Project (if any) and file and record any and all necessary documents to restore the first priority security interest and Lien of the original Mortgage relating to the Mortgaged Property that was the subject of the Project and pay, and cause such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to Section 5.10(g). Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a bring down endorsement to title insurance policy and a survey and otherwise comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property.
SECTION 5.12. Rating. Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings from each of Moodys and S&P for the Term B Loans.
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ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees with each Lender that, until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) (i) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date (provided that any Indebtedness that is in excess of $5.0 million individually or $25.0 million in the aggregate shall only be permitted under this clause (a)(i) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 6.01) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with any Borrower or any Subsidiary) and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date; provided that (i) all such Indebtedness, if owed to a Loan Party, shall be evidenced by the Global Intercompany Note or other promissory note and shall be subject to a first priority Lien pursuant to the applicable Security Document and (ii) any Indebtedness of a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on subordination terms as described in the Global Intercompany Note or on other subordination terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers;
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.21) and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;
(c) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Swap Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(e) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) all such Indebtedness, if owed to a Loan Party, shall be evidenced by the Global Intercompany Note or other promissory note and shall be subject to a first priority Lien pursuant to the applicable Security Document and (ii) other than in the case of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, (x) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to any Loan Parties shall be subject to Section 6.04(b) or (gg) and (y) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (the Subordinated Intercompany Debt) shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on subordination terms as described in the Global Intercompany Note or on other subordination terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers;
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(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or an entity merged into or consolidated with any Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness otherwise incurred or assumed by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets or Equity Interests (in each case, including a Permitted Business Acquisition or in connection with the acquisition of Subsidiaries and assets pursuant to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), where such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation is not prohibited by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (B) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, the assumption and incurrence of any Indebtedness and any related transactions, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall be (x) at least 2.00 to 1.00 or (y) equal to or greater than the Interest Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and (C) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties under this clause (h), together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to Sections 6.01(r) and 6.01(s), shall not exceed the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b);
(i) (i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and other purchase money Indebtedness incurred by any Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the greater of $350.0 million and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 6.03, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
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(k) other Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, would not exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 3.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(l) (i) Indebtedness (x) in respect of the First Priority Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of $1,000.0 million and (y) in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of $1,150.0 million, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;
(m) Guarantees (i) by any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of the Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by any Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)), (iii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party and (iv) by any Borrower of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties incurred for working capital purpose in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(s)); provided, that (x) Guarantees by any Loan Party under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations to at least the same extent such underlying Indebtedness is so subordinated;
(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of any Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations (including earn outs), in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions and any Permitted Business Acquisition, other Investments or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;
(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;
(p) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;
(q) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(r) (i) other Indebtedness so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to
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the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness (x) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (y) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in right of security to the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 6.00 to 1.00 and (z) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided, however, that (I) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties under this clause (r), together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to Sections 6.01(h) and 6.01(s), shall not exceed the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), (II) the Net Proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(r) at such time shall not be netted for purposes of such calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable and (III) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r)(i)(x) in the form of term loans (other than term loans subject to high yield style covenants) that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans shall be subject to the requirements of Section 2.21(b)(viii);
(s) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to Sections 6.01(h) and 6.01(r), the greater of $225.0 million and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(t) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Swap Agreements;
(u) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of any Borrower (or, to the extent such work is done for any Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings;
(w) Indebtedness of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries incurred under lines of credit or overdraft facilities (including, but not limited to, intraday, ACH and purchasing
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card/T&E services) extended by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or by one or more of the Lenders or their Affiliates and (in each case) established for any of the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries ordinary course of operations (such Indebtedness, the Overdraft Line), which Indebtedness may be secured under the Security Documents;
(x) Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of $50.0 million, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(y) [reserved];
(z) (i) any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt and any Project Financing in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $250.0 million and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(aa) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity permitted by Section 6.06;
(bb) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;
(cc) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to or on behalf of any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(dd) Refinancing Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof;
(ee) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties that is either unsecured or secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations or secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Obligations and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which does not, at the time of occurrence, exceed the Incremental Amount available at such time and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that other than in case of any First Lien Notes (which shall be subject to the limitations contained in the definition of First Lien Notes), (1) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days following the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence (other than the customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (2) the covenant, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such
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Indebtedness (other than interest rate and redemption premiums) taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries than those set forth in the First Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture; provided that a certificate of Chief Financial Officer of the Company delivered to Administrative Agent in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrowers have determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and (3) in the case of any such Indebtedness, no Subsidiary of a Borrower is a borrower or guarantor other than any Subsidiary Loan Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently Guaranteed the Obligations.
(ff) (i) Indebtedness pursuant to First Lien Notes; provided that, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Facility Commitments and First Lien Notes outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof shall not be greater than the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Facility Commitments and First Lien Notes outstanding immediately prior to such issuance, incurrence or assumption and (2) the Refinancing Amount in connection with such issuance, incurrence or assumption and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(gg) Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements;
(hh) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, agreements to pay service fees to professionals (including architects, engineers and designers) in furtherance of and/or in connection with any project, in each case to the extent such agreements and related payment provisions are reasonably consistent with commonly accepted industry practices (provided that no such agreements shall give rise to Indebtedness for borrowed money); and
(ii) all premium (if any, including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs, interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (hh) above.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency
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exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
For purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.01 and the calculation of the Incremental Amount, if the use of proceeds from any incurrence, issuance or assumption of Indebtedness is to fund the Refinancing of any Indebtedness, then such Refinancing shall be deemed to have occurred substantially simultaneously with such incurrence, issuance or assumption so long as (1) such Refinancing occurs on the same Business Day as such incurrence, issuance or assumption, (2) if such proceeds will be offered (through a tender offer or otherwise) to the holders of such Indebtedness to be Refinanced, the proceeds thereof are deposited with a trustee, agent or other representative for such holders pending the completion of such offer on the same Business Day as such incurrence, issuance or assumption (and such proceeds are ultimately used in the consummation of such offer or otherwise used to Refinance Indebtedness), (3) if such proceeds will be used to fund the redemption, discharge or defeasance of such Indebtedness to be Refinanced, the proceeds thereof are deposited with a trustee, agent or other representative for such Indebtedness pending such redemption, discharge or defeasance on the same Business Day as such incurrence, issuance or assumption or (4) the proceeds thereof are otherwise set aside to fund such Refinancing pursuant to procedures reasonably agreed with the Administrative Agent.
Further, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (ii) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (ii), any Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.01 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses, provided, that all Indebtedness under this Agreement outstanding on the Closing Date shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.01 and may not be reclassified. In addition, with respect to any Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred hereunder on the date of such incurrence, any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness shall also be permitted hereunder after the date of such incurrence.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, Permitted Liens):
(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date (or created following the Closing Date pursuant to agreements in
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existence on the Closing Date requiring the creation of such Liens) and, to the extent securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million individually or $25.0 million in the aggregate shall only be permitted under this paragraph (a) to the extent such Lien is set forth on Schedule 6.02(a)), and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Liens created under the Security Documents securing obligations in respect of Secured Swap Agreements, Secured Cash Management Agreements, any First Lien Notes (which are intended to be secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and the Overdraft Line secured pursuant to the Security Documents) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage; provided that in the case of any such First Lien Notes, (A) the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent an Other First Lien Secured Party Consent (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) and (B) the Borrowers shall have complied with the other requirements of Section 7.23 of the Collateral Agreement with respect to such First Lien Notes;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of any Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided, that such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or assets of any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset and accessions and additions thereto and proceeds and products thereof (other than after acquired property required to be subjected to a Lien pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness (and refinancings thereof) and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder and require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition;
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;
(e) Liens imposed by law, including landlords, carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens, suppliers, construction or other like Liens, securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;
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(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would disclose, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.01(i) and 6.01(z) (in each case limited to the assets financed with such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness Refinanced thereby) and any accessions and additions thereto and the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits and related property; provided that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender and incurred under Section 6.01(i) or (z));
(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions and additions thereto or proceeds and products thereof and related property;
(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);
(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on or subsequent to the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 5.10 and any replacement, extension or
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renewal of any such Lien; provided, that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;
(m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, including with respect to credit card chargebacks and similar obligations or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Liens (i) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens, rights of set-off or similar rights, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business or (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar obligations permitted under Section 6.01(f) or (o) and covering the property (or the documents of title in respect of such property) financed by such letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar obligations and the proceeds and products thereof;
(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property and software) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(s) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted under Section 6.01;
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(u) other Liens with respect to property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such Lien and the incurrence of Indebtedness, if any, secured by such Lien is created, incurred, acquired or assumed (or any prior Indebtedness becomes so secured) (x) in the case of a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 4.25 to 1.00 and (y) in the case of a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in right of security to the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 6.00 to 1.00, (ii) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (iii) the Indebtedness or other obligations secured by such Lien are otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (iv) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (v) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior in priority to the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement;
(v) Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;
(w) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(x) agreements to subordinate any interest of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(y) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or consignments entered into in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(z) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures (i) securing obligations of such joint ventures or (ii) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;
(aa) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;
(bb) Liens in respect of Permitted Receivables Financings that extend only to the receivables subject thereto;
(cc) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers acceptance issued or created for the account of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the
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ordinary course of business; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of any Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;
(dd) in the case of Real Property that constitutes a leasehold interest, any Lien to which the fee simple interest (or any superior leasehold interest) is subject;
(ee) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligation (i) of a Borrower or a Subsidiary in favor of a Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, (ii) of any Subsidiary that is not Loan Party in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (iii) permitted under Section 6.01(x);
(ff) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements, provided, that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;
(gg) Liens securing Swap Agreements that were not entered into for speculative purposes;
(hh) other Liens with respect to property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $35.0 million;
(ii) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(jj) Liens securing (x) First Lien Notes, provided that if the Liens on the Collateral securing such First Lien Notes are (or are intended to be) junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and (y) Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.01(dd) and (ee); provided that, (i) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior in priority to the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement;
(kk) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments on deposit with Lenders and Affiliates of Lenders securing obligations owing to such Persons under any treasury, depository, overdraft or other cash management services agreements or arrangements with any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ll) Second Priority Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01;
(mm) the Venue Easements and any other easements, covenants, rights of way or similar instruments which do not materially impact a project in an adverse manner granted in connection with arrangements contemplated under Section 6.05(o) or (p);
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(nn) the filing of a reversion, subdivision or final map(s), record(s) of survey and/or amendments to any of the foregoing over Real Property held by the Loan Parties designed (A) to merge one or more of the separate parcels thereof together so long as (i) the entirety of each such parcel shall be owned by Loan Parties, (ii) no portion of the Mortgaged Property is merged with any Real Property that is not part of the Mortgaged Property and (iii) the gross acreage and footprint of the Mortgaged Property remains unaffected in any material respect or (B) to separate one or more of the parcels thereof together so long as (i) the entirety of each resulting parcel shall be owned by Loan Parties, (ii) no portion of the Mortgaged Property ceases to be subject to a Mortgage and (iii) the gross acreage and footprint of the Mortgaged Property remains unaffected in any material respect;
(oo) from and after the lease or sublease of any interest pursuant to Section 6.05(o) or (p), any reciprocal easement agreement entered into between a Loan Party and the holder of such interest;
(pp) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by the foregoing clauses; provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same type of property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent such assets secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being Refinanced), (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness or, if greater, committed amount of the applicable Indebtedness at the time the original Lien became a Lien permitted hereunder and (B) any unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and an amount necessary to pay associated underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement, and (z) Indebtedness secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations may not be refinanced pursuant to this clause (pp) with Liens ranking pari passu to the Liens securing the Obligations; and
(qq) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(h) and (k); provided that in the case of Section 6.01(h), such Liens securing the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(h) shall only be permitted under this clause (qq) if, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than immediately prior to such incurrence.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in Sections 6.02(a) through (qq) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in Sections 6.02(a) through (qq), any Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify,
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or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) secured by such Lien in one of the above clauses and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. In addition, with respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness.
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction); provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted (a) with respect to (i) Excluded Property, (ii) property owned by any Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is consummated within 270 days of the acquisition of such property or (iii) property owned by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party regardless of when such property was acquired, (b) with respect to any other property owned by any Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, (i) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) with respect to any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with Net Proceeds in excess of $5.0 million, after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (ii) if such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is of property owned by any Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary as of the Closing Date, the Net Proceeds therefrom are used to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 2.11(b), and (c) in connection with any Project Financing; provided, further, that the applicable Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary shall receive at least fair market value (as determined by such Borrower in good faith) for any property disposed of in any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (b) of this Section 6.03 (as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in any case of any property with a fair market value in excess of $25.0 million).
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of Indebtedness of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an Investment), any other person, except:
(a) the Transactions;
(b) (i) Investments by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of any Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans from any Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that (A) Investments made after the Closing Date by any Loan
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Party pursuant to clause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, and (B) intercompany loans made after the Closing Date by any Loan Party to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to clause (ii) and (C) Guarantees after the Closing Date by any Loan Party of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii), shall not exceed the sum of (x) in the aggregate, together with all Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties outstanding pursuant to Sections 6.04(k) and (v), the greater of $150.0 million and 2.00% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) plus (y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment;
(c) Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05 (other than Section 6.05(h));
(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of any Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Company in cash as common equity;
(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Swap Agreements that are not entered into for speculative purposes;
(h) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date consisting of intercompany loans or as set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date);
(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 6.02(f), (g), (k), (r), (s), (u) and (gg);
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(j) other Investments by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i) the greater of $250.0 million and 3.25% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (plus any returns of capital (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (j)) plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(ii), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Company calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (j) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of a Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower after such date, such Investment shall, upon the election of the Company, thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (j) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;
(l) Investments in a Similar Business in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (plus any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (l)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this this clause (l) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of a Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower after such date, such Investment shall, upon the election of the Company, thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (l) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by a Borrower as a result of a foreclosure by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(n) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into any Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation was
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or is permitted under this Section 6.04 or Section 6.05 and (ii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;
(o) acquisitions by any Borrower of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officers or employees acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity, so long as no cash is actually advanced by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(p) Guarantees by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity;
(r) [reserved];
(s) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (plus any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (s)), as valued at the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of such Investment at the time such Investment is made; provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (s) is made in any Unrestricted Subsidiary and such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated a Subsidiary of any Borrower after such date, such redesignation shall increase the amount available pursuant to this clause (s) by an amount equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of such Borrowers Investments in such Subsidiary previously made in reliance on this clause (s) at the time of such redesignation;
(t) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;
(u) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(v) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties not to exceed, in the aggregate, together with all Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties outstanding pursuant to Sections 6.04(b) and (k), the greater of $150.0 million and 2.00%
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of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (plus an amount equal to any return of capital actually received in respect of Investments theretofore made pursuant to this clause (v)), as valued at the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) of such Investment at the time such Investment is made;
(w) Guarantees permitted under Section 6.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 6.04);
(x) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(y) Investments by any Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of any Borrower, if such Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount (provided that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate paragraph of Section 6.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);
(z) Investments consisting of Receivables Assets or arising as a result of Permitted Receivables Financings;
(aa) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing or other arrangements with other persons;
(bb) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or purchases, sales, licenses or sublicenses (including in respect of gaming licenses) or leases of intellectual property;
(cc) Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity; provided that such Investments are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(dd) [reserved];
(ee) any Investment (i) made pursuant to an Operations Management Agreement and (ii) in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(ff) Investments in joint ventures not in excess of (x) the greater of $100.0 million and 1.50% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) plus (y) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this
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clause (ff); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (ff) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of a Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower after such date, such Investment shall, upon the election of the Company, thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (ff) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(gg) any Investment (i) deemed to exist as a result of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party distributing a note or other intercompany debt to a parent of such Subsidiary that is a Loan Party (to the extent there is no cash consideration or services rendered for such note), (ii) consisting of intercompany current liabilities in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries and (iii) consisting of intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-overs or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business; and
(hh) Investments in joint ventures established to develop or operate nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within any project not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), which Investments may be made pursuant to (or in lieu of) dispositions in the manner contemplated under Sections 6.05(p) or (q) or received in consideration for dispositions under Sections 6.05(p) or (q).
Any Investment in any person other than a Loan Party that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04 may be made through intermediate Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above. The amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent write-downs or write-offs thereof.
The amount of Investments that may be made at any time pursuant to Section 6.04(b), 6.04(j) or 6.04(l) (such Sections, the Related Sections) may, at the election of the Borrower, be increased by the amount of Investments that could be made at such time under the other Related Section; provided, that the amount of each such increase in respect of one Related Section shall be treated as having been used under the other Related Section.
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SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory, or the sale of receivables pursuant to non-recourse factoring arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or, with respect to operating leases, otherwise for fair market value on market terms (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower), (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale or disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Borrower or Subsidiary into or with any other Borrower in a transaction in which a Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Borrower (other than the Company) or Subsidiary into or with any Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than a Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Borrower (other than the Company) or any Subsidiary if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Company or the Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders or (v) any Borrower (other than the Company) or Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate into or with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging, consolidating or amalgamating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.10;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to a Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided, that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in reliance on this paragraph (c) shall not in the aggregate exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrower, $10.0 million;
(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(e) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Permitted Liens, and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;
(f) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(g) sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (ii) with respect to any such sale, transfer, lease or other
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disposition with aggregate gross proceeds (including noncash proceeds) in excess of $25.0 million, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, (iii) the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b), (iv) such sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company), or if not for fair market value, the shortfall is permitted as an Investment under Section 6.04 and (v) no such sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of $25 million shall be permitted unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided, that for purposes of this subclause (g)(v), each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on any Borrowers or any Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of any Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction, (B) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by such Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Borrower from such transferee that are converted by such Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Borrower into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this subclause (g)(v)(C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $175.0 million (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (D) with respect to any lease of assets by a Borrower or a Subsidiary that constitutes a disposition, receipt of lease payments over time on market terms (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) where the payment consideration is at least 75% cash consideration.
(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving a Borrower, such Borrower is the surviving corporation;
(i) leases, licenses, or subleases or sublicenses of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory or sales, licenses, sublicenses or other dispositions or abandonment of intellectual property of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries determined by the management of such Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of such Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;
(k) acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of paragraph (a) of the definition of Net Proceeds;
(l) the purchase and sale or other transfer (including by capital contribution) of Receivables Assets pursuant to Permitted Receivables Financings;
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(m) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value (other than any such exchanges by a Borrower or Subsidiary with a Person that is an Affiliate of any Borrower or Subsidiary); provided, that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) in excess of $25.0 million, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Company with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) in excess of $35.0 million, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, further, that (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (B) with respect to any such exchange with aggregate gross consideration in excess of $5.0 million, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (C) the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b);
(n) any disposition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(o) any disposition made pursuant to an Operations Management Agreement; and
(p) (i) the lease, sublease or license of any portion of any project to persons who, either directly or through Affiliates of such persons, intend to operate or manage nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation areas, spas, pools, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within such project and (ii) the grant of declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions and/or easements with respect to common area spaces and similar instruments benefiting such tenants of such leases, subleases and licenses generally and/or entered into connection with a project (collectively, the Venue Easements, and together with any such leases, subleases or licenses, collectively the Venue Documents); provided that (A) no Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time any such Venue Document is entered into or would occur as a result of entering into such Venue Document, (B) the Loan Parties shall be required to maintain control (which may be through required contractual standards) over the primary aesthetics and standards of service and quality of the business being operated or conducted in connection with any such leased, subleased or licensed space and (C) no Venue Document or operations conducted pursuant thereto would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with, or materially impair or detract from, the operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries; provided further that upon request by the Company, the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall provide the tenant, subtenant or licensee under any Venue Document with a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 or Exhibit L-2 hereto, as applicable, or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the applicable Loan Party;
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the development, construction and operation of any project; provided that in each case such dedication or other dispositions are in furtherance of, and do not materially impair or interfere with the operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries;
(r) dedications of, or the granting of easements, rights of way, rights of access and/or similar rights, to any Governmental Authority, utility providers, cable or other communication providers and/or other parties providing services or benefits to any project, any Real Property held by the Loan Parties or the public at large that would not reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the operations of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries; and
(s) any disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a person (other than the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries) from whom such Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition.
To the extent any Collateral is sold or disposed of in a transaction expressly permitted by this Section 6.05 to any person other than any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold or disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any disposal consisting of an operating lease or license, the underlying property retained by such Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Party will not be so released), and the Administrative Agent shall take, and is hereby authorized by each Lender to take, any actions reasonably requested by such Borrower in order to evidence the foregoing.
SECTION 6.06. Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any Equity Interests of the Company or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (the foregoing, Restricted Payments); provided, however, that:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Company may make Restricted Payments to the Company or to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company (or, in the case of non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Company or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) Restricted Payments may be made (x) in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of any Parent Entity, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of debt or equity securities of
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any Parent Entity whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise and similar taxes and other fees and expenses, required to maintain any Parent Entitys existence, (iv) payments permitted by Section 6.07(b) (other than clauses (vii), (xxii) and (xxiii) thereof), and (v) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors and employees of any Parent Entity, in each case in order to permit any Parent Entity to make such payments; provided, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries and (y) in respect of any taxable period for which the Borrowers and/or any of their Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state, local or foreign tax purposes of which any Parent Entity is the common parent, or for which a Borrower is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal and/or applicable state or local income tax purposes, distributions to any Parent Entity in an amount not to exceed the amount of any such U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Borrowers and/or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, would have paid for such taxable period had the Borrowers and/or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer or a stand-alone corporate group;
(c) Restricted Payments may be made to any Parent Entity the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan or any shareholders agreement then in effect upon such persons death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year (1) $15.0 million, plus (2) (x) the amount of net proceeds contributed to the Company that were received by any Parent Entity during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of any Parent Entity to directors, consultants, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements, and (y) the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year, which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year, subject, with respect to unused amounts from clause (1) of this proviso that are carried forward, to an overall limit in any fiscal year of $30.0 million (which shall increase to $50.0 million subsequent to a Qualified IPO); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company from members of management of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of any Parent Entity will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.06;
(d) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;
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(e) Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount equal to the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on such date that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.06(e), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Company calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided, that, (1) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (2) the date of such Restricted Payment shall not occur during a Covenant Suspension Period;
(f) Restricted Payments may be made on the Closing Date in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;
(g) Restricted Payments may be made to allow any Parent Entity to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;
(h) after a Qualified IPO, Restricted Payments may be made to any Parent Entity so that any Parent Entity may make Restricted Payments to its equity holders in an amount equal to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity;
(i) any Restricted Payment in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(j) any Restricted Payment made under any Operations Management Agreement;
(k) Restricted Payments out of Declined Proceeds not applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million; or
(l) Restricted Payments may be made to any Parent Entity to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.04; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to a Borrower or a Subsidiary or (2) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 6.05) of the person formed or acquired into a Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.10.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI (including Section 6.04 and this Section 6.06), the Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries of the Company to, make any Restricted Payment (whether in cash or otherwise) for the purpose of (x) paying any dividend or making any distribution to or acquiring any Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity from the Sponsors or (y) guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the Company for the purpose of making any Restricted Payment to the Sponsors, in each case by means of utilization of the cumulative dividend and investment credit provided by use of the Cumulative Credit or the exceptions provided by Section 6.06(e) or (k) or pursuant to Section 6.04(j), (l), (w) or (ff), unless after giving effect to such payment, the Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would be equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00.
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SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests of the Company in a transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise required under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate. For purposes of this Section 6.07, any transaction with any Affiliate or any such 10% holder shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence if such transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of CERP LLC.
(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement:
(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of CERP LLC;
(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e);
(iii) transactions among any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which a Borrower or Subsidiary is the surviving entity);
(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of any Parent Entity, any Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries);
(v) the Transactions, any transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence on the Closing Date and, to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million, set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar arrangement to the extent such amendment, replacement or arrangement is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) and other transactions, agreements and arrangements described on Schedule 6.07, and any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements entered into by the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers);
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(vi) (A) any employment agreements entered into by any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto;
(vii) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06, including payments to any Parent Entity;
(viii) payments by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company to any Sponsor made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, or a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Company, in good faith;
(ix) transactions with Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice;
(x) any transaction in respect of which a Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of such Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is in the good faith determination of such Borrower qualified to render such letter which letter states that (i) such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (ii) such transaction is fair to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view;
(xi) the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions contemplated by the Notes Offering Memorandum, including fees to any Sponsor;
(xii) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) [reserved];
(xiv) any transactions made pursuant to any Operations Management Agreement and any transactions in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction;
(xv) the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests of the Company, including in connection with capital contributions by a Parent Entity to the Company;
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(xvi) the issuance of Equity Interests to the management of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transaction;
(xvii) (1) payments permitted under Section 6.06(b) and (2) entering into, and any transactions pursuant to, a tax sharing agreement consistent with clause (l);
(xviii) transactions pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(xix) payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to employees or consultants that are (i) approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, (ii) made in compliance with applicable law and (iii) otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(xx) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are fair to the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries;
(xxi) transactions between any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and any person, a director of which is also a director of such Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of such Borrower, provided, however, that (A) such director abstains from voting as a director of such Borrower or such direct or indirect parent company, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other person and (B) such person is not an Affiliate of the Borrowers for any reason other than such directors acting in such capacity;
(xxii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 6.04(b), 6.04(h), 6.04(o), 6.04(v), 6.04(y), 6.04(bb), 6.05(b) or 6.06;
(xxiii) transactions undertaken in good faith (in the reasonable opinion of the Borrowers) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of any Parent Entity, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries (provided that such transactions, taken as a whole, are not materially adverse to the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries); or
(xxiv) investments by the Sponsors in securities of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company so long as (A) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the outstanding issue amount of such class of securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CEC, Caesars Acquisition Company and their respective Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries with respect to any transaction, so long as the transaction is in the ordinary course of business, pursuant to agreements existing on the Closing Date or pursuant to any intellectual property license or related agreement, management agreement or shared services agreement entered into with any of the Borrowers and/or their Subsidiaries or, in each case, amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, or replacements thereof, that are not materially adverse to the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, that it is understood and agreed that this paragraph shall not permit CERP
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Cash that is deposited into an account to be deposited into an account that is owned by CERP LLC and its Affiliates that is not owned exclusively by a Borrower and/or a Subsidiary. It is understood and agreed that the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries shall not pay any fees to Affiliates of CERP LLC in respect of the services contemplated by the Management Agreements, regardless of whether provided pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreements in effect on the Closing Date or otherwise.
SECTION 6.08. Business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time to any material respect in any business or business activity substantially different from any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the Closing Date or any Similar Business, and in the case of a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary, Permitted Receivables Financings.
SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.
(a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers)), (x) the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party or (y) any Operations Management Agreement.
(b) (i) Make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on the loans under any Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is expressly subordinate to the Obligations (Junior Financing), or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination in respect of any Junior Financing except for (A) Refinancings with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, (B) payments of regularly scheduled interest and fees due thereunder, other non-accelerated and non-principal payments thereunder, any mandatory prepayments of principal, interest and fees thereunder, scheduled payments thereon necessary to avoid the Junior Financing to constitute applicable high yield discount obligations within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and payment of principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing (or within one year thereof), (C) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Company by any Parent Entity from the issuance, sale or exchange by any Parent Entity of Qualified Equity Interests made within eighteen months prior thereto, (D) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity or (E) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and after giving effect to such payment or distribution the Borrowers would be in Pro Forma Compliance, payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity made, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.09(b)(i)(E), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Company calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be applied; or
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(ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of Junior Financing that constitutes Material Indebtedness or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not materially adverse to Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) or (B) otherwise comply with the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.
(c) Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by such Borrower or such Material Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:
(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions (x) in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01, the First Priority Senior Secured Notes, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, or (y) in any Refinancing Notes, any First Lien Notes or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that, in each case, do not materially expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers);
(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary;
(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the specific property or assets securing such Indebtedness and not all or substantially all assets;
(F) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(k) or 6.01(r) or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers);
(G) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(H) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;
(I) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(J) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;
(K) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;
(L) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of any Borrower, so long as such Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;
(M) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (including in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction), so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;
(N) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a Subsidiary of any Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;
(O) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;
(P) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(Q) restrictions contained in any Permitted Receivables Document with respect to any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary;
(R) restrictions contained in any agreements related to a Project Financing or Qualified Non-Recourse Debt; or
(S) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Sections 6.09(c)(i) and 6.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of or similar arrangements or the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (R) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
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or similar arrangements are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend, other payment and Lien restrictions than those contained in the dividend, other payment and Lien restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or similar arrangements.
SECTION 6.10. Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ended on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, but excluding any fiscal quarter the last day of which occurs during a Covenant Suspension Period) to exceed 8.00 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.11. No Other Designated Senior Debt. Designate, or permit the designation of, any Indebtedness as Designated Senior Debt or any other similar term for the purpose of the definition of the same or the subordination provisions contained in any indenture governing any senior subordinated notes permitted to be incurred hereunder that constitute Material Indebtedness other than (a) the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof and (c) any series of First Lien Notes or Refinancing Notes constituting Other First Lien Obligations.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an Event of Default):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Obligation or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Borrower of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a) (with respect to any Borrower), 5.05(a) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Borrower or any Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days (or 60 days if such default
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results solely from a failure of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to duly observe or perform any such covenant, condition or agreement) after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers;
(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or (ii) any Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;
(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (other than as permitted hereunder); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable or admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j) the failure by any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $75.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a
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period of 45 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(k) (i) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Plan, (ii) an ERISA Event or ERISA Events shall have occurred with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iv) any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or (v) any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall engage in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan that would subject any Borrower or any Subsidiary to tax; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) (i) any material provision of any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by any Borrower or any Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that constitute a material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein), except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or except from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 3.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lenders title insurance policy and the Collateral Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) a material portion of the Guarantees by the Subsidiary Loan Parties guaranteeing the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations (other than in accordance with the terms thereof); provided, that no Event of Default shall occur under this Section 7.01(l) if the Loan Parties cooperate with the Collateral Agent to replace or perfect such security interest and Lien, such security interest and Lien is replaced and the rights, powers and privileges of the Secured Parties are not materially adversely affected by such replacement; or
(m) the occurrence of a License Revocation with respect to a license issued to any Borrower or any Subsidiary by any Gaming Authority with respect to gaming operations at any gaming facility of any Borrower or any Subsidiary that continues for 30 calendar days to the extent that such License Revocation, together with all prior License Revocations that are still in effect, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Company described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrowers, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, demand Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(g); and in any event with respect to the Company described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for Cash Collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(g), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 7.02. Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01, in the event that the Borrowers fail (or, but for the operation of this Section 7.02, would fail) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, until the expiration of the 20th day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Performance Covenant is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), any Parent Entity and/or the Company shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of any Parent Entity and/or the Company (and, with respect to any Parent Entity, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Company (collectively, the Cure Right), and upon the receipt by the Company of such cash (the Cure Amount) pursuant to the exercise by any Parent Entity and/or the Company of such Cure Right such Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma adjustment by which EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable quarter and any four-quarter period that contains such quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; provided, that, (i) in each four-fiscal-quarter period there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised and (ii) for purposes of this Section 7.02, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant. If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this paragraph, the Borrowers shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for this purposes of the Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
SECTION 8.01. Appointment.
(a) Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) and each L/C Issuer (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Administrative Agent, each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) and each L/C Issuer (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender or any L/C Issuers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
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SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent has received notice from a Lender or a Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders, provided that unless
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and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.
SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent to any Lender, the Swingline Lender or any L/C Issuer. Each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
SECTION 8.07. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the total Term Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments shall have terminated, in accordance the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect immediately prior to such termination) held on the date on which indemnification is sought, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that no
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Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agents or the Collateral Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 8.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 8.08. Agents in their Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such persons were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall each have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their individual capacities.
SECTION 8.09. Successor Agents. Each of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the reasonable consent of the Borrowers so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the retiring Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that no qualifying person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except in the case of the Collateral Agent holding collateral security on behalf of any Secured Parties, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrowers (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring Agents resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as an Agent.
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Any resignation by Citibank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 8.10. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.11. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Article II or Section 9.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Article II and Section 9.05.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.12. Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.08, or pursuant to Section 5.11 or Section 9.18. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agents authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property in accordance with this Section.
SECTION 8.13. Agents and Arrangers. None of the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents nor any of the Co-Lead Arrangers shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.
SECTION 8.14. First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Matters. The Lenders hereby agree to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and acknowledge that Citibank (and any successor Collateral Agent under the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) will be serving as Collateral Agent for both the Secured Parties and the other First Lien Secured Parties under the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby consents to Citibank and any successor serving in such capacity and agrees not to assert any claim (including as a result of any conflict of interest) against Citibank, or any such successor, arising from the role of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement so long as the Collateral Agent is either acting in accordance with the express terms of such documents or otherwise has not engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Borrower and each Lender hereby agrees that the resignation provisions set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Collateral Agent shall supersede any provision of this Agreement to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be authorized from time to time, without the consent of any Lender, to execute or to enter into amendments of, and amendments and restatements of, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any additional and replacement intercreditor agreements, in each case in order to effect the pari passu treatment or the subordination of and to provide for certain additional rights,
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obligations and limitations in respect of, any Liens required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be Liens pari passu with or junior to the Obligations, that are, in each case, incurred in accordance with Article VI of this Agreement, and to establish certain relative rights as between the holders of the Obligations and the holders of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens.
SECTION 8.15. Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.17, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.15. The agreements in this Section 8.15 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Lender shall, for purposes of this Section 8.15, include any L/C Issuer.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices; Communications.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 9.01(b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile or electronic email as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 9.01; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
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(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Any of the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices sent by electronic means shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices or communications (i) sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received when delivered and (ii) posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefore.
(d) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(e) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically (including as set forth in Section 9.17) and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Companys website(s) on the Internet at the website(s) address listed on Schedule 9.01, or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Companys behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that (A) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Company to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and (B) the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Except for certificates required by Section 5.04(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
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SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and each L/C Issuer and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.17, 8.07 and 9.05) shall survive the Termination Date.
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by a Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) except in connection with the addition of one or more Domestic Subsidiaries as a joint and several co-borrower hereunder and in connection with the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction or transactions permitted by Section 6.05(b), and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 9.04), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an Assignee) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the Company; provided, that no consent of the Company shall be required (i) for an assignment of a Term Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) for an assignment of a Revolving Facility Commitment to a Revolving Facility Lender, an affiliate of a Revolving Facility Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a
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Revolving Facility Lender, (iii) in the case of assignments during the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans, for an assignment to persons identified to and agreed by the Company in writing prior to the Closing Date or (iv) if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, any other person;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided, that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C) the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender; provided, that no consent of the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than (x) $1.0 million in the case of Term Loans (and shall be in an amount of an integral multiple thereof) and (y) $5.0 million in the case of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided, that (1) no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds (with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if required by the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent);
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17; and
(D) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swingline Lenders rights and obligations in respect of Swingline Loans.
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extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 9.04.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, the L/C Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), all applicable tax forms, the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent promptly shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
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provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, that (x) such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) and (2) directly affects such Participant and (y) no other agreement with respect to amendment, modification or waiver may exist between such Lender and such Participant. Subject to Section 9.04(c)(ii), the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections and to the extent such Participant complies with Section 2.17(e) and (f) as though it were a Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal and interest amount of each Participants interest in the Loans held by it (the Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of the participation in question for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of a Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any Commitments, Loans or other Obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other Obligation is in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes or such disclosure is otherwise required by applicable law.
(iii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld), which consent shall state that it is being given pursuant to this Section 9.04(c)(iii); provided that each potential Participant shall provide such information as is reasonably requested by the Borrowers in order for the Borrowers to determine whether to provide their consent.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank and in the case of any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Lender, including to any trustee for, or any other representative of, such holders, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided, that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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(e) The Borrowers, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agree to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent. Each of the Borrowers, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto and each Loan Party for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.
(g) If any Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments under any Facility with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days advance notice to the Lenders under such Facility, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to (i) require the Lenders under such Facility to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and (ii) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 9.08 (with such replacement, if applicable, being deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 9.08(d)). Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders under such Facility in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by any Borrower), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 9.05(b). By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders under such Facility shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Commitments under such Facility pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit A, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith. The provisions of this paragraph (g) are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no assignment may be made or participations sold to (x) an Ineligible Institution, (y) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (h), or (z) a natural person; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (x) above, participations may be sold to Ineligible Institutions unless a list of Ineligible Institutions has been made available to all Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the rights of the Lenders to make assignments and grant participations shall be subject to the approval of any Gaming Authority, to the extent required by applicable Gaming Laws.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.08, Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (i) or (j) of this Section
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9.04), any Borrower may purchase by way of assignment and become an Assignee with respect to Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans (other than any such Loans held by an Affiliate Lender) at any time and from time to time from Lenders in accordance with Section 9.04(b) hereof or reduce the aggregate amount of any Revolving Facility Commitment of a Lender that has agreed to such reduction (Permitted Loan Purchases); provided that (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Permitted Loan Purchase, (B) upon consummation of any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments purchased or terminated pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished in accordance with Section 9.04(j), (C) to the extent any Borrower is making a Permitted Loan Purchase of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, upon giving effect to such Permitted Loan Purchase, there shall be sufficient aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments among the Revolving Facility Lenders to apply to the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans thereunder as of such date, unless such Borrower shall concurrently with the payment of the purchase price by such Borrower for such Revolving Facility Loans or the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(g) in the amount of any such excess Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans thereunder and (D) in connection with any such Permitted Loan Purchase (other than a termination of Revolving Facility Commitments), such Borrower and such Lender that is the Assignor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance (and for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be required to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) and shall otherwise comply with the conditions to Assignments under this Section 9.04.
(j) Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2.08(b)) be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans (with a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments) or termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments, if applicable, and the Borrowers shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans (and in the case of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitment, a permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments).
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) The Borrowers agree to pay (i) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction, and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Agents or any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement and the
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other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents and the Lenders (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Agents and the Co-Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction and, in the event of any conflict of interest, such additional counsel for each of the Lenders retained with the consent of the Company to the extent of such conflict of interests).
(b) The Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers, each L/C Issuer, each Lender, each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, partners, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors (each such person being called an Indemnitee) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of or otherwise relating to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by a Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purposes this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties (other than advisors), shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or (z) arose from any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of any Borrower or any of its Affiliates and is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding against any Agent or an Arranger in its capacity as such). Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Borrowers agree to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any claim or liability related in any way to Environmental Laws and a Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, under, on, from or to any Real Property; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
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Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties (other than advisors) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee. None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to the Sponsors, any Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the Facilities or the Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable within fifteen (15) days of written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(c) Except as expressly provided in Section 9.05(a) with respect to Other Taxes, which shall not be duplicative of any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17, this Section 9.05 shall not apply to Taxes, except Taxes that represent damages or losses resulting from a non-Tax claim.
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrowers shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of any Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.22 and, pending
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such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or such L/C Issuer may have.
SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by clause (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) as provided in Section 2.21, (y) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (and consented to by the Required Lenders), and (z) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall:
(i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or extend the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit beyond the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date (except as provided in Section 2.05(b)), without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that any amendment to the financial covenant definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (i),
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(ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or decrease the Commitment Fees or L/C Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default shall not constitute an increase of the Commitments of any Lender),
(iii) extend or waive any Term Loan Installment Date or reduce the amount due on any Term Loan Installment Date or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C Obligation or any Fees is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),
(iv) amend the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement, or any analogous provision of any other Security Document, in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),
(v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section 9.08 or the definition of the terms Required Lenders, Majority Lenders or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Closing Date),
(vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Loan Parties from their respective Guarantees under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, unless, in the case of a Loan Party (other than the Company), all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of such Loan Party is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or such release is otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agreement or the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, as applicable, without the prior written consent of each Lender;
(vii) effect any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any Facility differently from those of Lender participating in another Facility, without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in the adversely affected Facility (it being agreed that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment or Commitment reduction required by Section 2.11 so long as the application of any prepayment or Commitment reduction still required to be made is not changed);
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provided, further, that no such amendment shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer acting as such at the effective date of such amendment, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any successor or assignee of such Lender.
(c) Without the consent of any Lender or L/C Issuer, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement or in each case to otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, technical and conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (but without the consent of any Lender) to the extent necessary (A) to integrate any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in a manner consistent with Section 2.21, including, with respect to Other Revolving Loans or Other Term Loans, as may be necessary to establish such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Revolving Facility Loans, as a separate Class or tranche from the existing Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable or (B) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency.
(f) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be necessary to ensure that all Term Loans established pursuant to Section 2.21 after the Closing Date that will be included in an existing Class of Term Loans outstanding on such date (an Applicable Date), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of such Class (the Existing Class Loans), on a pro rata basis, and/or to ensure that, immediately after giving effect to such new Term Loans (the New Class Loans and, together with the Existing Class Loans, the Class Loans), each Lender holding Class Loans will be deemed to hold its Pro Rata Share of each Class Loan on the Applicable Date (but without changing the amount of any such Lenders Term Loans), and each such Lender shall be deemed to have effectuated such assignments as shall be required to ensure
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the foregoing. The Pro Rata Share of any Lender on the Applicable Date is the ratio of (1) the sum of such Lenders Existing Class Loans immediately prior to the Applicable Date plus the amount of New Class Loans made by such Lender on the Applicable Date over (2) the aggregate principal amount of all Class Loans on the Applicable Date.
(g) With respect to the incurrence of any secured or unsecured Indebtedness (including any intercreditor agreement relating thereto), the Borrowers may elect (in its discretion, but shall not be obligated) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer at least three Business Days prior to the incurrence thereof (or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent may agree), together with either drafts of the material documentation relating to such Indebtedness or a description of such Indebtedness (including a description of the Liens intended to secure the same or the subordination provisions thereof, as applicable) in reasonably sufficient detail to be able to make the determinations referred to in this paragraph, which certificate shall either, at the Borrowers election, (x) state that the Borrowers have determined in good faith that such Indebtedness satisfies the requirements of the applicable provisions of Section 6.01 and 6.02 (taking into account any other applicable provisions of this Section 9.08), in which case such certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof, or (y) request the Administrative Agent to confirm, based on the information set forth in such certificate and any other information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, that such Indebtedness satisfies such requirements, in which case the Administrative Agent may determine whether, in its reasonable judgment, such requirements have been satisfied (in which case it shall deliver to the Borrowers a written confirmation of the same), with any such determination of the Administrative Agent to be conclusive evidence thereof, and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to make such determinations.
SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the Charges), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or any L/C Issuer, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum Rate) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided, that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or such L/C Issuer on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.
SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
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ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.
SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof (collectively, New York Courts), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Loan Parties agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and
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agreed by the parties hereto that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction), and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Loan Party in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or setoff, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Loan Party from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each L/C Issuer and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to the Company, any Parent Entity, any Borrower and any Subsidiary furnished to it by or on behalf of the Company, any Parent Entity, any Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than information that (a) has become available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party in breach of this Section 9.16, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Agent without violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was or becomes available to such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Agent from a third party which, to such persons knowledge, had not breached an obligation of confidentiality to the Company, any Parent Entity or any Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its affiliates, directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (C) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (D) to any pledgee under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16 or terms substantially similar to this Section) and (E) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual counterpartys professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16 or terms substantially similar to this Section).
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SECTION 9.17. Platform; Borrower Materials. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Co-Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the Platform), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their securities) (each, a Public Lender). The Borrowers hereby agree that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word PUBLIC shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials PUBLIC, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Co-Lead Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrowers or their securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that such Borrower Materials shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.16, to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute information subject to the terms thereof), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked PUBLIC are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated Public Investor; and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked PUBLIC as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated Public Investor.
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties) have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
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SECTION 9.18. Release of Liens, Guarantees and Pledges.
(a) The Lenders, the L/C Issuer and other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released: (i) in full upon the occurrence of the Termination Date as set forth in Section 9.18(d) below; (ii) upon the disposition of such Collateral by any Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent that such Collateral comprises property leased to a Loan Party by a person that is not a Loan Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 9.08), (v) to the extent that the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee in accordance with the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement or clause (b) below (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (vi) as provided in Section 5.11 (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), and (vii) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any Disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any Disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents.
(b) In addition, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Subsidiary Loan Parties shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary Loan Party or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry).
(c) The Lenders, the L/C Issuer and other Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Subsidiary Loan Party or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.18, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender. Upon release pursuant to this Section 9.18, any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be made. In connection with any release hereunder, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall promptly (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by any Borrowers and at such Borrowers expense in connection with the release of any Liens
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created by any Loan Document in respect of such Subsidiary, property or asset; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Borrower containing such certifications as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, on the Termination Date, upon request of any Borrower, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be any (i) obligations in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (ii) any contingent indemnification obligations or expense reimburse claims not then due; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Borrower containing such certifications as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Any such release of obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (and their respective representatives) in connection with taking such actions to release security interest in all Collateral and all obligations under the Loan Documents as contemplated by this Section 9.18(d).
(e) Obligations of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Swap Agreement (after giving effect to all netting arrangements relating to such Secured Swap Agreements) shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. No person shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document solely as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall require the consent of any holder of obligations under Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements.
SECTION 9.19. Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrowers in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the Agreement Currency), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following
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receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
SECTION 9.20. USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 9.21. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrowers acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, and the Loan Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each Agent, each Co-Lead Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other person; (iii) none of the Agents, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has advised or is currently advising the any Loan Party or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Agents, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to any of the Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Agents, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
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(including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. Each Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
SECTION 9.22. Application of Gaming Laws.
(a) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are subject to Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws. Without limiting the foregoing and notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Lenders, Agents and Secured Parties acknowledge that (i) they are subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, in their discretion, for licensing, qualification or findings of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii)(x) the consummation of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction and (y) all rights, remedies and powers in or under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including with respect to the Collateral (including the pledge and delivery of the Pledged Collateral), the Mortgaged Properties and the ownership and operation of facilities are, in each case, subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, and may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws and only to the extent that required approvals (including prior approvals) are obtained from the relevant Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities.
(b) Lenders, Agents and Secured Parties agree to cooperate with all Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities in connection with the provision in a timely manner of such documents or other information as may be requested by such Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities relating to the Loan or Loan Documents.
(c) Lenders acknowledge and agree that if any Borrower receives a notice from any applicable Gaming Authority that any Lender is a disqualified holder (and such Lender is notified by any Borrower in writing of such disqualification), such Borrower shall, following any available appeal of such determination by such Gaming Authority (unless the rules of the applicable Gaming Authority do not permit such Lender to retain its Loans or Commitments pending appeal of such determination), have the right to (i) cause such disqualified holder to transfer and assign, without recourse all of its interests, rights and obligations in its Loans and Commitments or (ii) in the event that (A) such Borrower is unable to assign such Loan after using its best efforts to cause such an assignment and (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, prepay such disqualified holders Loan. Notice to such disqualified holder shall be given ten days prior to the required date of assignment or prepayment, as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by evidence demonstrating that such transfer or prepayment is required pursuant to Gaming Laws. If reasonably requested by any disqualified holder, such Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with any such holder that is seeking to appeal such determination and to afford such holder an opportunity to participate in any proceedings relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any prepayment of a Loan shall be at a price that, unless otherwise directed by a Gaming Authority, shall be equal to the sum of the principal amount of such Loan and interest to the date such Lender or holder became a disqualified holder (plus any fees and other amounts accrued for the account of such disqualified holder to the date such Lender or holder became a disqualified holder).
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(d) If during the existence of an Event of Default hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents it shall become necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, advisable for an agent, supervisor, receiver or other representative of the Lenders to become licensed or found qualified under any Gaming Law as a condition to receiving the benefit of any Collateral encumbered by the Loan Documents or to otherwise enforce the rights of the Agents, Secured Parties and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, the Borrowers hereby agree to consent to the application for such license or qualification and to execute such further documents as may be required in connection with the evidencing of such consent.
SECTION 9.23. Affiliate Lenders.
(a) Each Lender who is an Affiliate of the Borrowers (an Affiliate Lender), in connection with any (i) consent (or decision not to consent) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document, (ii) other action on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) direction to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, agrees that, except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (1) described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of Section 9.08(b) or (2) that adversely affects such Affiliate Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a disproportionately adverse manner as compared to other Lenders, such Affiliate Lender shall be deemed to have voted its interest as a Lender without discretion in such proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Affiliate Lenders. Each Affiliate Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Affiliate Lenders attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Affiliate Lender and in the name of such Affiliate Lender, from time to time in the Administrative Agents discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (a).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Affiliate Lender shall have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrowers are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrowers or their representatives, or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, | ||||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., | ||||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, | ||||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, AND PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, as Borrowers | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., | ||||
as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Stuart G. Dickson | |||
Name: | Stuart G. Dickson | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., | ||||
as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Stuart G. Dickson | |||
Name: | Stuart G. Dickson | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | ||||
as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Brendan Poe | |||
Name: | Brendan Poe | |||
Title: | Executive Director |
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BLUE RIDGE INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. | ||||
as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Daniel Kelly | |||
Name: | Daniel Kelly | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Bill ODaly | |||
Name: | Bill ODaly | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
By: | /s/ Michael DOnofrio | |||
Name: | Michael DOnofrio | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Kirk L. Tashjian | |||
Name: | Kirk L. Tashjian | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
By: | /s/ Peter Cucchiara | |||
Name: | Peter Cucchiara | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Robert Ehudin | |||
Name: | Robert Ehudin | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Justin Kotzin | |||
Name: | Justin Kotzin | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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MIHI LLC, as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Steve Mehos | |||
Name: | Steve Mehos | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
By: | /s/ T. Morgan Edwards II | |||
Name: | T. Morgan Edwards II | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Lana Gifas | |||
Name: | Lana Gifas | |||
Title: | Director | |||
By: | /s/ Joselin Fernandes | |||
Name: | Joselin Fernandes | |||
Title: | Associate Director |
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Exhibit A
[FORM OF]
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
This Assignment and Acceptance (the Assignment and Acceptance) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the Assignor) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the Assignee). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignors rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the Assigned Interest). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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2. Assignee:1 |
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[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender] 2] | ||||||
3. Borrowers: |
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC; Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc.; Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC; Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc.; Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC; Harrahs Laughlin, LLC; Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC; and Rio Properties, LLC. |
1 | Assignee cannot be an Ineligible Institution, any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any person who upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing persons, or a natural person. |
2 | Select as applicable. |
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4. Administrative Agent: |
Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement. | |
5. Credit Agreement: |
First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October [], 2013, among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). |
6. | Assigned Interest: |
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Aggregate Amount of Commitment/ Loans |
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Revolving Facility Loans/ Commitments |
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Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR].
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3 | Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
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The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:
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[Consented to and Accepted:]4
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent | ||||
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[NAME OF THE COMPANY] | ||||
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[L/C ISSUER], as L/C Issuer | ||||
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[SWINGLINE LENDER], as Swingline Lender | ||||
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4 | To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
5 | To be added only if the consent of the Company (i.e., (i) prior to the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, each of the Borrowers and (ii) on and after the consummation of the Post-Closing Restructuring Transaction, CERP LLC) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
6 | To be added only if the consents of the L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender are required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
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ANNEX 1
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
1. Representations and Warranties Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrowers, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrowers, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
2 Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (vi) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to this Assignment and Acceptance is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and, based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
3. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
4. General Provisions
This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance by facsimile or other electronic
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delivery shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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Exhibit B
[FORM OF]
BORROWING REQUEST
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders referred to below
1615 Brett Road
New Castle, DE 19720
Attention: Agency Department
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such Borrowing is requested to be made:
(A) | Date of Borrowing |
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(B) | Principal Amount of Borrowing |
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(C) | Class1 |
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(D) | Type of Borrowing2 |
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(E) | Interest Period and the last day thereof3 |
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(F) | Account Number and Location |
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1 | Specify whether such Borrowing is to be a Revolving Facility Borrowing (and if so, specifying the Class of Commitments under which such Borrowing is being made), Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, or Replacement Revolving Loans, as applicable. |
2 | Specify a Eurocurrency Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing. |
3 | The initial Interest Period applicable to a Eurocurrency Borrowing, which shall be subject to the definition of Interest Period in the Credit Agreement. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Borrowing Request as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit C
[FORM OF]
SWINGLINE BORROWING REQUEST
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders referred to below
1615 Brett Road
New Castle, DE 19720
Attention: Agency Department
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
This notice constitutes a Swingline Borrowing Request pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement and the undersigned Borrower hereby requests Swingline Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the undersigned Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowings requested hereby:
(A) | Aggregate Amount of Borrowing1: |
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(B) | Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day): |
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(C) | Location and number of such Borrowers account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed: |
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1 | Not less than $100,000. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Swingline Borrowing Request as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit D
[FORM OF]
INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
1615 Brett Road
New Castle, DE 19720
Attention: Agency Department
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
This notice constitutes a notice of conversion or notice of continuation, as applicable (an Election), under Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement, and the undersigned Borrower hereby irrevocably notifies the Administrative Agent of the following information with respect to the conversion or continuation requested hereby:
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(ii) | Effective Date of Election (which shall be a Business Day): |
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1 | The Interest Period applicable to a Eurocurrency Borrowing, which shall be subject to the definition of Interest Period in the Credit Agreement. |
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Resulting Borrowing (2)2 |
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2 | Add as many resulting Borrowings as applicable. |
3 | The Interest Period applicable to a Eurocurrency Borrowing, which shall be subject to the definition of Interest Period in the Credit Agreement. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Interest Election Request as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit E
[FORM OF]
FIRST LIEN MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING
by and from
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Mortgagor
to
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., in its capacity as Collateral Agent, Mortgagee
Dated as of [], 2013
Location: | [] | |
Municipality: | [] | |
County: | [] | |
State: | [] |
RECORDING REQUESTED BY,
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Athy A. OKeeffe, Esq.
Prepared by Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Athy A. OKeeffe, Esq.
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FIRST LIEN MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING
This FIRST LIEN MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING (this Mortgage) effective as of [], 2013 (the Effective Date), is made and entered into on [], 2013, by and from [], a [], as mortgagor, assignor and debtor (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, Mortgagor), whose address is One Caesars Palace Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89109, to CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as collateral agent (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement (defined below)), having an address at [], as mortgagee, assignee, and secured party (in such capacities and, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, Mortgagee).
WHEREAS, reference is made to (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of [October 11, 2013] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (CERP Finance), and (c) (1) [Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company], (2) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (3) [Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company], (4) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (5) [Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company,] and (6) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ((1) through (6) of this clause (i)(c), collectively, the Subject Borrowers, or each, a Subject Borrower; together with CERP LLC and CERP Finance, collectively, the Borrowers), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties party thereto, whereby the Lenders extended credit (the Loans) to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such Credit Agreement, (ii) the Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Indenture), among the Borrowers, as issuers (Issuers), U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Notes Trustee), and the subsidiary guarantors party thereto whereby the Issuers issued [$1,000.0 million] in aggregate principal amount of 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020, and (iii) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent (as defined therein), Administrative Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as defined therein), and the other parties party thereto; and
WHEREAS, (i) the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, and the Issuers have agreed to issue the Notes subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture; (ii) the obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to extend such credit and the obligations of the holders of the Notes to purchase the Notes are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Mortgage; and (iii) Mortgagor, as [a subsidiary of] one of the Borrowers, will derive substantial benefit from the extension of credit to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the purchase of the Notes under the Indenture by the holders of the Notes;
NOW, THEREFORE, Mortgagor is willing to execute and deliver this Mortgage in order to induce the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to extend such credit under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of the Notes to purchase the Notes and to induce the holders of any other Other First Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other First Lien Agreements, as applicable, and accordingly Mortgagor covenants and agrees, in favor of Mortgagee, as follows:
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Mortgage. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Authorized Representative has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(b) Charges means any and all present and future real estate, property and other taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees, all water and sewer rents and charges and all other governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for landlords, carriers, mechanics, workmens, repairmens, laborers, materialmens, suppliers and warehousemens liens and other claims arising by operation of law); judgments or demands against, all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or other amounts of any nature which, if unpaid, might result in or permit the creation of, a Lien on the Mortgaged Property or which might result in foreclosure of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property.
(c) Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(d) Collateral Agreement means the Security Agreement as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(e) Company has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(f) Default has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(g) Event of Default has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(h) Gaming Laws has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(i) holder has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
(j) Indebtedness has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(k) Intercreditor Agreements has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(l) Lien has the meaning set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(m) Loan Documents means (1) the Credit Agreement, (2) all Other First Lien Agreements, (3) the Security Documents and (4) for purposes of Section 5.7 and Section 8.19 only, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(n) Loan Party has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
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(o) Mortgaged Property means the fee interest in the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, together with any greater estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor and all of Mortgagors right, title and interest in, to and under all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing in each case whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, including without limitation all riparian, littoral, and water rights, mineral, oil and gas rights, easements and rights of way (collectively, the Land), and all of Mortgagors right, title and interest now or hereafter acquired in, to and under (1) all buildings, structures and other improvements now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon, or affixed to, the Land, and, in each case, all appurtenances thereof (the Improvements; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the Premises), (2) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, and all equipment, inventory and other goods in which Mortgagor now has or hereafter acquires any rights or any power to transfer rights and that are or are to become fixtures (as defined in the UCC, defined below) related to the Land (the Fixtures), (3) all goods, accounts, inventory, general intangibles, instruments, documents, contract rights and chattel paper, including all such items as defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter affixed to, placed upon, used in connection with, arising from or otherwise related to the Premises (the Personalty), (4) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Collateral Agreement or any of the other applicable Loan Documents and all of Mortgagors right, title and interest in all reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds and claims of any nature relating to the Mortgaged Property (the Deposit Accounts), (5) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any person a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits (the Leases), (6) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, accounts receivable, security and other types of deposits, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing, possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the Rents), (7) all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects agreements, engineers contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements, management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, indemnities, warranties, permits, licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the Property Agreements), (8) all property tax refunds payable with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the Tax Refunds), (9) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the Proceeds), (10) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the Insurance), (11) all awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to any condemnation or other taking (or any purchase in lieu thereof) of all or any portion of the Land, Improvements, Fixtures or Personalty (the Condemnation Awards) and (12) any and all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to any and all drawings, plans, specifications, file materials, operating and maintenance records, catalogues, tenant lists, correspondence, advertising materials, operating manuals, warranties, guarantees, appraisals, studies and data relating to the Mortgaged Property or the construction of any alteration relating to the Premises or the maintenance of any Property Agreement (the Records). As used in this Mortgage, the term Mortgaged Property shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein.
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(p) Notes has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
(q) Notes Obligations has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(r) Obligations means the Secured Obligations as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
(s) Other First Lien Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(t) Other First Lien Obligations has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(u) Other First Lien Secured Party Consent has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(v) Permitted Liens has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(w) person has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(x) Responsible Officer has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(y) Secured Parties has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(z) Security Documents has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.
(aa) State means the State of [].
(bb) Subsidiary has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(cc) UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than the State, then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.
ARTICLE II GRANT
Section 2.1 Grant. To secure the full and timely payment and performance of the Obligations, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS, CONVEYS and CONFIRMS, to Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and herby grants to Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in and upon all of Mortgagors estate, right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property, subject, however, only to the matters that are set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto (the Permitted Encumbrances) and to Permitted Liens, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the title to the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee.
Section 2.2 Obligations. This Mortgage secures, and the Mortgaged Property is collateral security for, the payment and performance in full when due of the Obligations.
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Section 2.3 Future Advances. This Mortgage shall secure all Obligations including, without limitation, future advances whenever hereafter made with respect to or under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreements and shall secure not only Obligations with respect to presently existing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Indenture or the Other First Lien Agreements, but also any and all other indebtedness which may hereafter be owing to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Indenture or the Other First Lien Agreements, however incurred, whether interest, discount or otherwise, and whether the same shall be deferred, accrued or capitalized, including future advances and re-advances, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Indenture or the Other First Lien Agreements, whether such advances are obligatory or to be made at the option of the Secured Parties, or otherwise, and any extensions, refinancings, modifications or renewals of all such Obligations whether or not Mortgagor executes any extension agreement or renewal instrument and, in each case, to the same extent as if such future advances were made on the date of the execution of this Mortgage.
Section 2.4 [Maximum Amount of Indebtedness. The maximum aggregate amount of all indebtedness that is, or under any contingency may be secured at the date hereof or at any time hereafter by this Mortgage is [ $] (the Secured Amount), plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, collection costs, sums advanced for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance and repair charges, insurance premiums and any other costs incurred to protect the security encumbered hereby or the Lien hereof, and expenses incurred by Mortgagee by reason of any default by Mortgagor under the terms hereof, together with interest thereon, all of which amount shall be secured hereby.
Section 2.5 Last Dollar Secured. So long as the aggregate amount of the Obligations exceeds the Secured Amount, any payments and repayments of the Obligations shall not be deemed to be applied against or to reduce the Secured Amount.]*
Section 2.6 No Release. Nothing set forth in this Mortgage shall relieve Mortgagor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on Mortgagors part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or shall impose any obligation on Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on Mortgagors part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on Mortgagee or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of Mortgagor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage or any other applicable Loan Documents, or under or in respect of the Mortgaged Property or made in connection herewith or therewith. The obligations of Mortgagor contained in this Section 2.6 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of Mortgagors other obligations under this Mortgage and the other applicable Loan Documents.
* | Include if required by local law. |
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ARTICLE III WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
Mortgagor warrants, represents and covenants to Mortgagee as follows:
Section 3.1 Title to Mortgaged Property and Lien of this Instrument. Mortgagor has good and marketable fee simple title to the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any Liens, except the Permitted Encumbrances and the Permitted Liens. This Mortgage creates valid, enforceable first priority Liens and security interests in favor of Mortgagee against the Mortgaged Property for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing the payment and performance of the Obligations subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and Permitted Liens. Upon recordation in the official real estate records in the county (or other applicable jurisdiction) in which the Premises are located, this Mortgage will constitute a valid, perfected and enforceable first priority Lien on the Mortgaged Property in favor of Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and Permitted Liens.
Section 3.2 First Lien Status. Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the first Lien and security interest status of this Mortgage. If any Lien or security interest other than a Permitted Encumbrance or a Permitted Lien is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, (a) give Mortgagee a detailed written notice of such Lien or security interest (including origin, amount and other terms), and (b) pay the underlying claim in full or take such other commercially reasonable action so as to cause it to be released or contest the same in compliance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement, the Indenture and any other applicable Loan Documents (including, if applicable, the requirement of providing a bond or other security reasonably satisfactory to Mortgagee).
Section 3.3 Replacement of Fixtures and Personalty. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, permit any of the Fixtures or Personalty owned or leased by Mortgagor to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is removed temporarily for its protection, maintenance or repair or is not prohibited from being removed by the Credit Agreement, the Indenture, the Collateral Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document.
Section 3.4 Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee and its respective agents, representatives and employees or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Secured Parties, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor, to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, and to conduct such environmental and engineering studies as Mortgagee or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Secured Parties may reasonably require, provided that such inspections and studies shall not materially or unreasonably interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property (subject to the rights of Mortgagee and other Secured Parties under the Collateral Agreement).
Section 3.5 Insurance; Condemnation Awards and Insurance Proceeds.
(a) Insurance. Prior to the date hereof, Mortgagor has delivered to Mortgagee Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination Forms for each portion of the Mortgaged Property on which Improvements are located. If any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (or any amendment or successor act thereto), then Mortgagor shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be maintained, flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act and to the extent required to comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to time. In addition, Mortgagor shall maintain or cause to be maintained all other insurance as required by the applicable Loan Documents.
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(b) Condemnation Awards. Mortgagor shall cause all Condemnation Awards that constitute Net Proceeds (or any equivalent term) in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the Indenture or any other applicable Other First Lien Agreement to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, Section 11.10 of the Indenture or the equivalent provision of any other applicable Other First Lien Agreement.
(c) Insurance Proceeds. Mortgagor shall cause all proceeds of any insurance policies insuring against loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property that constitute Net Proceeds (or any equivalent term) in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the Indenture or any other applicable Other First Lien Agreement to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, Section 11.10 of the Indenture or the equivalent provision of any other applicable Other First Lien Agreement.
(d) Payment of Charges. Mortgagor shall pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, from time to time prior to same becoming delinquent, all Charges except to the extent such Charges are Permitted Liens or Permitted Encumbrances. Mortgagor shall, upon Mortgagees reasonable written request, deliver to Mortgagee receipts evidencing the payment of all such Charges requiring payment under the provisions of this Section 3.5(d).
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ARTICLE V DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE
Section 5.1 Remedies. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagees election, exercise any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses:
(a) Acceleration. Subject to any provisions of the applicable Loan Documents providing for the automatic acceleration of the Obligations upon the occurrence and during the continuance of certain Events of Default, declare the Obligations to be immediately due and payable, without further notice, presentment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, demand or action of any nature whatsoever (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable.
(b) Entry on Mortgaged Property. Enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and without Mortgagees prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor.
(c) Operation of Mortgaged Property. Hold, lease, develop, manage, operate, carry on the business thereof or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.7.
(d) Foreclosure and Sale. Institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage by judicial action or by power of sale, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels. With respect to any notices required or permitted under
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the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) days prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, power of sale, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee or any of the other Secured Parties may be a purchaser at such sale. If Mortgagee or such other Secured Party is the highest bidder, Mortgagee or such other Secured Party may credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to Mortgagee or such other Secured Party against the Obligations in lieu of paying cash. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived. Mortgagee may adjourn from time to time any sale by it to be made under or by virtue hereof by announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such adjourned sale or sales, and Mortgagee, without further notice or publication, may make such sale at the time and place to which the same shall be so adjourned.
(e) Receiver. Make an application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Obligations, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.7; provided, however, notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, Mortgagee shall be entitled as pledgee to the possession and control of any cash, deposits or instruments at the time held by or payable or deliverable under the terms of the applicable Loan Documents to Mortgagee.
(f) Other. Exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the applicable Loan Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity.
Section 5.2 Separate Sales. The Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its sole discretion may elect. The right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.
Section 5.3 Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive. Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in any applicable Loan Documents and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulative and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated under any applicable Loan Documents, or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee or such other Secured Party, as the case may be, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee or any other Secured Party in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under any applicable Loan Documents or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.
Section 5.4 Release of and Resort to Collateral. Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate Lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the
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remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the Lien or security interest created in or evidenced by any applicable Loan Documents or their status as a first priority Lien and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Obligations, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.
Section 5.5 Appearance, Waivers, Notice and Marshalling of Assets. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and immediately upon the commencement of any action, suit or legal proceedings to obtain judgment for the payment or performance of the Obligations or any part thereof, or of any proceedings to foreclose the Lien and security interest created and evidenced hereby or otherwise enforce the provisions hereof or of any other proceedings in aid of the enforcement hereof, Mortgagor shall enter its voluntary appearance in such action, suit or proceeding. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment, (b) all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagees election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under any applicable Loan Documents, and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation. Mortgagor shall not claim, take or insist on any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior to any sale or sales of the Mortgaged Property which may be made pursuant to this Mortgage, or pursuant to any decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction. Mortgagor covenants not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted or delegated to Mortgagee by this Mortgage but to suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted.
Section 5.6 Discontinuance of Proceedings. If Mortgagee or any other Secured Party shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under any applicable Loan Documents and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee or such other Secured Party, as the case may be, shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor, Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall be restored to their former positions with respect to the Obligations, the other applicable Loan Documents, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under any applicable Loan Documents for such Event of Default.
Section 5.7 Application of Proceeds. Mortgagee shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Mortgaged Property realized through the exercise by Mortgagee of its remedies hereunder, as well as any Mortgaged Property consisting of cash at any time when remedies are being exercised hereunder, as follows, unless otherwise required by applicable law:
(a) FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Mortgagee in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Mortgage, any Loan Document or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by Mortgagee hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of Mortgagor, and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
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(b) SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations secured by the Mortgaged Property (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata based on the respective amounts of such Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution (or in accordance with such other method of distribution as may be set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement)); and
(c) THIRD, to Mortgagor, its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
Mortgagee shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Mortgage. Upon any sale of Mortgaged Property by Mortgagee (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by Mortgagee or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Mortgaged Property so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to Mortgagee or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
Section 5.8 Occupancy After Foreclosure. Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in accordance with Section 5.1(d) will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.
Section 5.9 Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Mortgagee and each of the other Secured Parties shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. All reasonable sums advanced and expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee or any other Secured Party under this Section 5.9, or otherwise under this Mortgage or applicable law, shall bear interest from the date that such sum is advanced or expense incurred, to and including the date of reimbursement, computed at the highest rate at which interest is then computed on any portion of the Obligations and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by this Mortgage.
(b) To the extent contemplated by Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement, Section 7.07 of the Indenture or any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement, Mortgagor shall pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) of or incidental to the perfection and enforcement of this Mortgage or the enforcement, compromise or settlement of the Obligations or any claim under this Mortgage, and for the curing thereof, or for defending or asserting the rights and claims of Mortgagee in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise.
Section 5.10 No Mortgagee in Possession. Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Article V, the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Article VI, the security interests under Article VII, nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee under any applicable Loan Document, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VI ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES
Section 6.1 Assignment. In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor in Section 2.1, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Leases (but only to the extent permitted under the existing Leases), whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to hold the Rents in trust for use in the payment and performance of the Obligations and to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall, at the election of Mortgagee, expire and terminate, upon written notice to Mortgagor by Mortgagee.
Section 6.2 Perfection Upon Recordation. Mortgagor acknowledges that upon recordation of this Mortgage Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, first priority, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage Mortgagees interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, choate and enforced as to Mortgagor and to the extent permitted under applicable law, all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.
Section 6.3 Bankruptcy Provisions. Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a security agreement for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.
ARTICLE VII SECURITY AGREEMENT
Section 7.1 Security Interest. This Mortgage constitutes a security agreement on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a first priority security interest in the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards, Records and all other Mortgaged Property which is personal property to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds,
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Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency whatsoever between the terms of this Mortgage and the terms of the Collateral Agreement with respect to the collateral covered both therein and herein, including, but not limited to, with respect to whether any such Mortgaged Property is to be subject to a security interest or the use, maintenance or transfer of any such Mortgaged Property, the Collateral Agreement shall control, govern, and prevail, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency. For the avoidance of doubt, no personal property of Mortgagor that does not constitute Article 9 Collateral under and as defined in the Collateral Agreement shall be subject to any security interest of Mortgagee or any Secured Party or constitute collateral hereunder.
Section 7.2 Financing Statements. Mortgagor shall prepare and deliver to Mortgagee such financing statements, and shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee such other documents, instruments and further assurances, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Mortgagee, as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagees security interest hereunder. Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes Mortgagee to cause financing statements (and amendments thereto and continuations thereof) and any such documents, instruments and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest.
Section 7.3 Fixture Filing. This Mortgage shall also constitute a fixture filing for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures. The information provided in this Section 7.3 is provided so that this Mortgage shall comply with the requirements of the UCC for a mortgage instrument to be filed as a financing statement. Mortgagor is the Debtor and its name and mailing address are set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage preceding Article I. Mortgagee is the Secured Party for purposes of the UCC and its name and mailing address from which information concerning the security interest granted herein may be obtained are also set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage preceding Article I. A statement describing the portion of the Mortgaged Property comprising the fixtures hereby secured is set forth in the definition of Mortgaged Property in Section 1.1. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that Mortgagor is the record owner of the Mortgaged Property and the employer identification number of Mortgagor is []. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that Mortgagors jurisdiction of organization is the State of [].
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect) and all notices to any holder of obligations under any Other First Lien Agreements, at its address set forth in the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent or in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as such address may be changed by written notice to Mortgagor.
Section 8.2 Covenants Running with the Land. All grants, covenants, terms, provisions and conditions contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Land. As used herein, Mortgagor shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Collateral Agreement and the other applicable Loan Documents; provided, however, that no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee.
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Section 8.3 Attorney-in-Fact. Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its attorney-in-fact of Mortgagor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Article V of this Mortgage and taking any action and executing any instrument that Mortgagee may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes thereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to applicable Gaming Laws and the Intercreditor Agreements, Mortgagee shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in Mortgagees name or in the name of Mortgagor (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that Mortgagee reasonably deems appropriate to protect Mortgagees interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days after written request by Mortgagee, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare and file or record financing statements and continuation statements, and to prepare, execute and file or record applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagees security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder; provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating Mortgagee to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by Mortgagee, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Mortgagor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 8.4 Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Mortgage Mortgagor or Mortgagee are referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of each of them, and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of Mortgagor that are contained in this Mortgage shall bind its respective permitted successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and its successors and assigns. Mortgagee hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Mortgagee under this Mortgage. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Mortgagee pursuant hereto.
Section 8.5 Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by Mortgagee, any L/C Issuer, any Lender or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of Mortgagee, any L/C Issuer, the Lenders or any other Secured Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights,
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powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Mortgage or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 8.5(b), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan, the increase of any Other First Lien Obligations or the issuance of a Letter of Credit (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether Mortgagee, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Mortgage nor any provision hereof or of any other Security Document may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Mortgagee and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, Section 9.02(a) of the Indenture and any equivalent provision in each applicable Other First Lien Agreement and, by each other Authorized Representative to the extent required by (and in accordance with) such applicable Other First Lien Agreement, or, in each case, as otherwise provided in Section 2.04 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Mortgagee may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Company as to whether any amendment contemplated by this Section 8.5(b) is permitted.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Mortgagee may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to the Mortgaged Property where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Company, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Mortgage or any other Loan Documents.
Section 8.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. MORTGAGOR HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LOAN DOCUMENTS. MORTGAGOR HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF MORTGAGEE OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT MORTGAGEE OR SUCH OTHER SECURED PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER.
Section 8.7 Termination or Release.
(a) This Mortgage and all liens and security interests granted by Mortgagor hereby shall automatically terminate and be released upon the occurrence of both (i) the Termination Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and (ii) the date when all Notes Obligations and any Other First Lien Obligations (in each case other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due and any other obligations that, by the terms of the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreements, are not required to be paid in full prior to termination and release of the Mortgaged Property) have been paid in full and the Secured Parties have no further commitment to extend credit under the Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement.
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(b) Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the lien and security interests in the Mortgaged Property of Mortgagor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement as a result of which Mortgagor ceases to be a Borrower or a Subsidiary or otherwise ceases to be a Loan Party, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to Mortgagor.
(c) (i) Upon any sale or other transfer by Mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property that is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to any person that is not a Loan Party, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, Article IX of the Indenture and any equivalent provision of each applicable Other First Lien Agreement (in each case, to the extent required thereby), or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in the Intercreditor Agreements, the lien and security interest in such Mortgaged Property shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party.
(d) Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its Credit Agreement Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) hereunder and/or the lien and security interests in the Mortgaged Property securing Credit Agreement Secured Obligations shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to Mortgagor.
(e) Solely with respect to any Other First Lien Obligations, Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in the Mortgaged Property shall in each case be automatically released, in each case (i) solely with respect to Notes Obligations, upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04(a) of the Indenture or (ii) with respect to any Other First Lien Obligations, other than the Notes Obligations, upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in any equivalent provision of any applicable Other First Lien Agreement governing such Other First Lien Obligations, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to Mortgagor.
(f) If the Mortgaged Property shall become subject to the release provisions set forth in Section 2.04 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the lien created hereunder on such Mortgaged Property shall be automatically released to the extent (and only to the extent) provided therein.
(g) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 8.7, Mortgagee shall execute and deliver to Mortgagor, at Mortgagors expense, all documents that Mortgagor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, mortgage partial or full releases or UCC amendment or termination statements, as applicable), and will duly assign and transfer to Mortgagor, such of the Mortgaged Property that may be in the possession of Mortgagee and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Mortgage. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be without recourse to or warranty by Mortgagee. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 8.7, Mortgagor shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release (forms of which shall be reasonably acceptable to Mortgagee) prepared by the Borrowers, Mortgagee shall execute, deliver or
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acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of the Mortgaged Property permitted to be released pursuant to this Mortgage. Mortgagor agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Mortgagee (and its representatives and counsel) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
Section 8.8 Waiver of Stay, Moratorium and Similar Rights. Mortgagor agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon or plead or in any way take advantage of any stay, marshalling of assets, extension, redemption or moratorium law now or hereafter in force and effect so as to prevent or hinder the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage or the Obligations secured hereby, or any agreement between Mortgagor and Mortgagee or any rights or remedies of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party.
Section 8.9 Applicable Law. The provisions of this Mortgage shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the state in which the Premises are located.
Section 8.10 Headings. The Article, Section and Subsection titles hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no way alter, modify or define, or be used in construing, the text of such Articles, Sections or Subsections.
Section 8.11 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Mortgage should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Mortgagor and Mortgagee shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8.12 Entire Agreement. This Mortgage and the other applicable Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Mortgagor and Mortgagee relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the applicable Loan Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.
Section 8.13 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 8.14 Recording Documentation To Assure Security. Mortgagor shall, forthwith after the execution and delivery hereof and thereafter, from time to time, cause this Mortgage and any financing statement, continuation statement or similar instrument relating to any of the Mortgaged Property or to any property intended to be subject to the Lien hereof or the security interests created hereby to be filed, registered and recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law and shall take such actions as Mortgagee shall reasonably deem necessary in order to publish notice of and fully to protect the validity and priority of the Liens, assignment, and security interests purported to be created upon the Mortgaged Property and the interest and rights of Mortgagee therein. Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing, registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal or state stamp taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such instruments. In the event Mortgagee advances any sums to pay the amounts set forth in the preceding sentence, such advances shall be secured by this Mortgage.
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Section 8.15 Further Acts. Mortgagor shall, at the sole cost and expense of Mortgagor, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments and assurances as Mortgagee shall from time to time reasonably request, which may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of Mortgagee from time to time to assure, perfect, convey, assign, mortgage, transfer and confirm unto Mortgagee, the property and rights hereby conveyed or assigned or which Mortgagor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to Mortgagee or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms hereof or the filing, registering or recording hereof. In the event Mortgagor shall fail after written demand to execute any instrument or take any action required to be executed or taken by Mortgagor under this Section 8.15, Mortgagee may execute or take the same as the attorney-in-fact for Mortgagor, such power of attorney being coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing, registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal or state stamp taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such instruments. In the event Mortgagee advances any sums to pay the amounts set forth in the preceding sentence, such advances shall be secured by this Mortgage.
Section 8.16 Additions to Mortgaged Property. All right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to all extensions, amendments, relocations, restakings, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of, and all additions and appurtenances to, the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired by or released to Mortgagor or constructed, assembled or placed by Mortgagor upon the Land, and all conversions of the security constituted thereby, immediately upon such acquisition, release, construction, assembling, placement or conversion, as the case may be, and in each such case without any further mortgage, conveyance, assignment or other act by Mortgagor, shall become subject to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage as fully and completely and with the same effect as though now owned by Mortgagor and specifically described in the grant of the Mortgaged Property above, but at any and all times Mortgagor will execute and deliver to Mortgagee any and all such further assurances, mortgages, conveyances or assignments thereof as Mortgagee may reasonably require for the purpose of expressly and specifically subjecting the same to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage.
Section 8.17 Relationship. The relationship of Mortgagee to Mortgagor hereunder is strictly and solely that of creditor and debtor and mortgagor and mortgagee and nothing contained in any other applicable Loan Documents, including without limitation the Credit Agreement, the Indenture, the Collateral Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement, this Mortgage or any other document or instrument now existing and delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the Obligations is intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy or other relationship of any nature whatsoever between Mortgagee and Mortgagor other than as creditor and debtor and mortgagor and mortgagee.
Section 8.18 No Claims Against Mortgagee. Nothing contained in this Mortgage shall constitute any consent or request by Mortgagee, express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, nor as giving Mortgagor any right, power or authority to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against Mortgagee in respect thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.
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Section 8.19 Mortgagees Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The parties hereto agree that Mortgagee shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder by Mortgagor and Mortgagee and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement) shall be indemnified by Mortgagor, in each case of this Section 8.19(a), mutatis mutandis, as provided in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of each Other First Lien Agreement.
(b) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 8.19 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Mortgage or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Mortgage or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 8.19 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
Section 8.20 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Mortgage, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Mortgagor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Mortgage shall affect any right that Mortgagee or any other Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Mortgage against Mortgagor or the Mortgaged Property in the courts where the Premises are located.
(b) Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Mortgage or any other Loan Document in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof. Mortgagor hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Mortgagor irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 8.1. Nothing in this Mortgage or any Loan Document will affect the right of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 8.21 Subject to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted herein to Mortgagee pursuant to this Mortgage are expressly subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by Mortgagee hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Mortgage, the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
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Section 8.22 Other First Lien Obligations. Upon the execution and delivery by the Company to Mortgagee and each Authorized Representative of a fully executed Other First Lien Secured Party Consent in accordance with Section 7.23 of the Collateral Agreement, the holders of the Other First Lien Obligations as set forth in such Other First Lien Secured Party Consent shall be secured by the Mortgaged Property hereunder.
Section 8.23 Application of Gaming Laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Mortgage and any other Loan Document are subject to Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws (as defined in the Collateral Agreement). Without limiting the foregoing, Mortgagees acceptance of this Mortgage shall be conclusively deemed an acknowledgment by Mortgagee that (i) the Secured Parties are subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authotities (as such terms are defined in the Collateral Agreement), in their discretion, for licensing, qualification or findings of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii) all rights, remedies and powers in or under this Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, including with respect to the Mortgaged Property and the ownership and operation of facilities may be subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, and may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws and only to the extent that required approvals (including prior approvals), if any, are obtained from the relevant Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities.
ARTICLE IX LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS
Section 9.1 Local Law Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Mortgage, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Article IX and the other provisions of this Mortgage, the provisions of this Article IX will govern.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgement hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly EXECUTED AND DELIVERED by authority duly given.
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I, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said County and State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that [ ], personally known to me to be the [ ], of [ ], a [ ], personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that as such [ ], he signed and delivered the said instrument of said [ ], pursuant to the authority given by the [ ] of said [ ] as a free and voluntary act, and as the free and voluntary act and deed of said [ ], for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and official seal, this day of , 20 .
Signature of Notary
Commission expires , 20 .
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
Each of the Liens and other encumbrances excepted as being prior to the Lien hereof as set forth in Schedule B to the marked [Pro Forma Policy] issued by [Title Insurance Company], dated as of the date hereof and delivered to Mortgagee on the date hereof, bearing [Title Insurance Company] reference number [Title Number] relating to the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
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Exhibit F
[FORM OF]
PERMITTED LOAN PURCHASE ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Assignor identified on Schedule l hereto (the Assignor) and the undersigned Borrower (the Permitted Loan Assignee) agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Permitted Loan Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Permitted Loan Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement for Permitted Loan Purchases (including, without limitation, Sections 9.04(i) and 9.04(j) thereof), the interest described in Schedule 1 hereto (the Assigned Interest) in and to the Assignors rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to those credit facilities contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (individually, an Assigned Facility; collectively, the Assigned Facilities), in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (c) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrowers, any of their Subsidiaries or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrowers, any of their Subsidiaries or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (d) attaches any Notes held by it evidencing the Assigned Facilities. To the extent the Assignor has retained any interest in the Assigned Facility and holds a Note evidencing such interest, the Assignor hereby requests that the Administrative Agent exchange the attached Notes for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignor, in each case in amounts which reflect the assignment being made hereby (and after giving effect to any other assignments which have become effective on the Effective Date).
3. The Permitted Loan Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and has taken all action necessary
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to execute and deliver this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby; and (b) represents and warrants that it satisfied the requirements specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied in order to make a Permitted Loan Purchase of the Assigned Interest.
4. The effective date of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be the Effective Date of the assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the Effective Date). Following the execution of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance, the Assigned Interest shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished (with a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments to the extent the Assigned Interest consists of Revolving Facility Loans). The Administrative Agent shall update the Register, effective as of the Effective Date, to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Assigned Interest (with a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments to the extent the Assigned Interest consists of Revolving Facility Loans) pursuant to Section 9.04(j) of the Credit Agreement.
5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued prior to the Effective Date. No payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (which shall be deemed to have been cancelled and extinguished as of the Effective Date) shall be due to the Assignor or the Permitted Loan Assignee from and after the Effective Date.
6. As of the Effective Date, the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
7. This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance by facsimile or other electronic delivery shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance.
8. This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance to be executed as of the date first above written.
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Accepted and Consented To: | ||||
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent | ||||
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Schedule 1
Schedule 1
to Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance
Name of Assignor:
Effective Date of Assignment:
Principal Amount Assigned of the Revolving Facility Loans/Revolving Facility Commitments |
Percentage of Revolving Facility Loans/Revolving Facility Commitments Assigned1 |
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Principal Amount Assigned of the Term B Loans |
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1 | Calculate the percentage of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments that is assigned to at least 9 decimal places and show as a percentage of the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of all Revolving Facility Lenders. |
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Exhibit G
[FORM OF ]
DISCOUNTED PREPAYMENT OPTION NOTICE
[Date]
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Discounted Prepayment Option Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(ii) of that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Borrower hereby notifies you that, effective as of [ ], 201[ ], pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(ii) of the Credit Agreement, and such Borrower hereby notifies each Lender that it is seeking:
1. | to prepay Loans of the following Class(es): [ ] at a discount in an aggregate principal amount of [$ ]1 (the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount), with corresponding permanent reductions in Revolving Facility Commitments in the case of prepayments of Revolving Facility Loans; |
2. | a percentage discount to the par value of the principal amount of Loans of such Class(es) greater than or equal to % of par value but less than or equal to [ ]% of par value (the Discount Range); and |
3. | a Lender Participation Notice on or before [ , 20 ]2, as determined pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(iii) of the Credit Agreement (the Acceptance Date). |
Borrower expressly agrees that this Discounted Prepayment Option Notice is subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(g) of the Credit Agreement.
1 | Insert amount that is minimum of $5.0 million. |
2 | Insert date (a Business Day) that is at least five Business Days after date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice. |
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The undersigned Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:
1. | No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrower making the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (after giving effect to any related waivers or amendments obtained in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment). |
2. | The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Agreement and each other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date). |
3. | As of the date hereof, such Borrower (i) has no knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the existence of any event or circumstance (actual or contingent), individually or in the aggregate, that will or would reasonably be expected to give rise to a mandatory prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement (other than the accrual of Excess Cash Flow in the ordinary course) and (ii) has no Material Information with respect to the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries or securities that has not been disclosed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or to the public. Material Information shall mean the disclosure of the occurrence of a material effect, or any event or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material effect (in each case whether positive or negative), on (1) the business, property, operations, condition, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (2) the ability of the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries to perform their obligations under the Credit Documents or (3) the rights or remedies available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents. |
Borrower respectfully requests that Administrative Agent promptly notify each of the Lenders party to the Agreement of this Discounted Prepayment Option Notice.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Discounted Prepayment Option Notice as of the date first above written.
[BORROWER] | ||||
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Exhibit H
[FORM OF]
LENDER PARTICIPATION NOTICE
[Date]
To: | CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., | |
1615 Brett Road | ||
New Castle, DE 19720 | ||
Attention: Agency Department | ||
(302) 894-6010 | ||
agencyabtfsupport@citi.com |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to (1) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent), and (2) that certain Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, dated [ ], 201[ ], from Borrower(s) party thereto (the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement, or if not defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice.
The undersigned Lender hereby gives you notice, pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(iii) of the Agreement, that it is willing to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment on Loans held by such Lender:
1. | in a maximum aggregate principal amount of |
[$ of Term B Loans
$ of Revolving Facility Loans (collectively, the Offered Loans)]1, and
2. | at a percentage discount to par value of the principal amount of Offered Loans equal to [ ]% of par value (the Acceptable Discount). |
The undersigned Lender expressly agrees that this offer is subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(g) of the Agreement. Furthermore, conditioned upon the Applicable Discount determined pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(iii) of the Agreement being a percentage of par value less than or equal to the Acceptable Discount, the undersigned Lender hereby expressly consents and agrees to a prepayment of its Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(g) of the Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Offered Loans, as such principal amount may be reduced if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable in connection with such Qualifying Loans) would exceed the
1 | Insert applicable Class(es) of Loans. |
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Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for the relevant Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, and acknowledges and agrees that such prepayment of its Loans will be allocated at par value, but the actual payment made to such Revolving Loan Lender will be reduced in accordance with the Applicable Discount. In addition, in the case that the Offered Loans include Revolving Facility Loans, the undersigned hereby expressly consents and agrees to a permanent reduction in its Revolving Facility Commitments equal to the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Facility Loans so prepaid.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Lender Participation Notice as of the date first above written.
[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: ]2 |
2 | If a second signature is required. |
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Exhibit I
[FORM OF ]
DISCOUNTED VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT NOTICE
[Date]
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(v) of that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Borrower hereby irrevocably notifies you that, pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(iv) of the Credit Agreement, such Borrower will make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment to each Lender with Qualifying Loans, which shall be made:
1. | on or before [ , 20 ], as determined pursuant to Section 2.11(g)(v) of the Agreement, |
2. | in the aggregate principal amount of |
[$ of Term B Loans
$ of Revolving Facility Loans]1, and
3. | at a percentage discount to the par value of the principal amount of the Loans equal to [ ]% of par value (the Applicable Discount). |
The undersigned Borrower expressly agrees that this Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is irrevocable and is subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(g) of the Agreement.
The undersigned Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:
1. | No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Borrower making the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (after giving effect to any related waivers or amendments obtained in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment). |
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2. | Each of the conditions to the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in Section 2.11(g) of the Agreement has been satisfied. |
3. | The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Agreement and each other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, the Acceptance Date and the date of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date). |
4. | As of the date hereof, such Borrower (i) has no knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the existence of any event or circumstance (actual or contingent), individually or in the aggregate, that will or would reasonably be expected to give rise to a mandatory prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement (other than the accrual of Excess Cash Flow in the ordinary course) and (ii) has no Material Information with respect to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or securities that has not been disclosed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or to the public. Material Information shall mean the disclosure of the occurrence of a material effect, or any event or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material effect (in each case whether positive or negative), on (1) the business, property, operations, condition, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (2) the ability of the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries to perform their obligations under the Credit Documents or (3) the rights or remedies available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents. |
The undersigned Borrower agrees that if prior to the date of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, any representation or warranty made herein by it will not be true and correct as of the date of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment as if then made, it will promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such fact, who will promptly notify each participating Lender. After such notification, any participating Lender may revoke its Lender Participation Notice within two Business Days of receiving such notification.
The undersigned Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are relying on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing in connection with extending Offered Loans and the acceptance of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment made as a result of this Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice.
The undersigned Borrower respectfully requests that Administrative Agent promptly notify each of the Lenders party to the Agreement of this Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice as of the date first above written.
[BORROWER] | ||||
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
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Exhibit J
SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
[ ], 201[ ]
This Solvency Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(e) of the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned hereby certifies, solely in his capacity as an officer, as follows:
1. I am the [Chief Financial Officer] of the Company. I am familiar with the Transactions, and have reviewed such documents and made such investigation as I have deemed relevant for the purposes of this Solvency Certificate.
2. As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, on and as of such date (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
3. As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, none of the Borrowers intends to, and none of the Borrowers believes that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debts or the debts of any such subsidiary.
This Solvency Certificate is being delivered by the undersigned officer only in his capacity as [Chief Financial Officer] of the Company and not individually and the undersigned shall have no personal liability to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect thereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate on the date first written above.
[NAME OF THE COMPANY] | ||||||
By: | ||||||
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Name: | ||||||
Title: | [Chief Financial Officer] |
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Exhibit K
[FORM OF]
GLOBAL INTERCOMPANY NOTE
[ ], 201[ ]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, to the extent a borrower from time to time from any other entity listed on the signature pages hereto (each, in such capacity, an Issuer), hereby promises to pay on demand to the order of such other entity listed below (each, in such capacity as lender to the applicable Issuer, a Holder and, together with each Issuer, a Note Party), in immediately available funds in the currencies as shall be agreed from time to time, at such location as the applicable Holder shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances or other credit extensions made by such Holder to such Issuer. Each Issuer promises also to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of all such loans and advances or other credit extensions in like money at said location from the date of such loans and advances until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Issuer and such Holder.
With respect to any Issuer and any Holder between whom loans, advances or other credit extensions exist as of the date of this Note (such loans, advances or other credit extensions, Existing Obligations), (a) if any Existing Obligation is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or agreement in existence as of the date hereof (an Existing Note), it is agreed between such Issuer and such Holder that the obligations under such Existing Note are hereafter to be evidenced by this Note and (b) it is agreed between such Issuer and such Holder that the agreements in existence as of the date hereof with respect to any Existing Obligation (including agreements contained in any Existing Note) as to principal, amortization, currency, payment location and interest rate (if any) will continue to have effect under this Note until modified by agreement between such Issuer and such Holder.
Reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October [], 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among (a) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC), (b) Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) (i) Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (ii) Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (iii) Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iv) Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (vi) Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, ((a), (b) and (c) collectively as the Borrowers or each, a Borrower), the Lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Anything in this note (the Note) to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Issuer that is the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party to any Holder that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to (i) all Obligations of the Borrower or such Issuer under the Credit Agreement and (ii) all other Indebtedness of such Issuer or any guaranty thereof (including, without limitation, the Senior Unsecured Notes), other than Indebtedness that by its terms expressly provides that it shall not be Senior Indebtedness hereunder (such Obligations and such Indebtedness and other indebtedness and obligations in connection with any renewal, refunding, restructuring or refinancing thereof, including interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any proceedings referred to in clause (i) below, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding, being hereinafter collectively referred to as Senior Indebtedness):
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(i) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith, relative to any Issuer or to its creditors, as such, or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Issuer, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, (x) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness before any Holder is entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demands for, any payment on account of this Note and (y) until the holders of Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness, any payment or distribution to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled (other than debt securities of such Issuer that are subordinated, to at least the same extent as this Note, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as Restructured Debt Securities)) shall be made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness;
(ii) if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Senior Indebtedness (including any Default under the Credit Agreement), then no payment or distribution of any kind or character shall be made by or on behalf of the Issuer or any other Person on its behalf with respect to this Note; and
(iii) if any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), in respect of this Note shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Holder in violation of clause (i) or (ii) before all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or their representatives), ratably according to the respective aggregate amounts remaining unpaid thereon, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, no present or future holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be prejudiced in its right to enforce the subordination of this Note by any act or failure to act on the part of any Issuer or by any act or failure to act on the part of such holder or any trustee or agent for such holder. Each Holder and each Issuer hereby agree that the subordination of this Note is for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are obligees under this Note to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, proceed to enforce the subordination provisions herein.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Issuer that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party shall not be subordinated to, and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with, any other obligation of such Issuer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Issuer and each Holder, the obligations of such Issuer, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holder the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Holder and other creditors of such Issuer other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Each Holder is hereby authorized to record all loans and advances or other credit extensions made by it to any Issuer (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein. For the avoidance of doubt, this Note as between each Issuer and each Holder contains additional terms to any intercompany loan agreement between them and this Note does not in any way replace such intercompany loans between them nor does this Note in any way change the principal amount of any intercompany loans between them.
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Upon execution and delivery after the date hereof by the Borrower or any subsidiary of the Borrower of a counterpart signature page hereto, such subsidiary shall become a Note Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Note Party hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Note Party hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Note Party as a party to this Note.
Each Issuer hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note. All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Global Intercompany Note as of the date first above.
[NAME OF ENTITY], | ||||
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Exhibit L-1
[FORM OF]
SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE
AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT
[subleases]
SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT
This SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of the day of , 201 by and between [SUBTENANT] (Subtenant), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent) pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 (the Credit Agreement) among Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., Rio Properties, LLC, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, certain other parties thereto and the Collateral Agent.
R E C I T A L S:
A. Subtenant is the tenant under that certain sublease dated , 201 between [Sublandlord] (Sublandlord), as sublandlord, and Subtenant, as subtenant (as amended through the date hereof, the Sublease), pursuant to which Subtenant subleased the subleased property (the Subleased Premises), as more particularly described in Schedule A attached hereto.
B. Sublandlord is the tenant under that certain lease dated , 201 between [APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY] (Landlord), as landlord, and Sublandlord, as tenant (as amended through the date hereof, the Lease) with respect to the property known as [ ], located at [ ], as more particularly described in Schedule B attached hereto (the Property), which Property contains the Subleased Premises.
C. Landlord has granted a mortgage lien on and security interest in the Property to Collateral Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement))) pursuant to one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or similar security instruments (collectively, the Security Instruments).
D. Subtenant has agreed to subordinate the Sublease to the Security Instruments and to the lien thereof and Collateral Agent has agreed not to disturb Subtenants possessory rights in the Subleased Premises under the Sublease on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
A G R E E M E N T:
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
1. Subordination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Sublease, the Sublease and the sub-leasehold estate created thereby and all of Subtenants rights thereunder are and shall at all times be subject and subordinate in all respects to the Security Instruments and the lien thereof, and to all rights of Collateral Agent thereunder, and to any and all advances to be made thereunder, and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions thereof.
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2. Nondisturbance. So long as Subtenant or any subtenants of Subtenant permitted under the terms of the Sublease is in actual possession of the Subleased Premises and complies with the provisions of this Agreement, pays all rents and other charges as specified in the Sublease and is not otherwise in default (beyond applicable notice and cure periods) of any of its obligations and covenants pursuant to the Sublease, Collateral Agent agrees for itself and its successors in interest and for any other person acquiring title to the Property through a Termination Event (each an Acquiring Party), that Subtenants possession, including possession by any permitted subtenants of Subtenant, of the Subleased Premises as described in the Sublease will not be disturbed during the term of the Sublease by reason of a Termination Event, and such Acquiring Party and Subtenant shall execute a new lease (a New Lease) upon the same terms and conditions as then contained in the Sublease, expiring on the same date as the Sublease (and including the same extension options). Collateral Agent shall give Subtenant prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Termination Event of which it has knowledge, which notice shall contain a request for a draft New Lease.
Termination Event means:
(i) Any termination, surrender, abandonment or acceptance of surrender of the Lease or Sublease for any reason, including by foreclosure, trustees sale or by the termination or rejection of the Lease or Sublease by any trustee in bankruptcy under the provisions of United States Bankruptcy Code; or
(ii) The sale, assignment or transfer of Landlords interest under the Lease or Sublandlords interest under the Sublease pursuant to the exercise of any remedy of Collateral Agent under the Security Instruments, by foreclosure, trustees sale, deed or assignment in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise; or
(iii) Any other transfer of Landlord or Sublandlords interest in the Property under peril of foreclosure.
Provided that Subtenant has received notice from Collateral Agent of a Termination Event, Subtenant shall deliver to Acquiring Party a draft New Lease for the Premises, as described above, within thirty days after receipt of such notice. Each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate and execute a New Lease within thirty (30) days of receipt of Subtenants delivery of a draft New Lease. From the date of any Termination Event, during the periods noted in this paragraph, and if a New Lease cannot be agreed to using commercially reasonable efforts then until the termination of the Sublease, the Sublease shall be and remain in effect, and Subtenant hereby agrees to keep, observe and perform all of the agreements, conditions, covenants and terms of the Sublease on the part of Subtenant to be kept, observed and performed, and Acquiring Party hereby agrees to keep, observe and perform all of the agreements, conditions, covenants and terms of the Sublease on the part of Sublandlord to be kept, observed and performed. The provision in the preceding sentence shall be self-operative and shall not require the execution of any further instrument or agreement by Acquiring Party or Subtenant as a condition to its effectiveness.
3. Attornment. Subtenant agrees to attorn to, accept and recognize any Acquiring Party as the Landlord under the New Lease or as Sublandlord under the Sublease, as described in Section 2 above, pursuant to the provisions expressly set forth therein.
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4. No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Sublease, it is specifically understood and agreed that neither the Collateral Agent, any receiver nor any Acquiring Party shall be:
(a) liable for any act, omission, negligence or default of any prior sublandlord (including Sublandlord); or
(b) liable for any failure of any prior sublandlord (including Sublandlord) to construct any improvements or bound by any covenant to construct any improvement at the commencement of the term of the Sublease; or
(c) subject to any offsets, credits, claims or defenses which Subtenant might have against any prior sublandlord (including Sublandlord); or
(d) bound by any (i) rent or additional rent which is payable on a monthly basis and which Subtenant has or might have paid for more than one (1) month in advance to any prior sublandlord (including Sublandlord) or (ii) security deposit or other prepaid charge which Subtenant has or might have paid in advance to any prior sublandlord (including Sublandlord), except, in each case, to the extent delivered to the Collateral Agent, receiver or the Acquiring Party, as the case may be; or
(e) liable to Subtenant hereunder or under the terms of the Sublease beyond the Collateral Agents, receivers or the Acquiring Partys interest in the Subleased Premises; or
(f) bound by any assignment, subletting, renewal, extension or any other agreement or modification of the Sublease made without the written consent of Collateral Agent except to the extent such things are expressly permitted under the terms of the Sublease; or
(g) bound by any consensual or negotiated surrender, cancellation or termination of the Sublease, in whole or in part, agreed upon between Sublandlord and Subtenant unless effected unilaterally by Subtenant pursuant to the express terms of the Sublease or made with the prior written consent of Collateral Agent; or
(h) liable to any broker or other third party for future commission or other fees and expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subtenant reserves its right to any and all claims or causes of action against such prior sublandlord for prior losses or damages.
5. Certain Acknowledgments by Subtenant. This Agreement satisfies any and all conditions or requirements in the Sublease relating to the granting of a non-disturbance agreement.
6. Collateral Agent To Receive Default Notices. Without limiting the general nature of Section 5 above, Subtenant shall notify Collateral Agent of any default by Sublandlord under the Sublease that would entitle Subtenant to cancel the Sublease, and agrees that, notwithstanding any provisions of the Sublease to the contrary, no notice of cancellation thereof shall be effective unless Collateral Agent shall have received notice of default giving rise to such cancellation and shall have failed within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to cure such default
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or, if such default cannot be cured within thirty (30) days, shall have failed within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to commence and thereafter diligently pursue any action necessary to cure such default.
7. Estoppel. Subtenant hereby certifies and represents to Collateral Agent that as of the date of this Agreement:
(a) the Sublease is in full force and effect;
(b) except as noted on Schedule C, all requirements for the commencement and validity of the Sublease have been satisfied and there are no unfulfilled conditions to Subtenants obligations under the Sublease;
(c) to the best of Subtenants knowledge, Subtenant is not in default under the Sublease and has not received any uncured notice of any default by Subtenant under the Sublease; to the best of Subtenants knowledge, Sublandlord is not in default under the Sublease; to the best of Subtenants knowledge, no act, event or condition has occurred which with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by Subtenant or Sublandlord under the Sublease; and to the best of Subtenants knowledge, no claim by Subtenant of any nature exists against Sublandlord under the Sublease and all obligations of Sublandlord to date have been fully performed;
(d) there are no defenses, counterclaims or setoffs against rents or charges due or which may become due under the Sublease;
(e) none of the rent which Subtenant is required to pay under the Sublease has been prepaid, or will in the future be prepaid, more than one (1) month in advance;
(f) Subtenant has no right or option contained in the Sublease or in any other document to purchase all or any portion of the Subleased Premises;
(g) the Sublease has not been modified or amended and constitutes the entire agreement between Sublandlord and Subtenant relating to the Subleased Premises;
(h) Subtenant has not assigned, mortgaged, sublet, conveyed or otherwise transferred any or all of its interest under the Sublease; and
(i) Subtenant has full authority to enter into this Agreement, which has been duly authorized by all necessary action.
8. Notices. All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been properly given (i) upon delivery, if delivered in person with receipt acknowledged by the recipient thereof, (ii) three (3) Business Days (hereinafter defined) after having been deposited for overnight delivery with any reputable overnight courier service, or (iii) five (5) Business Days after having been deposited in any post office or mail depository regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service and sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the receiving party at its address set forth above or addressed as such party may from time to time designate by written notice to the other parties. For purposes of this Section 8, the term Business Day shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York, New York or Las Vegas, Nevada. Either party by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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9. Successors. The obligations and rights of the parties pursuant to this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives of the respective parties; provided, however, that in the event of the assignment or transfer of the interest of Collateral Agent, all obligations and liabilities of Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall terminate, and thereupon all such obligations and liabilities shall be the responsibility of the party to whom Collateral Agents interest is assigned or transferred. In addition, Subtenant acknowledges that all references herein to Sublandlord and Landlord shall mean the owner of the landlord and sublandlords interest in the Lease and Sublease, respectively, even if said owner shall be different from the Landlord or Sublandlord, as applicable, named in the Recitals.
10. Duplicate Original; Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be an original. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement.
11. Limitation of Collateral Agents Liability.
(a) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, shall have no obligations nor incur any liability with respect to any warranties of any nature whatsoever, whether pursuant to the Sublease or otherwise, including, without limitation, any warranties respecting use, compliance with zoning, Sublandlords title, Sublandlords authority, habitability, fitness for purpose or possession.
(b) In the event that Collateral Agent shall acquire title to the Subleased Premises or the Property, Collateral Agent shall have no obligation, nor incur any liability, beyond Collateral Agents then interest, if any, in the Subleased Premises or the Property, and Subtenant shall look exclusively to such interest of Collateral Agent, if any, in the Subleased Premises or the Property for the payment and discharge of any obligations imposed upon Collateral Agent hereunder or under the Sublease, and Collateral Agent is hereby released and relieved of any other obligations hereunder and under the Sublease.
12. Modification in Writing. This Agreement may not be modified except by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto or their respective successors in interest.
13. Lien of Security Instruments. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way impair or affect the lien created by the Security Instruments or the provisions thereof.
14. Compliance with Sublease. Subtenant agrees that in the event there is any inconsistency between the terms and provisions hereof and the terms and provisions of the Sublease, the terms and provisions hereof shall be controlling.
15. Governing Law; Severability. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. If any term of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such terms to any person or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and each term of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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16. Further Actions. Subtenant agrees to execute and deliver, at any time and from time to time upon the reasonable request of Collateral Agent or any Acquiring Party, such documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to fully implement or to further evidence the understandings and agreements contained in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Collateral Agent has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
State of
County of
This instrument was acknowledged before me on , 20 by as of Citicorp North America, Inc.
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(seal, if any)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subtenant has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
[ ],
a [ ]
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Name: | ||
Title: |
State of
County of
This instrument was acknowledged before me on by as of .
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(seal, if any)
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SCHEDULE A
Subleased Premises
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SCHEDULE B
Legal Description of Property
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SCHEDULE C
Requirements for Commencement of Sublease
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Exhibit L-2
[FORM OF]
SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE
AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT
[direct retail and space leases]
SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT
This SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of the day of , 201 by and between [TENANT] (Tenant), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent) pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 (the Credit Agreement) among Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., Rio Properties, LLC, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, certain other parties thereto and the Collateral Agent.
R E C I T A L S:
A. Tenant is the tenant under that certain lease dated , 201 between [APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY] (Landlord), as landlord, and Tenant, as tenant (as amended through the date hereof, the Lease), for the leased premises as described in Schedule A attached hereto (the Leased Premises), which Leased Premises is located on the property known as [ ], located at [ ], as more particularly described in Schedule B attached hereto (the Property).
B. Landlord has granted a mortgage lien on and security interest in the Property to Collateral Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement))) pursuant to one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or similar security instruments (collectively, the Security Instruments).
C. Tenant has agreed to subordinate the Lease to the Security Instruments and to the lien thereof and Collateral Agent has agreed not to disturb Tenants possessory rights in the Leased Premises under the Lease on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
A G R E E M E N T:
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
1. Subordination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Lease, the Lease and the leasehold estate created thereby and all of Tenants rights thereunder are and shall at all times be subject and subordinate in all respects to the Security Instruments and the lien thereof, and to all rights of Collateral Agent thereunder, and to any and all advances to be made thereunder, and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions thereof.
2. Nondisturbance. So long as Tenant or any subtenants of Tenant permitted under the terms of the Lease is in actual possession of the Leased Premises and complies with the provisions of this Agreement, pays all rents and other charges as specified in the Lease and is not otherwise in default (beyond applicable notice and cure periods) of any of its obligations and
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covenants pursuant to the Lease, Collateral Agent agrees for itself and its successors in interest and for any other person acquiring title to the Property through a Termination Event (each an Acquiring Party), that Tenants possession, including possession by any permitted subtenants of Tenant, of the Leased Premises as described in the Lease will not be disturbed during the term of the Lease by reason of a Termination Event. Collateral Agent shall give Tenant prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Termination Event.
Termination Event means:
(i) Any termination, surrender, abandonment or acceptance of surrender of the Lease for any reason, including by foreclosure, trustees sale or by the termination or rejection of the Lease by any trustee in bankruptcy under the provisions of United States Bankruptcy Code; or
(ii) The sale, assignment or transfer of Landlords interest under the Lease pursuant to the exercise of any remedy of Collateral Agent under the Security Instruments, by foreclosure, trustees sale, deed or assignment in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise; or
(iii) Any other transfer of Landlords interest in the Property under peril of foreclosure.
3. Attornment. Tenant agrees to attorn to, accept and recognize any Acquiring Party as the landlord under the Lease, pursuant to the provisions expressly set forth therein for the then remaining balance of the term of the Lease, and any extensions thereof as made pursuant to the Lease. The foregoing provision shall be self-operative and shall not require the execution of any further instrument or agreement by Tenant as a condition to its effectiveness.
4. No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Lease, it is specifically understood and agreed that neither the Collateral Agent, any receiver nor any Acquiring Party shall be:
(a) liable for any act, omission, negligence or default of any prior landlord (including Landlord); or
(b) liable for any failure of any prior landlord (including Landlord) to construct any improvements or bound by any covenant to construct any improvement at the commencement of the term of the Lease; or
(c) subject to any offsets, credits, claims or defenses which Tenant might have against any prior landlord (including Landlord); or
(d) bound by any (i) rent or additional rent which is payable on a monthly basis and which Tenant has or might have paid for more than one (1) month in advance to any prior landlord (including Landlord) or (ii) security deposit or other prepaid charge which Tenant has or might have paid in advance to any prior landlord (including Landlord), except, in each case, to the extent delivered to the Collateral Agent, receiver or the Acquiring Party, as the case may be; or
(e) liable to Tenant hereunder or under the terms of the Lease beyond the Collateral Agents, receivers or the Acquiring Partys interest in the Property; or
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(f) bound by any assignment, subletting, renewal, extension or any other agreement or modification of the Lease made without the written consent of Collateral Agent except to the extent such things are expressly permitted under the terms of the Lease; or
(g) bound by any consensual or negotiated surrender, cancellation or termination of the Lease, in whole or in part, agreed upon between Landlord and Tenant unless effected unilaterally by Tenant pursuant to the express terms of the Lease or made with the prior written consent of Collateral Agent; or
(h) liable to any broker or other third party for future commission or other fees and expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant reserves its right to any and all claims or causes of action against such prior landlord for prior losses or damages.
5. Certain Acknowledgments by Tenant. This Agreement satisfies any and all conditions or requirements in the Lease relating to the granting of a non-disturbance agreement.
6. Collateral Agent To Receive Default Notices. Without limiting the general nature of Section 5 above, Tenant shall notify Collateral Agent of any default by Landlord under the Lease that would entitle Tenant to cancel the Lease, and agrees that, notwithstanding any provisions of the Lease to the contrary, no notice of cancellation thereof shall be effective unless Collateral Agent shall have received notice of default giving rise to such cancellation and shall have failed within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to cure such default or, if such default cannot be cured within thirty (30) days, shall have failed within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to commence and thereafter diligently pursue any action necessary to cure such default.
7. Estoppel. Tenant hereby certifies and represents to Collateral Agent that as of the date of this Agreement:
(a) the Lease is in full force and effect;
(b) except as noted on Schedule C, all requirements for the commencement and validity of the Lease have been satisfied and there are no unfulfilled conditions to Tenants obligations under the Lease;
(c) to the best of Tenants knowledge, Tenant is not in default under the Lease and has not received any uncured notice of any default by Tenant under the Lease; to the best of Tenants knowledge, Landlord is not in default under the Lease; to the best of Tenants knowledge, no act, event or condition has occurred which with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default by Tenant or Landlord under the Lease; and to the best of Tenants knowledge, no claim by Tenant of any nature exists against Landlord under the Lease and all obligations of Landlord to date have been fully performed;
(d) there are no defenses, counterclaims or setoffs against rents or charges due or which may become due under the Lease;
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(e) none of the rent which Tenant is required to pay under the Lease has been prepaid, or will in the future be prepaid, more than one (1) month in advance;
(f) Tenant has no right or option contained in the Lease or in any other document to purchase all or any portion of the Leased Premises;
(g) the Lease has not been modified or amended and constitutes the entire agreement between Landlord and Tenant relating to the Leased Premises;
(h) Tenant has not assigned, mortgaged, sublet, conveyed or otherwise transferred any or all of its interest under the Lease; and
(i) Tenant has full authority to enter into this Agreement, which has been duly authorized by all necessary action.
8. Notices. All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been properly given (i) upon delivery, if delivered in person with receipt acknowledged by the recipient thereof, (ii) three (3) Business Days (hereinafter defined) after having been deposited for overnight delivery with any reputable overnight courier service, or (iii) five (5) Business Days after having been deposited in any post office or mail depository regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service and sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the receiving party at its address set forth above or addressed as such party may from time to time designate by written notice to the other parties. For purposes of this Section 8, the term Business Day shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York, New York or Las Vegas, Nevada. Either party by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
9. Successors. The obligations and rights of the parties pursuant to this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives of the respective parties; provided, however, that in the event of the assignment or transfer of the interest of Collateral Agent, all obligations and liabilities of Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall terminate, and thereupon all such obligations and liabilities shall be the responsibility of the party to whom Collateral Agents interest is assigned or transferred. In addition, Tenant acknowledges that all references herein to Landlord shall mean the owner of the landlords interest in the Lease, even if said owner shall be different from the Landlord, named in the Recitals.
10. Duplicate Original; Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be an original. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement.
11. Limitation of Collateral Agents Liability.
(a) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, shall have no obligations nor incur any liability with respect to any warranties of any nature whatsoever, whether pursuant to the Lease or otherwise, including, without limitation, any warranties respecting use, compliance with zoning, Landlords title, Landlords authority, habitability, fitness for purpose or possession.
(b) In the event that Collateral Agent shall acquire title to the Leased Premises or the Property, Collateral Agent shall have no obligation, nor incur any liability, beyond Collateral
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Agents then interest, if any, in the Leased Premises or the Property, and Tenant shall look exclusively to such interest of Collateral Agent, if any, in the Leased Premises or the Property for the payment and discharge of any obligations imposed upon Collateral Agent hereunder or under the Lease, and Collateral Agent is hereby released and relieved of any other obligations hereunder and under the Lease.
12. Modification in Writing. This Agreement may not be modified except by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto or their respective successors in interest.
13. Lien of Security Instruments. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way impair or affect the lien created by the Security Instruments or the provisions thereof.
14. Compliance with Lease. Tenant agrees that in the event there is any inconsistency between the terms and provisions hereof and the terms and provisions of the Lease, the terms and provisions hereof shall be controlling.
15. Governing Law; Severability. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. If any term of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such terms to any person or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and each term of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
16. Further Actions. Tenant agrees to execute and deliver, at any time and from time to time upon the reasonable request of Collateral Agent or any Acquiring Party, such documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to fully implement or to further evidence the understandings and agreements contained in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Collateral Agent has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
State of
County of
This instrument was acknowledged before me on , 20 by as of Citicorp North America, Inc.
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(Signature of notarial officer) |
(seal, if any)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tenant has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
[ ], a [ ] [ ] as Tenant | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
State of
County of
This instrument was acknowledged before me on , 20 by as of .
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(Signature of notarial officer) |
(seal, if any)
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SCHEDULE A
Leased Premises
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SCHEDULE B
Legal Description of Property
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SCHEDULE C
Requirements for Commencement of Lease
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EXHIBIT M
[FORM OF]
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN)
[SEE EXHIBIT 10.4]
EXHIBIT N
[FORM OF]
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN)
This SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Guaranty), dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among each Subsidiary Loan Party from time to time party hereto (each individually a Guarantor and collectively, Guarantors), and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Collateral Agent) for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the Borrowers and each, a Borrower), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent for the Lenders, and the other parties thereto, have entered into a First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement), providing for the making of Loans to and the issuance of and participation in Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the making of Loans to and the issuance of and participation in Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will obtain benefits from the incurrence of Loans by and the issuance of and participation in Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers, and accordingly desires to execute this Guaranty in order to satisfy the condition described in the preceding paragraph and to induce the Lenders to make Loans to and to participate in Letters of Credit and for each L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers.
1. | DEFINITIONS. |
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein. As used in this Guaranty, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Borrowers or Borrower has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Claiming Guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(b).
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Collateral Agent has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Contributing Guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(b).
Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
Fraudulent Transfer Laws has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(g).
Guaranty has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Guaranteed Obligations has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(a).
Guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
2. | THE GUARANTY. |
(a) Guarantee of Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees to the Collateral Agent, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the Guaranteed Obligations) for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. Each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.
(b) Guarantee of Payment. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of any Borrower or any other person.
(c) No Limitations. Except for termination of a Guarantors obligations hereunder as expressly provided for in Section 5(i), the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise (other than defense of payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of the Guaranteed Obligations). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or
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enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Guaranty (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (iii) the release of, or the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution, release or any impairment of, any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (vi) any illegality, lack of validity or unenforceability of any Guaranteed Obligation; (vii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any Borrower or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Guaranteed Obligation (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (viii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that the Guarantor may have at any time against any Borrower, the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or any other corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; and (ix) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party that might otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any Borrower or any Guarantor or any other guarantor or surety (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations). To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) each Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder, (ii) each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Loan Party, other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations, (iii) the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds, and (iv) each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.
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(d) Reinstatement. Each Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or otherwise.
(e) Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Party in cash the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against any Borrower or any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be fully subordinated to the Guaranteed Obligations; provided that if any amount shall be paid to such Guarantor on account of such right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise prior to the Termination Date and an Event of Default shall be continuing, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement.
(f) Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of each Borrowers and each other Loan Partys financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
(g) Maximum Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Collateral Agent for itself and on behalf of each Lender hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such persons that this Guaranty and the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law (collectively, Fraudulent Transfer Laws) to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Lender, and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to any rights to contribution and/or subrogation pursuant to any agreement or arising under applicable law providing for an equitable contribution and/or subrogation among such Guarantor and the other Guarantors, result in the obligations of such Guarantor not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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(h) Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it is familiar with the Credit Agreement and the representations and warranties applicable to it thereunder. Each Guarantor also agrees that the representations and warranties contained in Article III of the Credit Agreement, insofar as the representations and warranties contained therein are applicable to any Guarantor and its properties, are true and correct in all material respects on each date on which such representations and warranties are repeated in accordance with the Loan Documents (except to the extent they relate to any earlier date in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), each representation and warranty set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement (insofar as applicable as aforesaid) and all other terms of the Credit Agreement to which reference is made therein, together with all related definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by this reference as though specifically set forth in this Section 2(h).
(i) Covenants. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it is familiar with the Credit Agreement and the covenants applicable to it thereunder. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that, at all times prior to the termination of this Guaranty in accordance with Section 5(i), it will be bound by all of the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in Articles V and VI of the Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable to such Guarantor, each such agreement, covenant and obligation contained in Articles V and VI of the Credit Agreement, together with all related definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by this reference as though specifically set forth in this Section 2(i).
3. | FURTHER ASSURANCES. |
Each Guarantor agrees, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent at the direction of the Administrative Agent, to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, from time to time, any additional instruments or documents reasonably considered necessary by the Administrative Agent to cause this Guaranty to be, become or remain valid and effective in accordance with its terms.
4. | PAYMENTS FREE AND CLEAR OF TAXES. |
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor will perform or observe all of the terms, covenants and agreements that Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement requires such Guarantor to perform or observe, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.
5. | OTHER TERMS. |
(a) Entire Agreement. This Guaranty, together with the other Loan Documents, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements relating to a guaranty of the loans and advances under the Loan Documents.
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(b) Headings. The headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only and are not part of the substance of this Guaranty.
(c) Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and any increase in Commitments under the Credit Agreement.
(d) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such a manner to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(e) Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
(f) Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Guaranty any Guarantor is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party (in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement); and all covenants, promises and agreements by any Guarantor that are contained in this Guaranty shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective permitted successors and assigns.
(g) No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Amendments. No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver hereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that it would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Guaranty or consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by this Section 5(g), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Collateral Agent may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle any Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Guarantor or Guarantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.
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(h) Collateral Agents Fees and Expenses, Indemnification. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay, or cause to be paid, on demand, and to save the Secured Parties harmless against liability for, any and all costs and expenses incurred or expended by any Secured Party in connection with this Guaranty, all in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement.
(i) Termination and Release.
(1) This Guaranty shall terminate on the Termination Date.
(2) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder in accordance with Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement.
(3) In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 5(i), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the Borrowers, at the Borrowers expense, all documents that any Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5(i) shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.
(j) Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Guaranty by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Guaranty.
6. | INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION. |
(a) Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6(c)), each Borrower agrees that (i) in the event a payment shall be made by any Guarantor under this Guaranty in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation, such Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (ii) in the event any assets of any Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to this Guaranty or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part a Guaranteed Obligation, such Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
(b) Contribution and Subrogation. Each Guarantor (a Contributing Guarantor) agrees (subject to Section 6(c)) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor hereunder in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation or assets of any other Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Guaranteed Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Guarantor (the Claiming Guarantor) shall not have been fully indemnified by the applicable Borrower as provided in Section 6(a), the Contributing Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as applicable, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of such
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Contributing Guarantor on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 5.10(d) of the Credit Agreement, the date of the supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor under Section 6(a) to the extent of such payment.
(c) Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Sections 6(a) and 6(b) and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation of any Guarantor under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities to the extent no claim therefor has been made). No failure on the part of any Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 6(a) and 6(b) (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
7. | SECURITY. |
To secure payment of each Guarantors obligations under this Guaranty, concurrently with the execution of this Guaranty, each Guarantor has entered into the Collateral Agreement and has entered into or may enter into certain other Security Documents pursuant to which each Guarantor has granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, a security interest in the Collateral described therein.
8. | APPLICABLE LAW. |
THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9. | CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. |
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT OR FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE
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JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY IN ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY TO THIS GUARANTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 5(e). NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS GUARANTY TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10. | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. |
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.
11. | RIGHT OF SET OFF. |
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any of and all the obligations of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty owed to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Guaranty and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 11 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender may have.
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12. | ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARIES. |
Upon execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and any Subsidiary Loan Party that is required to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement (or otherwise elects to become a party hereto) of an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto, such Subsidiary Loan Party shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Guaranty. The rights and obligations of each party to this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Guaranty.
13. | APPLICABLE GAMING LAWS AND LIQUOR LAWS. |
The parties hereby incorporate by reference all of the terms and conditions of Section 9.22 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
CAESARS LINQ, LLC CAESARS OCTAVIUS, LLC | ||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 1, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 2, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 3, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 4, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 5, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 6, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 7, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 8, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 9, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO, LLC OCTAVIUS/LINQ INTERMEDIATE HOLDING, LLC PARIS LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | Donald Colvin | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit I
to Guaranty
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of (this Supplement), to the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement (First Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Guaranty), by and among each Subsidiary Loan Party from time to time party thereto (each individually a Guarantor and collectively, Guarantors), and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Collateral Agent) for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
A. Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the Borrowers and each, a Borrower), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent for the Lenders, and the other parties party thereto.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty.
C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and to participate in Letters of Credit and each L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit. Section 12 of the Guaranty provides that additional Subsidiary Loan Parties may become Guarantors under the Guaranty by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the New Subsidiary) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and to participate in additional Letters of Credit and any L/C Issuer to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and any Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 12 of the Guaranty, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and the New Subsidiary hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary does hereby guarantee to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties the due and punctual payment of the Guaranteed Obligations as set forth in the Guaranty. Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guaranty shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Guaranty is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. This Supplement shall become effective when (a) the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and (b) the Collateral Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 6. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5(e) of the Guaranty.
SECTION 8. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of each of the Guarantors, and the Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement as of the day and year first above written.
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Accepted and Agreed to: | ||||
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EXHIBIT O
[FORM OF]
FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
[SEE EXHIBIT 10.2]
EXHIBIT P
[FORM OF]
SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
[SEE EXHIBIT 10.3]
Exhibit 10.2
FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated as of
October 11, 2013
among
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Collateral Agent,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Initial Other Authorized Representative,
and
each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS | ||||||
SECTION 1.01 |
Construction; Certain Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE II | ||||||
PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SHARED COLLATERAL | ||||||
SECTION 2.01 |
Priority of Claims |
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SECTION 2.02 |
Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
8 | ||||
SECTION 2.03 |
No Interference; Payment Over |
9 | ||||
SECTION 2.04 |
Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to First Lien Security Documents |
10 | ||||
SECTION 2.05 |
Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings |
11 | ||||
SECTION 2.06 |
Reinstatement |
12 | ||||
SECTION 2.07 |
Insurance |
12 | ||||
SECTION 2.08 |
Refinancings |
12 | ||||
SECTION 2.09 |
Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection |
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ARTICLE III | ||||||
EXISTENCE AND AMOUNTS OF LIENS AND OBLIGATIONS | ||||||
ARTICLE IV | ||||||
THE COLLATERAL AGENT | ||||||
SECTION 4.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
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SECTION 4.02 |
Rights as a First Lien Secured Party |
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SECTION 4.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
15 | ||||
SECTION 4.04 |
Reliance by Collateral Agent |
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SECTION 4.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
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SECTION 4.06 |
Resignation of Collateral Agent |
17 | ||||
SECTION 4.07 |
Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other First Lien Secured Parties |
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SECTION 4.08 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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ARTICLE V | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
SECTION 5.01 |
Notices |
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SECTION 5.02 |
Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements |
19 | ||||
SECTION 5.03 |
Parties in Interest |
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SECTION 5.04 |
Survival of Agreement |
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SECTION 5.05 |
Counterparts |
20 | ||||
SECTION 5.06 |
Severability |
20 | ||||
SECTION 5.07 |
Governing Law |
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SECTION 5.08 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
20 | ||||
SECTION 5.09 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 5.10 |
Headings |
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SECTION 5.11 |
Conflicts |
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SECTION 5.12 |
Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights |
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SECTION 5.13 |
Integration |
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Annex
Annex A | Consent of Grantors |
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FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this Agreement) dated as of October 11, 2013, among CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the Collateral Agent), CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the Administrative Agent), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authorized Representative for the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the Initial Other Authorized Representative), and each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto for the Other First Lien Secured Parties of the Series with respect to which it is acting in such capacity.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Initial Other Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties) and each additional Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Other First Lien Secured Parties of the applicable Series) agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Construction; Certain Defined Terms.
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term or is not exclusive.
(b) It is the intention of the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series that the holders of First Lien Obligations of such Series (and not the First Lien Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of (i) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that
(x) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations), (y) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of First Lien Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations, and after giving effect to any applicable intercreditor agreements (other than this Agreement)) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First Lien Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations or (ii) the existence of any Collateral for any other Series of First Lien Obligations that is not Shared Collateral (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, an Impairment of such Series). In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of First Lien Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of First Lien Obligations (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 2.01) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such First Lien Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the First Lien Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code), any reference to such First Lien Obligations or the Secured Credit Documents governing such First Lien Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.
(c) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Applicable Authorized Representative means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Administrative Agent and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative.
Authorized Representative means (i) in the case of any Credit Agreement Obligations or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, (ii) in the case of the Initial Other First Lien Obligations or the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and (iii) in the case of any Series of Other First Lien Obligations or Other First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
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Bankruptcy Case shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
Bankruptcy Law shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
Borrowers means Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Collateral means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any First Lien Security Document to secure one or more Series of First Lien Obligations.
Collateral Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
Company means Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Controlling Secured Parties means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Series of First Lien Secured Parties whose Authorized Representative is the Applicable Authorized Representative for such Shared Collateral.
Credit Agreement means that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Company, the other Borrowers, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, Refinanced or replaced from time to time, including, in the event such Credit Agreement is terminated or replaced and the Company subsequently enters into any Credit Agreement (as defined in the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement), the Credit Agreement designated by the Company to be the Credit Agreement hereunder.
Credit Agreement Obligations means the Obligations as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Parties means the Secured Parties as defined in the Credit Agreement.
DIP Financing shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
DIP Financing Liens shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
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DIP Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Discharge means, with respect to any Shared Collateral and any Series of First Lien Obligations, the date on which such Series of First Lien Obligations is no longer secured by such Shared Collateral. The term Discharged shall have a corresponding meaning.
Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral; provided that the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such Credit Agreement Obligations with additional First Lien Obligations secured by such Shared Collateral under an Other First Lien Agreement which has been designated in writing by the Company and the Authorized Representative under such new Other First Lien Agreement to the Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative as the Credit Agreement for purposes of this Agreement.
Event of Default shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
First Lien Obligations means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) each Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
First Lien Secured Parties means (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (ii) the Other First Lien Secured Parties with respect to each Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
First Lien Security Documents means the Security Agreement and each other agreement entered into in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing any Series of First Lien Obligations.
Grantors means the Company, each other Borrower and each Subsidiary of a Borrower which has granted a security interest pursuant to any First Lien Security Document to secure any Series of First Lien Obligations.
Impairment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.01(b).
Initial Other Authorized Representative shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Initial Other First Lien Agreement means that certain Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Company, the other Borrowers, the Subsidiaries identified therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
Initial Other First Lien Obligations means the Notes Obligations as defined in the Security Agreement.
Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties means the holders of any Initial Other First Lien Obligations and the Initial Other Authorized Representative.
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means:
(1) any case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
Intervening Creditor shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
Joinder Agreement means the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, as defined in the Security Agreement in order to create an additional Series of Other First Lien Obligations or a Refinancing of any Series of First Lien Obligations.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof).
Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Authorized Representative of the Series of Other First Lien Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral.
New York UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Non-Controlling Authorized Representative means, at any time with respect to any Shared Collateral, any Authorized Representative that is not the Applicable Authorized Representative at such time with respect to such Shared Collateral.
Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date means, with respect to any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative, the date which is 180 days (throughout which 180 day period such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative) after the occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First Lien Agreement under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) and (ii) the Collateral Agents and each other Authorized Representatives receipt of written notice from such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative certifying that (x) such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as
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defined in the Other First Lien Agreement under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the First Lien Obligations of the Series with respect to which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Other First Lien Agreement; provided that the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Shared Collateral (1) at any time the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Shared Collateral or (2) at any time the Grantor that has granted a security interest in such Shared Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Non-Controlling Secured Parties means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the First Lien Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such Shared Collateral.
Other First Lien Agreement shall have the meaning given such term by the Security Agreement and shall include the Initial Other First Lien Agreement.
Other First Lien Obligations shall have the meaning given such term by the Security Agreement and shall include the Initial Other First Lien Obligations.
Other First Lien Secured Party means the holders of any Other First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto and shall include the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties.
Possessory Collateral means any Shared Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or otherwise. Possessory Collateral includes, without limitation, any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments, and Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of the Collateral Agent under the terms of the First Lien Security Documents. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.
Proceeds shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
Refinance means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. Refinanced and Refinancing have correlative meanings.
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Secured Credit Document means (i) the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Agreement and (iii) each Other First Lien Agreement.
Security Agreement means the Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013, by and among the Grantors party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the Authorized Representatives from time to time party thereto, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.
Series means (a) with respect to the First Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties (in their capacity as such) and (iii) the Other First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Obligations and (iii) the Other First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement, which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Obligations).
Shared Collateral means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First Lien Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives or the Collateral Agent on behalf of such holders) hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien at such time. If more than two Series of First Lien Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First Lien Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral for those Series of First Lien Obligations that hold a valid security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time.
ARTICLE II
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral
SECTION 2.01 Priority of Claims.
(a) Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.01(b)), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Collateral Agent is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Shared Collateral, or any distribution is made in respect of any Shared Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case of any Grantor or any First Lien Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Shared Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Collateral by any First Lien Secured Party or received by the Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement with respect to such Shared Collateral and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) to which the First Lien Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this
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Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as Proceeds), shall be applied by the Collateral Agent in the order specified in Section 5.02 of the Security Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Shared Collateral for which a third party (other than a First Lien Secured Party) has a lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of First Lien Obligations but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute and after giving effect to any applicable intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement)) to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations (such third party an Intervening Creditor), the value of any Shared Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Shared Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.
(b) It is acknowledged that the First Lien Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents and subject, to the extent applicable, to Section 2.08, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties of any Series.
(c) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, or any other applicable law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.01(b)), each First Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of First Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral shall be of equal priority.
SECTION 2.02 Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens.
(a) With respect to any Shared Collateral, (i) notwithstanding Section 2.01, only the Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), and then only on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other First Lien Secured Party other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other First Lien Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) shall or shall instruct the Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), whether under any First Lien Security
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Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Collateral Agent (or any person authorized by it), acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative and in accordance with the applicable First Lien Security Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Shared Collateral. Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens, the Collateral Agent (acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative) may deal with the Shared Collateral as if such Applicable Authorized Representative had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Shared Collateral, or to cause the Collateral Agent to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any First Lien Secured Party, Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Shared Collateral.
(b) Each of the Authorized Representatives agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any Collateral for the benefit of any Series of First Lien Obligations (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of any Other First Lien Agreement) other than pursuant to the First Lien Security Documents, and by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), each Authorized Representative and the Series of First Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents applicable to it.
(c) Each of the First Lien Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair (i) the rights of any of the Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement or (ii) the rights of any First Lien Secured Party from contesting or supporting any other Person in contesting the enforceability of any Lien purporting to secure First Lien Obligations constituting unmatured interest pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 2.03 No Interference; Payment Over.
(a) Each First Lien Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Obligations of any Series or any First Lien Security Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any First Lien Security Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First Lien Secured Party from challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Obligations constituting unmatured interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral by the
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Collateral Agent, (iii) except as provided in Section 2.02, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Shared Collateral, and none of the Collateral Agent, any Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent, such Applicable Authorized Representative or other First Lien Secured Party with respect to any Shared Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Shared Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Collateral Agent or any other Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement.
(b) Each First Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of any Shared Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any such Shared Collateral, pursuant to any First Lien Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the Discharge of each of the First Lien Obligations, then it shall hold such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other First Lien Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, to be distributed by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a) hereof.
SECTION 2.04 Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to First Lien Security Documents.
(a) If, at any time any Shared Collateral is transferred to a third party or otherwise disposed of, in each case, in connection with any enforcement by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Series of First Lien Secured Parties upon such Shared Collateral will automatically be released and discharged upon final conclusion of foreclosure proceeding; provided that any proceeds of any Shared Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
(b) Each First Lien Secured Party agrees that the Collateral Agent may enter into any amendment (and, upon request by the Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative shall sign a consent to such amendment) to any First Lien Security Document (including, without limitation, to release Liens securing any Series of First Lien Obligations) so long as such amendment, subject to clause (d) below, is not prohibited by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document. Additionally, each First Lien Secured Party agrees that the Collateral
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Agent may enter into any amendment (and, upon request by the Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative shall sign a consent to such amendment) to any First Lien Security Document solely as such First Lien Security Document relates to a particular Series of First Lien Obligations (including, without limitation, to release Liens securing such Series of First Lien Obligations) so long as (x) such amendment is in accordance with the Secured Credit Document pursuant to which such Series of First Lien Obligations was incurred and (y) such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of the First Lien Secured Parties of any other Series.
(c) Each Authorized Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Shared Collateral or amendment to any First Lien Security Document provided for in this Section.
(d) In determining whether an amendment to any First Lien Security Document is not prohibited by this Section 2.04, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Company stating that such amendment is not prohibited by Section 2.04(b) above.
SECTION 2.05 Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law by or against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(b) If any Grantor shall become subject to a case (a Bankruptcy Case) under the Bankruptcy Code and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (DIP Financing) to be provided by one or more lenders (the DIP Lenders) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, each First Lien Secured Party (other than any Controlling Secured Party or any Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party) agrees that it will raise no objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the same (DIP Financing Liens) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Shared Collateral, unless any Controlling Secured Party, or an Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party, shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Shared Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any First Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Shared Collateral granted to secure the First Lien Obligations of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Shared Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Shared Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-a-vis all the other First Lien Secured
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Parties (other than any Liens of the First Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-a-vis the First Lien Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as set forth in this Agreement, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the First Lien Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any First Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the First Lien Secured Parties of such Series or its Authorized Representative that shall not constitute Shared Collateral; and provided, further, that the First Lien Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other First Lien Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such First Lien Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.
SECTION 2.06 Reinstatement. In the event that any of the First Lien Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until all such First Lien Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash.
SECTION 2.07 Insurance. As between the First Lien Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative, shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral.
SECTION 2.08 Refinancings. The First Lien Obligations of any Series may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any Secured Credit Document) of any First Lien Secured Party of any other Series, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the Authorized Representative of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness.
SECTION 2.09 Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a) The Collateral Agent agrees to hold any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral that is part of the Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First Lien Secured Party and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the
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security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First Lien Security Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09. Pending delivery to the Collateral Agent, each other Authorized Representative agrees to hold any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral, from time to time in its possession, as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First Lien Secured Party and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First Lien Security Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09.
(b) The duties or responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative under this Section 2.09 shall be limited solely to holding any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First Lien Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such First Lien Secured Parties therein.
(c) The agreement of the Collateral Agent to act as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent pursuant to this Section 2.09 is intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC.
ARTICLE III
Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations
Whenever the Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any First Lien Obligations of any Series, or the Shared Collateral subject to any Lien securing the First Lien Obligations of any Series, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by each other Authorized Representative and shall be entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however, that if an Authorized Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination or not make any determination by such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Company. The Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any First Lien Secured Party or any other person as a result of such determination.
ARTICLE IV
The Collateral Agent
SECTION 4.01 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the First Lien Secured Parties hereby irrevocably appoints Citicorp North America, Inc. to act on its behalf as the Collateral Agent hereunder and under each of
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the other First Lien Security Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, including for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any Grantor to secure any of the First Lien Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under any of the First Lien Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IV and Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the First Lien Security Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
(b) Each Non-Controlling Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any Shared Collateral as provided herein and in the First Lien Security Documents, without regard to any rights to which Non-Controlling Secured Parties would otherwise be entitled as a result of holding any First Lien Obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured Party agrees that none of the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the First Lien Obligations), or to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Non-Controlling Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the First Lien Secured Parties waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against the Collateral Agent or the Authorized Representative of any other Series of First Lien Obligations or any other First Lien Secured Party of any other Series arising out of (i) any actions which the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any First Lien Secured Party takes or omits to take (including, actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First Lien Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the First Lien Security Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the First Lien Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First Lien Obligations, (ii) any election by any Applicable Authorized Representative or any holders of First Lien Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) subject to Section 2.05, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not accept any Shared Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, without the consent of each Authorized Representative representing holders of First Lien Obligations for whom such Collateral constitutes Shared Collateral.
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SECTION 4.02 Rights as a First Lien Secured Party. The Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a First Lien Secured Party under any Series of First Lien Obligations that it holds as any other First Lien Secured Party of such Series and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent and the term First Lien Secured Party or First Lien Secured Parties or (as applicable) Credit Agreement Secured Party, Credit Agreement Secured Parties, Other First Lien Secured Party or Other First Lien Secured Parties shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other First Lien Secured Party.
SECTION 4.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other First Lien Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties of any kind or nature to any Person, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other First Lien Security Documents that the Collateral Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Applicable Authorized Representative; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Collateral Agent to liability or that is contrary to any First Lien Security Document or applicable law;
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other First Lien Security Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;
(iv) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Applicable Authorized Representative or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (iii) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Company stating that such action is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default under any Series of First Lien Obligations unless and until notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Collateral Agent by the Authorized Representative of such First Lien Obligations or the Company;
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(v) shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other First Lien Security Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other First Lien Security Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the First Lien Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral for any Series of First Lien Obligations, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Secured Credit Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent;
(vi) shall not have any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of any kind or nature under any Other First Lien Agreement (but shall be entitled to all protections provided to the Collateral Agent therein);
(vii) with respect to the Credit Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement or any First Lien Security Document, may conclusively assume that the Grantors have complied with all of their obligations thereunder unless advised in writing by the Authorized Representative thereunder to the contrary specifically setting forth the alleged violation; and
(viii) may conclusively rely on any certificate of an officer of the Company provided pursuant to Section 2.04(d).
(b) Each Secured Party acknowledges that, in addition to acting as the initial Collateral Agent, Citicorp North America, Inc. also serves as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and each First Lien Secured Party hereby waives any right to make any objection or claim against Citicorp North America, Inc. (or any successor Collateral Agent or any of their respective counsel) based on any alleged conflict of interest or breach of duties arising from the Collateral Agent also serving as the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4.04 Reliance by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may include, but shall not be limited to counsel for the Company or counsel for the Administrative Agent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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SECTION 4.05 Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other First Lien Security Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent.
SECTION 4.06 Resignation of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation as Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents to each Authorized Representative and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall have the right (subject, unless an Event of Default relating to the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has occurred and is continuing, to the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank or trust company with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank or trust company with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Applicable Authorized Representative and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, appoint a successor Collateral Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (but without the consent of any other First Lien Secured Party or the Company); provided that if the Collateral Agent shall notify the Company and each Authorized Representative that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other First Lien Security Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties under any of the First Lien Security Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security solely for purposes of maintaining the perfection of the security interests of the First Lien Secured Parties therein until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed but with no obligation to take any further action at the request of the Applicable Authorized Representative, any other First Lien Secured Parties or any Grantor) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to each Authorized Representative directly, until such time as the Applicable Authorized Representative appoints a successor Collateral Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and under the First Lien Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other First Lien Security Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). After the retiring Collateral Agents resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article, Section 8.07 and Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of
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any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent was acting as Collateral Agent. Upon any notice of resignation of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other First Lien Security Documents, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer (and maintain the validity and priority of) the Liens in favor of the retiring Collateral Agent under the First Lien Security Documents to the successor Collateral Agent as promptly as practicable.
SECTION 4.07 Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other First Lien Secured Parties. Each First Lien Secured Party acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Secured Credit Documents. Each First Lien Secured Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Secured Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 4.08 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each of the First Lien Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any First Lien Security Document in accordance with Section 2.04 or upon receipt of a written request from the Company stating that the releases of such Lien is permitted by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document;
(b) to release any Grantor from its obligations under the First Lien Security Documents upon receipt of a written request from the Company stating that such release is permitted by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:
(a) if to the Collateral Agent, to it at:
Citicorp North America, Inc.
Citi CRMS
580 Crosspoint Parkway
Getzville, NY 14068
Attention: Justin Herring
Telephone: (716) 730-7456
E-mail: justin.herring@citi.com
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(b) if to the Administrative Agent, to it at:
Citicorp North America, Inc.
Citigroup Global Loans
1615 Brett Road
New Castle, DE 19720
Attention: Agency Department
Telephone: (302) 894-6010
E-mail: agencyabtfsupport@citi.com
(c) if to the Initial Other Authorized Representative, to it as provided in the Initial Other First Lien Agreement:
(d) if to any additional Other Authorized Representative, to it at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by facsimile or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 5.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 5.01. As agreed to in writing among the Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
SECTION 5.02 Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified (other than pursuant to any Joinder Agreement) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Authorized Representative and the Collateral Agent.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First Lien Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 7.23 of the Security Agreement and upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Other First Lien Secured Parties and Other First Lien Obligations of the Series for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof and the terms of the other First Lien Security Documents applicable thereto.
SECTION 5.03 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other First Lien Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.
SECTION 5.04 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or via electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.06 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 5.07 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 5.08 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties of the Series for whom it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the First Lien Security Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County and appellate courts from any thereof and waives any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court;
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(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person (or its Authorized Representative) at the address referred to in Section 5.01;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any First Lien Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 5.08 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
SECTION 5.09 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.09.
SECTION 5.10 Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 5.11 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any of the other Secured Credit Documents or First Lien Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
SECTION 5.12 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties in relation to one another. None of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement (provided that nothing in this Agreement (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, 5.11 and 5.12) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreements), and none of the Company or any
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other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 and Article V). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 5.13 Integration. This Agreement together with the other Secured Credit Documents and the First Lien Security Documents represents the agreement of each of the Grantors and the First Lien Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Grantor, the Collateral Agent, any or any other First Lien Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Secured Credit Documents or the First Lien Security Documents.
SECTION 5.14 Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and each other Authorized Representative hereby appoint the Collateral Agent to act as agent on their behalf pursuant to and in connection with the execution of any intercreditor agreements governing any Liens on the Shared Collateral junior to Liens securing the First Lien Obligations that are incurred on or following the date hereof in compliance with the Secured Credit Documents. The Collateral Agent, solely in such capacity under any such intercreditor agreements, shall take direction from the Applicable Authorized Representative with respect to the Shared Collateral.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Stuart Dickson | |||
Name: | Stuart Dickson | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[First Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Other Authorized Representative | ||||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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CONSENT OF GRANTORS
Dated: October 11, 2013
Reference is made to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other Authorized Representative, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time (the Intercreditor Agreement). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
The Borrowers have read the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and consents thereto. The Borrowers agree that they will not, and will cause each of the other Grantors to not, take any action that would be contrary to the express provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement, agree to abide by the requirements expressly applicable to it under the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and agree that, except as otherwise provided therein, no First Lien Secured Party shall have any liability to any Grantor for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement. The Borrowers confirm on behalf of each Grantor that the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement is for the sole benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and that no Grantor is an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary thereof except to the extent otherwise expressly provided therein.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Intercreditor Agreement or provided herein, each party to the Intercreditor Agreement agrees that the Borrowers and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement except to the extent their rights are adversely affected (in which case the Company shall have the right to consent to or approve any such amendment, modification or waiver).
Without limitation to the foregoing, the Borrowers agree to take, and to cause each other Grantor to take, such further action and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement.
This Consent shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Notices delivered to the Borrowers pursuant to this Consent shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, this Consent is hereby executed by the Borrowers as of the date first written above.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Consent of Grantors - First Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT is dated as of October 11, 2013, among CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Credit Agreement Agent, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent, each Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent from time to time party hereto, each in its capacity as First Lien Agent, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and each collateral agent for any Future Second Lien Indebtedness from time to time party hereto, each in its capacity as Second Priority Agent.
A. WHEREAS, Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Harrahs Laughlin, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively, together with the Company, the Borrowers or Issuers), (i) are parties to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, replaced, Refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement) among the Company, the other Borrowers, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent and the other parties thereto, (ii) are parties to the Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, replaced, Refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement), under which the First Lien Notes were issued, among the Borrowers, as issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and (iii) may become a party to Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents;
B. WHEREAS, the Issuers (i) are parties to the Indenture dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, replaced, refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture), under which the Second Lien Notes were issued, among the Issuers, as issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent and (ii) may become a party to Second Priority Documents governing Future Second Lien Indebtedness; and
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Affiliate shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified.
Agreement shall mean this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
Bankruptcy Law shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
Borrowers shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, and include the successors of each entity in such capacity.
Closing Date shall mean October 11, 2013.
Common Collateral shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting both Senior Lender Collateral and Second Priority Collateral, including without limitation any assets in which the First Lien Agents are automatically deemed to have a Lien pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.3.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, and its successors in such capacity.
Comparable Second Priority Collateral Document shall mean, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under any Senior Collateral Document, those Second Priority Collateral Documents that create a Lien on the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.
Control shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and Controlling and Controlled shall have meanings correlative thereto.
Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals and shall include, in the event such Credit Agreement is terminated or replaced and the Company subsequently enters into any Credit Agreement (as defined in the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture), the Credit Agreement designated by the Company to each then extant First Lien Agent and Second Priority Agent to be the Credit Agreement hereunder.
Credit Agreement Agent shall mean Citicorp North America, Inc., in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other Senior Lender Documents entered into pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.
Credit Agreement Lender shall mean a Lender as defined in the Credit Agreement.
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DIP Financing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7 below, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of (a) all Obligations in respect of all outstanding Senior Lender Claims and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the Credit Agreement, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other Senior Lender Claims that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid; provided that the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other Senior Lender Claims that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such Obligations or Senior Lender Claims. In the event the Senior Lender Claims are modified and the Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Senior Lender Claims shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
First Lien Agent shall mean each of (a) the Credit Agreement Agent and (b) any Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent.
First Priority Designated Agent shall mean such agent or trustee as is designated First Priority Designated Agent by Senior Lenders holding a majority in principal amount of the Senior Lender Claims then outstanding; it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement and for so long as any Obligations under the Credit Agreement remain outstanding, the Credit Agreement Agent shall be so designated First Priority Designated Agent.
Future Second Lien Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness or Obligations (other than Noteholder Claims) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are to be equally and ratably secured with the Noteholder Claims and are so designated as Future Second Lien Indebtedness in accordance with Section 8.22 hereof; provided, however, that such Future Second Lien Indebtedness is permitted to be so incurred in accordance with any Senior Lender Documents and any Second Priority Documents, as applicable.
Grantors shall mean the Company, the other Borrowers and each Subsidiary of a Borrower, in each case, that has executed and delivered a Second Priority Collateral Document or a Senior Collateral Document.
Indebtedness shall mean and include all obligations that constitute Indebtedness within the meaning of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Credit Agreement, or the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents.
Indenture Secured Parties shall mean the Persons holding Noteholder Claims, including the Trustee.
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Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as trustee under the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.
Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall mean (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to any of its assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
Issuers shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, and their respective successors in such capacity.
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, preferred mortgage, deed of trust, lien, notice of claim of lien (statutory or otherwise), hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
Loan Documents means the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Noteholder Claims shall mean all Obligations in respect of the Notes or arising under the Noteholder Documents or any of them, including all fees and expenses of the Trustee thereunder.
Noteholder Collateral shall mean all of the assets of the Grantors, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Noteholder Claim.
Noteholder Collateral Agreement shall mean the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Issuers, certain other Grantors and the Trustee in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Noteholder Collateral Documents shall mean the Noteholder Collateral Agreement and any other document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted by any Grantor to secure any Noteholder Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Lien are governed.
Noteholder Documents shall mean (a) the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Notes, the Noteholder Collateral Documents and (b) any other related document or instrument executed and delivered pursuant to any Noteholder Document described in clause (a) above evidencing or governing any Obligations thereunder.
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Notes shall mean (a) the Second Lien Notes and (b) any additional notes issued under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture by the Company, to the extent permitted by the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, any other Senior Lender Documents and any Second Priority Document, as applicable.
Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligations of such Person of any kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Grantor under any Senior Lender Document or Second Priority Document include the obligations to pay principal, interest (including interest, expenses, fees and other amounts accrued on or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest, expenses, fees and other amounts is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) or premium on any Indebtedness, letter of credit commissions (if applicable), charges, expenses, fees, attorneys fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Grantor to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Senior Lender or Second Priority Secured Party, in its sole discretion, many elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Grantor.
Other First Priority Lien Obligations means all Obligations owing under any Other First Priority Lien Obligations Document, including under the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall constitute Other First Priority Lien Obligations.
Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent shall mean, with respect to any Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document, the Person elected, designated or appointed as the administrative agent, trustee, collateral agent or similar representative with respect to such Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document by or on behalf of the holders of such Other First Priority Lien Obligations, and its respective successors in such capacity, including the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent.
Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document means any (a) instruments, agreements or documents evidencing 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 and/or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers acceptances), or (c) instruments or agreements evidencing any other indebtedness, in each case in respect of which (other than with respect to the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement) a First Lien Agent has become a party hereto in accordance with Section 8.22 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document includes the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement.
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Other First Priority Lien Obligations Documents means each Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document and each Other First Priority Lien Obligations Security Document related thereto.
Other First Priority Lien Obligations Security Documents means any security agreement or any other document now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Other First Priority Lien Obligations.
Person shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledged Collateral shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of any First Lien Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Recovery shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
Refinance shall mean, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. Refinanced and Refinancing have correlative meanings.
Required Lenders shall mean, with respect to any Senior Lender Documents, those Senior Lenders the approval of which is required to approve an amendment or modification of, termination or waiver of any provision of or consent to any departure from such Senior Lender Documents (or would be required to effect such consent under this Agreement if such consent were treated as an amendment of the Senior Lender Documents).
Second Lien Notes shall mean the Companys Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021, issued pursuant to the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and any notes issued by the Company in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Second Lien Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the Second Lien Notes.
Second Priority Agents shall mean (a) the Trustee as agent for the Indenture Secured Parties and (b) the collateral agent for any Future Second Lien Indebtedness.
Second Priority Claims shall mean the Noteholder Claims and all other Obligations in respect of, or arising under, the Second Priority Documents, including all fees and expenses of the collateral agent for any Future Second Lien Indebtedness.
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Second Priority Collateral shall mean the Noteholder Collateral and all of the assets of the Grantors, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Second Priority Claim.
Second Priority Collateral Agreements shall mean the Noteholder Collateral Agreement and any comparable agreement(s) with respect to any Future Second Lien Indebtedness.
Second Priority Collateral Documents shall mean the Noteholder Collateral Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted securing any Second Priority Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.
Second Priority Designated Agent shall mean such agent or trustee as is designated Second Priority Designated Agent by Second Priority Secured Parties holding a majority in principal amount of the Second Priority Claims then outstanding or by their Second Priority Agent; it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement and for so long as any Obligations under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture remain outstanding, the Trustee shall be so designated Second Priority Designated Agent.
Second Priority Documents shall mean the Noteholder Documents and any other document or instrument evidencing or governing any Future Second Lien Indebtedness.
Second Priority Lien shall mean any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second Priority Claims.
Second Priority Secured Parties shall mean the Indenture Secured Parties and all other Persons holding any Second Priority Claims, including the collateral agent for any Future Second Lien Indebtedness.
Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Secured Hedge Agreements shall mean each Secured Swap Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
Senior Collateral Agreement shall mean the Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013, among the Company, certain other Grantors, and Citicorp North America, Inc. as collateral agent for the secured parties referred to therein, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Senior Collateral Documents shall mean the Senior Collateral Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Security Documents and any security agreement, mortgage or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted securing any Senior Lender Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Lien are at any time governed.
Senior Lender Cash Management Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all Obligations of such Grantor in respect of any Overdraft Line and any Secured Cash Management Agreement (each as defined in the Credit Agreement).
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Senior Lender Claims shall mean all Obligations arising under the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents and any other Senior Lender Documents, whether or not such Obligations constitute Indebtedness, including, without limitation, (a) Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) Senior Lender Cash Management Obligations and (c) Obligations under any agreement that is an exchange or replacement for or an extension, increase or Refinancing of any other Senior Lender Claims. Senior Lender Claims shall include (i) all Secured Obligations, as defined in the Senior Collateral Agreement and (ii) all interest, expenses, fees and other amounts accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the relevant Senior Lender Documents whether or not the claim for such interest or expenses is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Senior Lender Collateral shall mean all of the assets of the Grantors, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Senior Lender Claim.
Senior Lender Documents shall mean the Loan Documents, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Senior Collateral Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments (including each agreement, document or instrument providing for or evidencing a Senior Lender Hedging Obligation or Senior Lender Cash Management Obligation) providing for, evidencing or securing any Senior Lender Claim, including, without limitation, any Obligation under the Credit Agreement and any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any such document at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any Obligation arising under any such document.
Senior Lender Hedging Obligations shall mean any Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements.
Senior Lenders shall mean the Persons holding Senior Lender Claims, including the First Lien Agents.
Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of any Borrower.
Trustee shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as trustee under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and as collateral agent under the Noteholder Collateral Documents, and its successors in such capacity.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
1.2. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
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shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement and (e) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1. Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding (i) the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection (including any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing) of any Liens granted to the Second Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders on the Common Collateral, (ii) any provision of the UCC, any Bankruptcy Law, or any applicable law or the Second Priority Documents or the Senior Lender Documents, (iii) whether any First Lien Agent, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, (iv) the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or (v) any other circumstance of any kind or nature whatsoever, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any First Lien Agent or any Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second Priority Claims and (b) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second Priority Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Trustee or any Second Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims. All Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second Priority Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Lender Claims are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.
2.2. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, and each First Lien Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Lender in respect of which it serves as First Lien Agent, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of (a) a Lien securing any Senior Lender Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any First Lien Agent or any of the Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Lender Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Second Priority Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Second Priority Secured Party in the Common Collateral, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First Lien Agent or any Senior Lender to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the Senior Lender Documents.
2.3. No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred and subject to Section 6, each Second Priority Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second Priority Claims that are not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the Senior Lender Claims under the Senior Lender Documents. If any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any collateral that is not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the Senior Lender Claims under the Senior Lender Documents, then such Second Priority Agent shall, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such lien for the benefit of the First Lien Agents as security for the Senior Lender Claims (subject to the lien priority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify each First Lien Agent in writing of the existence of such Lien and in any event take such actions as may be requested by any First Lien Agent to assign or release such Liens to the First Lien Agents (and/or each of its designee) as security for the applicable Senior Lender Claims. To the extent that the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other right or remedy available to any First Lien Agent or any other Senior Lender, each Second Priority Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Priority Secured Parties, that any amounts received by or distributed to any Second Priority Secured Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.
2.4. Perfection of Liens. Neither the First Lien Agents nor the Senior Lenders shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Lenders and the Second Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the First Lien Agents, the Second Priority Agents, the Second Priority Secured Parties or the Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Common Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
2.5. Waiver of Marshalling. Until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to
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demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Common Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
2.6. Nature Of Senior Lender Claims. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the Senior Lender Claims is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the Senior Lender Documents and the Senior Lender Claims may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the Senior Lender Claims, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the Senior Lender Claims may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of either the Senior Lender Claims or the Second Priority Claims, or any portion thereof. As between the Company, the other Borrowers, and the other Grantors and the Second Priority Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Company, the other Borrowers, and the other Grantors contained in any Second Priority Document with respect to the incurrence of additional Senior Lender Claims.
2.7. Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Senior Lender Documents or Second Priority Documents to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and deposit account balances pledged to secure Obligations under the Credit Agreement consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit or otherwise held by the First Lien Agent pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement (or any equivalent successor provision) shall be applied as specified in the Credit Agreement and will not constitute Common Collateral.
SECTION 3. Enforcement.
3.1. Exercise of Remedies.
(a) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, (i) no Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Common Collateral or any other security in respect of any applicable Second Priority Claims, or exercise any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common Collateral or any other collateral by any First Lien Agent or any Senior Lender in respect of the Senior Lender Claims, the exercise of any right by any First Lien Agent or any Senior Lender (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Lender Claims
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under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, management agreement, lease, landlord waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral or any other collateral under the Senior Lender Documents or otherwise in respect of Senior Lender Claims, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior Lenders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Common Collateral or any other collateral in respect of Senior Lender Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, each First Lien Agent and the Senior Lenders shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral and to direct the time, method, and place for exercising such right or remedy or conducting any proceeding with respect thereto, without any consultation with or the consent of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Priority Agent may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Second Priority Claims, (B) each Second Priority Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral securing the Senior Lender Claims, or the rights of either First Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) as necessary in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Common Collateral, (C) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Priority Agent may file any necessary or responsive pleadings in opposition to any motion, adversary proceeding or other pleading filed by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking disallowance of the claim or Lien of such Second Priority Agent or Second Priority Secured Party, (D) each Second Priority Agent may file any pleadings, objections, motions, or agreements which assert rights available to unsecured creditors of the Company or any other Grantor arising under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law and (E) each Second Priority Agent and each Second Priority Secured Party may vote on any plan of reorganization in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of the Company or any other Grantor, in each case (A) through (E) above to the extent such action is not inconsistent with, or could not result in a resolution inconsistent with, the terms of this Agreement. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Lender Collateral, each First Lien Agent and the Senior Lenders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Lender Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the uniform commercial code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that it will not take or receive any Common Collateral or other collateral or any proceeds of Common Collateral or other collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) with respect to any Common Collateral or other collateral in respect of the
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applicable Second Priority Claims. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral or any other collateral is to hold a Lien on the Common Collateral or such other collateral in respect of the applicable Second Priority Claims pursuant to the Second Priority Documents, as applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred.
(c) Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) above, (i) each Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that no Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders with respect to the Common Collateral or any other collateral under the Senior Lender Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral or such other collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, (ii) each Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby waives any and all rights it or any Second Priority Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders seek to enforce or collect the Senior Lender Claims or the Liens granted in any of the Senior Lender Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders is adverse to the interests of the Second Priority Secured Parties, and (iii) each Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby acknowledges that any Senior Lender may direct the First Lien Designated Agent to take actions to enforce rights or exercise remedies (v) in any manner in its sole discretion in compliance with applicable law, (w) without consultation with or the consent of any Second Priority Secured Parties, (x) regardless of whether or not an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has commenced, (y) regardless of any provision of any Second Priority Debt Documents (other than this Agreement) and (z) regardless of whether or not such exercise is adverse to the interest of any Second Priority Secured Parties.
(d) Each Second Priority Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Second Priority Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders with respect to the Senior Lender Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Lender Documents.
3.2. Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Lenders and any First Lien Agent upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Common Collateral or any other collateral under any of the applicable Second Priority Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable Second Priority Claims relating to the Common Collateral.
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3.3. Actions Upon Breach. If any Second Priority Secured Party, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes, attempts to or threatens to take any action with respect to the Common Collateral (including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such Second Priority Secured Party that relief against such Second Priority Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the Senior Lenders, it being understood and agreed by each Second Priority Agent on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party that (i) the Senior Lenders damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Second Priority Secured Party irrevocably waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the Senior Lenders cannot demonstrate damage and/or can be made whole by the awarding of damages, any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law, and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First Lien Agent or any other Senior Lender.
SECTION 4. Payments.
4.1. Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred and regardless of whether an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, the Common Collateral and any other collateral in respect of the Second Priority Claims or proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Common Collateral or other collateral upon the exercise of remedies as a secured party, shall be applied by the First Lien Agents to the Senior Lender Claims in such order as specified in the relevant Senior Lender Documents until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, subject to Section 5.7 hereof, each of the First Lien Agents shall deliver promptly to the Second Priority Designated Agent any Common Collateral or proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the Second Priority Designated Agent ratably to the Second Priority Claims in such order as specified in the Second Priority Documents.
4.2. Payments Over. Any Common Collateral or other collateral in respect of the Second Priority Claims or proceeds thereof received by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff or recoupment) relating to the Common Collateral or such other collateral prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall be segregated and held for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the First Priority Designated Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the Senior Lenders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The First Lien Agents are each hereby individually authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for any Second Priority Agent or any such Second Priority Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
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SECTION 5. Other Agreements.
5.1. Releases.
(a) If, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any Senior Lender Claim delivers notice to each Second Priority Agent that any specified Common Collateral (including all or substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries) (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale of equity interests in any Subsidiary, any Common Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof) is:
(A) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of:
(i) by the owner of such Common Collateral in a transaction not prohibited under the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and each other Senior Lender Document and Second Priority Document (if any); or
(ii) prior to the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the extent that any of the First Lien Agents has consented to such sale, transfer or disposition; or
(B) otherwise released as permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents,
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Second Priority Secured Parties upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Common Collateral securing Senior Lender Claims are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each Second Priority Agent of a notice from any First Lien Agent stating that any release of Liens securing or supporting the Senior Lender Claims has become effective (or shall become effective upon each Second Priority Agents release) (whether in connection with a sale of such assets by the relevant Grantor pursuant to the preceding sentence or otherwise), each Second Priority Agent will promptly execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under the Indenture exists on the date of Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the second priority Liens on the Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims will not be released pursuant to clause (B) of the foregoing paragraph, except to the extent the Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the Senior Lender Claims secured by the Collateral (but in such event, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims will be released when such Event of Default and all other Events of Default under the Indenture cease to exist).
(b) Each Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each First Lien Agent and any officer or agent of such First Lien Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of each Second Priority Agent or such holder or in such First Lien Agents own name, from time to time in such First Lien Agents discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1,
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to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of proceeds of Common Collateral or other collateral to the repayment of Senior Lender Claims pursuant to the Senior Lender Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Second Priority Agents or the Second Priority Secured Parties to receive proceeds in connection with the Second Priority Claims not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
5.2. Insurance. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each First Lien Agent and the Senior Lenders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Lender Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Common Collateral or any other collateral in respect of the Second Priority Claims in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral or such other collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the Common Collateral or such other collateral shall be paid (a) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the First Lien Agents for the benefit of Senior Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Senior Lender Documents, (b) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, to the Second Priority Agents for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second Priority Documents and (c) third, if no Second Priority Claims are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to any First Lien Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
5.3. Amendments to Second Priority Collateral Documents.
(a) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, without the prior written consent of the First Lien Agents, no Second Priority Collateral Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Second Priority Collateral Document, would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent agrees that each applicable Second Priority Collateral Document executed as of the date hereof shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the First Priority Designated Agent):
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the applicable Second Priority Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted to Citicorp North America, Inc. as collateral agent (and its permitted successors), for the benefit of
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the secured parties referred to below, pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), from the Company and the other Pledgors referred to therein, in favor of Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent for the benefit of the secured parties referred to therein and other Senior Collateral Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (defined below)) and to the liens and security interests granted to Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent pursuant to Other First Priority Lien Obligations Security Document (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the applicable Second Priority Agent hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), by and among Citicorp North America, Inc. in its capacity as First Lien Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this agreement, the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
(b) In the event that the First Lien Agents or the Senior Lenders enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of or replace any Senior Collateral Document for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the First Lien Agents, the Senior Lenders, the Company or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Lender Collateral), then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each Comparable Second Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party and without any action by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party; provided, that such amendment, waiver or consent does not materially adversely affect the rights of the Second Priority Secured Parties or the interests of the Second Priority Secured Parties in the Second Priority Collateral and not the other creditors of the Company or such Grantor, as the case may be, that have a security interest in the affected collateral in a like or similar manner (without regard to the fact that the Lien of such Senior Collateral Document is senior to the Lien of the Comparable Second Priority Collateral Document). The relevant First Lien Agent shall give written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent to each Second Priority Agent; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or consent with respect to the provisions of any Second Priority Collateral Document as set forth in this Section 5.3(b).
(c) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, no Second Priority Collateral Document shall be entered into unless the collateral covered thereby is also subject to a perfected first-priority interest in favor of the First Lien Agents for the benefit of the Senior Lenders pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents.
5.4. Rights As Unsecured Creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against the Company or any Grantor in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second Priority Documents and applicable law, in
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each case to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of (a) the exercise by any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral or other collateral or (b) enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Second Priority Claims held by any of them. In the event any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor or other secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral or other collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second Priority Claims or otherwise, such judgment or other lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Lender Claims on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the First Lien Agents or the Senior Lenders may have with respect to the Senior Lender Collateral.
5.5. First Lien Agents as Gratuitous Bailees for Perfection.
(a) Each First Lien Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for each Second Priority Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Second Priority Collateral Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC).
(b) In the event that any First Lien Agent (or its agent or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property (as defined in the Senior Collateral Agreement) that is part of the Common Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Common Collateral, such First Lien Agent agrees to hold such Liens as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for each Second Priority Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the Second Priority Collateral Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1 and 4.1), until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, any First Lien Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Lender Documents as if the Liens under the Second Priority Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The First Lien Agents shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the First Lien Agents under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for each Second Priority Agent for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Second Priority Secured Parties.
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(e) The First Lien Agents shall not have by reason of the Second Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties hereby waive and release the First Lien Agents from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the First Lien Agents role under this Section 5.5, as agent and gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent with respect to the Common Collateral.
(f) Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the relevant First Lien Agent shall deliver to the Second Priority Designated Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) and to the extent such Pledged Collateral is in the possession or control of such First Lien Agent (or its agents or bailees) together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Second Priority Designated Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(g) Neither the First Lien Agents nor the Senior Lenders shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for the Companys or its Subsidiaries obligations to the First Lien Agents or the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreement or the Senior Collateral Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.
5.6. Second Priority Designated Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.
(a) Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second Priority Designated Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the other Second Priority Agents and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the applicable Second Priority Collateral Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.
(b) In the event that the Second Priority Designated Agent (or its agent or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property (as defined in the Senior Collateral Agreement) that is part of the Common Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Common Collateral, upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second Priority Designated Agent agrees to hold such Liens as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the other Second Priority Agents and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the applicable Second Priority Collateral Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.
(c) The Second Priority Designated Agent, in its capacity as gratuitous bailee, shall have no obligation whatsoever to the other Second Priority Agents or the First Lien Agent to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set
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forth in this Section 5.6. The duties or responsibilities of the Second Priority Designated Agent under this Section 5.6 upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the other Second Priority Agents for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the applicable Second Priority Secured Parties.
(d) The Second Priority Designated Agent shall not have by reason of the Second Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the other Second Priority Agents (or the Second Priority Secured Parties for which such other Second Priority Agents are agents) and the other Second Priority Agents hereby waive and release the Second Priority Designated Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Second Priority Designated Agents role under this Section 5.6, as agent and gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent with respect to the Common Collateral.
(e) In the event that the Second Priority Designated Agent shall cease to be so designated the Second Priority Designated Agent pursuant to the definition of such term, the then Second Priority Designated Agent shall deliver to the successor Second Priority Designated Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any), together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the successor Second Priority Designated Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, and such successor Second Priority Designated Agent shall perform all duties of the Second Priority Designated Agent as set forth herein.
5.7. Release Upon Discharge of Senior Lender Claims; No Release If Event of Default; Reinstatement.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in clause (b) of this Section 5.7, upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims and the concurrent release of the Liens securing Senior Lender Claims, the Liens in favor of the Second Priority Secured Parties shall automatically be released and discharged.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Agreement, if an Event of Default (as defined in the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Document, as applicable) exists on the date of Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, the Second Priority Liens on the Second Priority Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims relating to such Event of Default will not be released, except to the extent such Second Priority Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay Senior Lender Claims secured by such Second Priority Collateral, and thereafter the applicable Second Priority Agent will have the right to foreclose upon such Second Priority Collateral (but in such event, the Liens on such Second Priority Collateral securing the applicable Second Priority Claims will be released when such Event of Default and all other Events of Default under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Document, as applicable, cease to exist).
(c) If, at any time substantially concurrently with or after the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, the Company incurs and designates or Refinances any Senior Lender Claims, then such Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to
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the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Senior Lender Claims), and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Lender Claims shall automatically be treated as the Credit Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the First Lien Agents of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder. Upon receipt of notice of such designation (including the identity of any new First Lien Agent), each Second Priority Agent shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements, including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as such new First Lien Agent shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new First Lien Agent the rights of the First Lien Agents contemplated hereby and (ii) to the extent then held by any Second Priority Agent, deliver to such First Lien Agent the Pledged Collateral that is Common Collateral together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow such First Lien Agent to obtain possession or control of such Pledged Collateral).
SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
6.1. Financing Issues. If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any First Lien Agent shall desire to permit the use of cash collateral or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law (DIP Financing), then each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that it will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest (a) such use of cash collateral or DIP Financing and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except to the extent permitted by Section 6.3) and, to the extent the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims under the Senior Lender Documents are subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing, will subordinate its Liens in the Common Collateral and any other collateral to (i) such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement and (ii) any carve-out for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the First Lien Designated Agent, (b) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of Senior Lender Claims made by any First Lien Agent or any holder of Senior Lender Claims, (c) any lawful exercise by any holder of Senior Lender Claims of the right to credit bid Senior Lender Claims at any sale in foreclosure of Senior Lender Collateral pursuant to Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, (d) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any holder of Senior Lender Claims relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Senior Lender Collateral or (e) any order relating to a sale of assets of any Grantor for which any First Lien Agent has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims and the Second Priority Claims will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens securing the Senior Lender Collateral do to the Liens securing the Second Priority Collateral in accordance with this Agreement.
6.2. Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Common Collateral or any other collateral, without the prior written consent of all First Lien Agents and Required Lenders.
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6.3. Adequate Protection. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (a) any request by any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders for adequate protection, (b) any objection by any First Lien Agent or Senior Lenders to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such First Lien Agents or the Senior Lenders claiming a lack of adequate protection, or (c) the allowance and/or payment of pre- or post-petition interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any First Lien Agent or any other Senior Lender under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law (as adequate protection or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Lenders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar law, then each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and any applicable Second Priority Secured Party, (A) may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims and such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement and (B) agrees that it will not seek or request, and will not accept, adequate protection in any other form, and (ii) in the event any Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or any applicable Second Priority Secured Party, seeks or requests adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then such Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or each such Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that the First Lien Agent shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the applicable Senior Lender Claims and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second Priority Claims shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Lender Claims and any such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the Senior Lenders as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Claims are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement.
6.4. Avoidance Issues. If any Senior Lender is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a Recovery), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then as among the parties hereto the Senior Lender Claims shall be deemed to be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Lenders shall be entitled to a Discharge of Senior Lender Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
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6.5. Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a subordination agreement under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law or any law in respect of the perfection of security interest, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and other collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
6.6. Waivers. Until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Common Collateral or other collateral, and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by any Senior Lender of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
6.7. Separate Grants Of Security And Separate Classifications. In any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents and the Second Priority Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Second Priority Claims are fundamentally different from the Senior Lender Claims and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan proposed, confirmed or adopted in such an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that any claims of the Senior Lenders and the Second Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Common Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties), the Senior Lenders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest, fees and expenses and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, fees and expenses (whether or not allowed or allowable under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made in respect of the Second Priority Claims, with each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First Priority Designated Agent amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Priority Secured Parties.
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SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; etc.
7.1. Reliance. The consent by the Senior Lenders to the execution and delivery of the Second Priority Documents to which the Senior Lenders have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after Closing Date by the Senior Lenders to the Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second Priority Secured Parties is not entitled to rely on any credit decision or other decisions made by any First Lien Agent or any Senior Lender in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second Priority Document or this Agreement.
7.2. No Warranties or Liability. Neither any First Lien Agent nor any Senior Lender shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty upon which the Second Priority Agent or the Second Priority Secured Parties may rely, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Senior Lender Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Lenders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Lender Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior Lenders may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Second Priority Agent or any of the Second Priority Secured Parties have in the Common Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any First Lien Agent nor any Senior Lender shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First Lien Agents, the Senior Lenders, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectibility of any of the Second Priority Claims, the Senior Lender Claims or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) the Companys title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
7.3. Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Lien Agents and the Senior Lenders, and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Lender Documents or any Second Priority Documents;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Lender Claims or Second Priority Claims, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct
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or otherwise, of the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Lender Document or of the terms of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Lender Claims or Second Priority Claims or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Lender Claims, or of any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 8. Miscellaneous.
8.1. Conflicts. Subject to Section 8.19, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Lender Document or any Second Priority Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
8.2. Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 6.4 and Section 5.7(c), this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims shall have occurred or such later time as all the Obligations in respect of the Second Priority Claims shall have been paid in full. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the Senior Lenders may continue, at any time and without notice to each Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting Senior Lender Claims in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.3. Amendments; Waivers. Subject to Section 8.22 hereof, no amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by any Second Priority Agent or any First Lien Agent shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of the party making the same or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. The Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are adversely affected (in which case the Company shall have the right to consent to or approve any such amendment, modification or waiver).
8.4. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither any First Lien Agent nor any Senior Lender shall have any obligation to
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any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party to keep the Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party informed of, and the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall not be entitled to rely on the First Lien Agents or the Senior Lenders with respect to, (a) the financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers, pledgors and/or guarantors of the Second Priority Claims or the Senior Lender Claims and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Second Priority Claims or the Senior Lender Claims. The First Lien Agents, the Senior Lenders, each Second Priority Agent and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any First Lien Agent, any Senior Lender, any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and the First Lien Agents, the Senior Lenders, the Second Priority Agents and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
8.5. Subrogation. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred.
8.6. Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Senior Lenders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Lender Claims as the Senior Lenders, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Senior Lender Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior Lender Claims or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Lender Claims and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
8.7. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereto consent to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York County, New York (the New York Courts), and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 8.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. Each of the parties hereto waives any right it may have to trial by jury in respect of any litigation based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, or any course of conduct, course of dealing, verbal or written statement or action of any party hereto in connection with the subject matter hereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that
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any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each Second Priority Secured Party and each Second Priority Agent agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts, and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Second Priority Agent or any Grantor or any Second Priority Secured Party in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or setoff, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Second Priority Secured Party from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.
8.8. Notices. All notices to the Second Priority Secured Parties and the Senior Lenders permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the Trustee, the First Lien Agents or any Second Priority Agent as provided in the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the other relevant Senior Lender Documents or the other relevant Second Priority Documents, as applicable. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, faxed, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a facsimile or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each partys name on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. The First Lien Agents hereby agree to promptly notify each Second Priority Agent upon payment in full in cash of all Obligations under the applicable Senior Lender Documents (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made).
8.9. Further Assurances. Each of the Second Priority Agents, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, and each applicable First Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and each Senior Lender, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver to each other First Lien Agent and the Senior Lenders such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as each other First Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
8.10. Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
8.11. Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First Lien Agents, the Senior Lenders, the Second Priority Agents, the Second Priority Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
8.12. Specific Performance. Each First Lien Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Secured Party, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First Lien Agent.
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8.13. Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
8.14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or via electronic mail, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document.
8.15. Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. The First Lien Agents represent and warrant that this Agreement is binding upon the Senior Lenders. The Trustee represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Indenture Secured Parties.
8.16. No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of, and be binding upon, the holders of Senior Lender Claims and Second Priority Claims. Subject to the acknowledgement of intercreditor agreement attached hereto, no other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder.
8.17. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
8.18. First Lien Agents and Second Priority Agents. It is understood and agreed that (a) Citicorp North America, Inc. is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Credit Agreement and the provisions of Article VIII of the Credit Agreement applicable to Citicorp North America, Inc. as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to Citicorp North America, Inc. as Credit Agreement Agent hereunder, (b) U.S. Bank National Association is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent, and the provision of Article VII of the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agreement applicable to the trustee thereunder shall also apply to the Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent, and (c) U.S. Bank National Association is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as Trustee, and the provisions of Article VII of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture applicable to the trustee thereunder shall also apply to the Trustee hereunder.
8.19. Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Section 5.3(b)), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit
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Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Senior Lender Documents or Second Priority Documents entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Senior Lender Document or Second Priority Document or permit the Company or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Lender Documents entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the Senior Lender Claims or the Liens granted under the Senior Lender Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Senior Lenders, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the Senior Lenders in respect of the Common Collateral as among such Senior Lenders or (d) obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents or any other Senior Lender Document entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Documents.
8.20. References. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any references contained herein to any Section, clause, paragraph, definition or other provision of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture (including any definition contained therein) shall be deemed to be a reference to such Section, clause, paragraph, definition or other provision as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that any reference to any such Section, clause, paragraph or other provision shall refer (i) to such Section, clause, paragraph or other provision of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, as applicable (including any definition contained therein), as amended or modified from time to time if such amendment or modification has been (1) made in accordance with the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, and (2) to the extent required under the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, approved in writing by, or on behalf of, the requisite Senior Lenders as are needed to approve such amendment or modification, and (ii) if such Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture ceases to be outstanding, to such Section, clause, paragraph or other provision of the relevant Second Priority Document then in effect governing the outstanding Second Priority Claims.
8.21. [Reserved]
8.22. Joinder Requirements. The Company and/or any First Lien Agent and/or any Second Priority Agent, without the consent of any other First Lien Agent or Second Priority Agent, any Senior Lender or any Second Priority Secured Party, may designate additional obligations as Other First Priority Lien Obligations or Future Second Lien Indebtedness if the incurrence of such obligations is permitted under each of the Credit Agreement, each Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Document, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, all other relevant Senior Lender Documents and Second Priority Documents and this Agreement. If so permitted, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of such designation, the applicable Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent or the administrative agent or trustee and collateral agent for such Future Second Lien Indebtedness shall execute and deliver to each First Lien
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Agent and Second Priority Agent, a joinder agreement to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Credit Agreement Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 8.22 or in Section 8.3 hereof, any First Lien Agent and/or any Second Priority Agent may, and, at the request of the Company, shall, in each case, without the consent of any First Lien Agent or Second Priority Agent, any Senior Lender or any Second Priority Secured Party, enter into a supplemental agreement (which may take the form of an amendment, an amendment and restatement or a supplement of this Agreement) to facilitate the designation of such additional obligations as Other First Priority Lien Obligations or Future Second Lien Indebtedness. Any such amendment may, among other things, (i) add other parties holding Future Second Lien Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee therefor) to the extent such Indebtedness is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Document governing Future Second Lien Indebtedness, (ii) add other parties holding Obligations arising under the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents (or any agent or trustee thereof) to the extent such Obligations are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Document governing Future Second Lien Indebtedness, (iii) in the case of Future Second Lien Indebtedness, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Future Second Lien Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims and shall share in the benefits of the Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second Priority Claims, and (b) provide to the holders of such Future Second Lien Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the First Lien Agents) as are provided to the holders of Second Priority Claims under this Agreement prior to the incurrence of such Future Second Lien Indebtedness, and (iv) in the case of Obligations arising under Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Obligations shall be superior in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second Priority Claims and any Future Second Lien Indebtedness and shall share in the benefits of the Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any other Senior Lender Claims, and (b) provide to the holders of such Obligations arising under the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits as are provided to the holders of Senior Lender Claims under this Agreement prior to the incurrence of such Obligations. Any such additional party, each First Lien Agent and each Second Priority Agent shall be entitled to rely on the determination of officers of the Company that such modifications do not violate the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any other Second Priority Document governing Future Second Lien Indebtedness if such determination is set forth in an officers certificate delivered to such party, the First Lien Agents and each Second Priority Agent; provided, however, that such determination will not affect whether or not the Company has complied with its undertakings in the Credit Agreement, the Other First Priority Lien Obligations Credit Documents, the Senior Collateral Documents, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, any other Second Priority Document governing Future Second Lien Indebtedness, the Second Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement.
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8.23. Intercreditor Agreements. Each party hereto agrees that the Senior Lenders (as among themselves) and the Second Priority Secured Parties (as among themselves) may each enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) with the applicable First Lien Agent or Second Priority Agent governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the Senior Lenders or the Second Priority Secured Parties, as the case may be, in respect of the Common Collateral, this Agreement and the other Senior Collateral Documents or Second Priority Collateral Documents, as the case may be, including as to application of proceeds of the Common Collateral, voting rights, control of the Common Collateral and waivers with respect to the Common Collateral, in each case so long as (A) the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the other Senior Collateral Documents or Second Priority Collateral Documents, as the case may be, (B) in the case of any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) affecting any Senior Lenders, the First Lien Agent acting on behalf of such Senior Lenders agrees in its sole discretion, or is otherwise obligated pursuant to the terms of the applicable Senior Collateral Documents, to enter into any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) and (C) in the case of any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) affecting the Senior Lenders holding Senior Lender Claims under the Credit Agreement, such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) is permitted under the Credit Agreement or the Required Lenders otherwise authorize the applicable First Lien Agent to enter into any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement). If a respective intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) exists, the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement)).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. | ||||
as Credit Agreement Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Stuart Dickson | |||
Name: | Stuart Dickson | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
as Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
as Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
Acknowledgement of Intercreditor Agreement
Each of the Borrowers has read the foregoing Agreement and consents thereto. Each of the Borrowers agrees not to take any action that would be contrary to the provisions of the foregoing Agreement and agrees that, except as otherwise provided therein, including with respect to those provisions of which the Borrowers are intended third party beneficiaries, no Second Priority Agent, First Lien Agent, Senior Lender or Second Priority Secured Party shall have any liability to the Borrowers for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and other collateral, security and credit documents referred to therein. Each Borrower understands that it is not an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary of the foregoing Agreement except that it is an intended beneficiary and third party beneficiary thereof with the right and power to enforce with respect to Sections 5.1, 5.3, 5.7, 8.3, 8.16 and 8.22 and Article VI thereof and as otherwise provided therein. Each Borrower agrees to be bound by Section 8.22 of the foregoing Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing Agreement or provided herein, each of the undersigned and each party to the foregoing Agreement agree, on behalf of itself and in its capacity as agent under the foregoing Agreement, that (i) the Borrowers and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the foregoing Agreement except to the extent their rights are adversely affected (in which case the Borrowers shall have the right to consent to or approve any such amendment, modification or waiver) and (ii) upon the Companys request in connection with a designation of additional obligations as Other First Priority Lien Obligations or Future Second Lien Indebtedness, any First Lien Agent and/or any Second Priority Agent shall enter into such supplemental agreements (which may each take the form of an amendment, an amendment and restatement or a supplement of the foregoing Agreement) to facilitate the designation of such additional obligations as contemplated by Section 8.22 of the foregoing Agreement as the Company may request.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the undersigned agree, at the Companys expense, to take such further action and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as any of the Borrowers, the Credit Agreement Agent, the Trustee or any other First Lien Agent or Second Priority Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of the foregoing Agreement.
For the purposes hereof, the address of the Borrowers shall be as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
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CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC. | ||||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC | ||||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC | ||||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Acknowledgement of Intercreditor Agreement Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit 10.4
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN)
dated and effective as of
October 11, 2013,
among
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC,
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC.,
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC,
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC.,
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC,
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC,
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC,
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC,
each Subsidiary Party party hereto
and
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. | ||||||
DEFINITIONS | ||||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Credit Agreement |
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SECTION 1.02. |
Other Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE II. | ||||||
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ARTICLE III. | ||||||
PLEDGE OF SECURITIES | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Pledge |
8 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral |
10 | ||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
10 | ||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests |
12 | ||||
SECTION 3.05. |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations |
12 | ||||
SECTION 3.06. |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc |
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ARTICLE IV. | ||||||
SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Security Interest |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Representations and Warranties |
17 | ||||
SECTION 4.03. |
Covenants |
18 | ||||
SECTION 4.04. |
Other Actions |
21 | ||||
SECTION 4.05. |
Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral |
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ARTICLE V. | ||||||
REMEDIES | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Remedies upon Default |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Application of Proceeds |
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SECTION 5.03. |
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property |
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SECTION 5.04. |
Securities Act, etc |
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SECTION 5.05. |
Registration, etc |
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ARTICLE VI. | ||||||
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ARTICLE VII. | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Notices |
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SECTION 7.02. |
Security Interest Absolute |
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SECTION 7.03. |
Limitation by Law |
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SECTION 7.04. |
Binding Effect; Several Agreement |
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SECTION 7.05. |
Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 7.06. |
Agents Fees and Expenses; Indemnification |
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SECTION 7.07. |
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact |
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SECTION 7.08. |
GOVERNING LAW |
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SECTION 7.09. |
Waivers; Amendment |
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SECTION 7.10. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 7.11. |
Severability |
31 | ||||
SECTION 7.12. |
Counterparts |
31 | ||||
SECTION 7.13. |
Headings |
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SECTION 7.14. |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 7.15. |
Termination or Release |
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SECTION 7.16. |
Additional Subsidiaries |
33 | ||||
SECTION 7.17. |
Right of Set-off |
33 | ||||
SECTION 7.19. |
Compliance with Gaming Laws |
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SECTION 7.20. |
[Reserved] |
35 | ||||
SECTION 7.21. |
[Reserved] |
35 | ||||
SECTION 7.22. |
Subject to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
35 | ||||
SECTION 7.23. |
Other First Lien Obligations |
35 | ||||
SECTION 7.24. |
Application of Gaming Laws |
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Schedules | ||
Schedule I | Subsidiary Parties | |
Schedule II | Commercial Tort Claims | |
Schedule III | Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt Securities | |
Schedule IV | Intellectual Property | |
Exhibits | ||
Exhibit I | Form of Supplement to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) | |
Exhibit II | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
Exhibit III | Form of Other First Lien Secured Party Consent | |
Exhibit IV | Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) dated and effective as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Borrowers), each Subsidiary of the Borrowers listed on Schedule I hereto and each Subsidiary of the Borrowers that becomes a party hereto (each, a Subsidiary Party) and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Collateral Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Agent, as administrative agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Credit Agreement Agent), and the other parties party thereto, (ii) the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Notes Indenture), among the Borrowers, as issuers, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Notes Trustee), and the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and (iii) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and the Administrative Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as defined therein), and the other parties party thereto.
The Lenders and the L/C Issuers have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, and the Borrowers have agreed to issue the First Lien Notes subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Notes Indenture. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to extend such credit and the obligations of the holders of the First Lien Notes to purchase the First Lien Notes are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Parties will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the purchase of the First Lien Notes under the Notes Indenture by the holders of the First Lien Notes. The Subsidiary Parties are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to extend such credit under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of the First Lien Notes to purchase the First Lien Notes and to induce the holders of any other Other First Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other First Lien Agreements, as applicable. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Credit Agreement.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement have the meanings specified therein. The term instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Account Debtor means any person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Applicable First Lien Representative means the Applicable Authorized Representative as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Article 9 Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
Authorized Representative means (i) the Administrative Agent with respect to the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Notes Trustee with respect to the First Lien Notes and (iii) any duly authorized representative of any other Secured Party under Other First Lien Agreements designated as Authorized Representative for any Secured Party in an Other First Lien Secured Party Consent delivered to the Agent.
Collateral means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.
Copyright License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any Pledgor under (a) any copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office now or hereafter owned by any third party, and (c) all rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Copyrights means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or
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any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed on Schedule IV.
Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement Loan Obligations means the Loan Obligations as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Obligations means the Obligations as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Parties means the Secured Parties as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Event of Default means an Event of Default under and as defined in the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture or any other Other First Lien Agreement.
Federal Securities Laws has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Agent, (i) the Administrative Agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as the Authorized Representative for the Initial Other First Lien Secured Parties (as defined therein), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or (ii) any other Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement entered into in replacement thereof.
First Lien Notes means the Notes as defined in the Notes Indenture.
Gaming Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries manages or conducts any casino, gaming business or activities, the applicable gaming board, commission, or other governmental gaming regulatory body or agency which (a) has, or may at any time after the date hereof have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities at the property or any successor to such authority or (b) is, or may at any time after the date hereof be, responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Gaming Laws.
Gaming Laws means all applicable constitutions, treaties, laws, rates, regulations and orders and statutes pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming, gambling or casino activities and all rules, rulings, orders, ordinances, regulations of any Gaming Authority applicable to the gambling, casino or gaming business or activities of any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the Gaming Authorities.
General Intangibles means all General Intangibles as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal
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property of any Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
IP Security Agreement means those certain intellectual property security agreements executed in connection with this Agreement, as the same may be from time to time modified, amended, restated and or supplemented, substantially in the form attached to this Collateral Agreement as Exhibit IV.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and all related documentation.
Intercreditor Agreements means, collectively, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Liquor Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries sells and distributes liquor, the applicable alcoholic beverage commission or other Governmental Authority responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Liquor Laws.
Liquor Laws means the laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to or involving the sale and distribution of liquor by any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the applicable Liquor Authorities.
Loan Documents means (a) the Credit Agreement, (b) all Other First Lien Agreements, (c) the Security Documents and (d) for purposes of Section 5.02 and Section 7.06 only, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Loan Party means each of the Borrowers, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary of a Borrower that is a party to the Credit Agreement or, any other Loan Document as a pledgor or a guarantor.
Mortgaged Properties means the Real Properties owned or leased by the Borrowers or any other Pledgor encumbered by one or more Mortgages to secure the Secured Obligations.
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Mortgages means, collectively, the first lien mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignment of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered from time to time with respect to Mortgaged Properties, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
New York UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Notes Indenture has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Notes Indenture Documents means (a) the Notes Indenture, the First Lien Notes, the Notes Indenture Guarantees, this Agreement and the other Security Documents in respect of the First Lien Notes and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the Notes Indenture or any such Security Document, in each case, as such documents or instruments may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Notes Indenture Guarantees means the Guarantees as defined in the Notes Indenture.
Notes Obligations means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrowers of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding) on indebtedness under the First Lien Notes and the Notes Indenture, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrowers to any Secured Party under any of the Notes Indenture Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrowers under or pursuant to any Notes Indenture Document, and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Pledgor under or pursuant to any Notes Indenture Document.
Notes Trustee has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
Other First Lien Agreement means any indenture, including the Notes Indenture and the First Lien Notes, credit agreement (excluding the Credit Agreement) or other agreement, document or instrument, pursuant to which any Pledgor has or will incur Other First Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder (other than the Notes Obligations) has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.23.
Other First Lien Obligations means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrowers of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency
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of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on Indebtedness under any Other First Lien Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrowers to any Secured Party under any Other First Lien Agreement, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrowers under or pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement, in each case (other than in the case of Notes Obligations), that have been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.23. Other First Lien Obligations shall include all Notes Obligations.
Other First Lien Secured Parties means, collectively, the holders of Other First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto including the Notes Trustee and the holders of First Lien Notes.
Other First Lien Secured Party Consent means a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit III to this Agreement executed by the Authorized Representative of any holders of Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 7.23.
Patent License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by (a) letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Patents means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including those listed on Schedule IV, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
Perfection Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by an officer of the Company.
Permitted Liens means Liens that are (a) not prohibited by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement and (b) not prohibited by any Other First Lien Agreement.
Pledged Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
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Pledged Debt Securities has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Securities means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
Pledged Stock has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledgor means (i) with respect to the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Borrowers and each Subsidiary Party; (ii) with respect to the Notes Obligations, the Borrowers and each Subsidiary Party; and (iii) with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the Borrowers and each other Subsidiary Loan Party, excluding any of the foregoing if such Person or Persons are not intended to provide collateral with respect to such Series pursuant to the terms of the Other First Lien Agreement governing such Series.
Real Property means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Borrower or any other Pledgor, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements situated, placed or constructed upon, or fixed to or incorporated into, or which becomes a component part of such real property, and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Rule 3-10 has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Rule 3-16 has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Secured Obligations means, collectively, the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and any Other First Lien Obligations (including the Notes Obligations), or any of the foregoing.
Secured Parties means the persons holding any Secured Obligations and in any event including (i) all Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (ii) all Other First Lien Secured Parties.
Security Documents has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indenture and any analogous term in any other Other First Lien Agreement (but, with respect to the Secured Obligations of any Series, the term Security Documents shall not include any document which by its terms is solely for the benefit of the holders of one or more other Series of Secured Obligations and not such Series of Secured Obligations).
Security Interest has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
Series shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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Subsidiary Party has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Trademark License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to use (a) any trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all renewals thereof and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Trademarks means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby.
ARTICLE II.
[Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE III.
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 3.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgors right, title and interest in, to and under:
(a) the Equity Interests directly owned by it (which such Equity Interests constituting Pledged Stock on the date hereof shall be listed on Schedule III) and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the Pledged Stock); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include any Excluded Securities or Excluded Property;
(b) (i) the debt securities currently issued to any Pledgor (which such debt securities constituting Pledged Debt Securities shall be listed on Schedule III), (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to such Pledgor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such debt securities (the Pledged Debt Securities); provided that the Pledged Debt Securities shall not include any Excluded Securities or Excluded Property;
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(c) subject to Section 3.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above;
(d) subject to Section 3.06, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and
(e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above being collectively referred to as the Pledged Collateral).
In addition, in the event that Rule 3-10 (Rule 3-10) or Rule 3-16 (Rule 3-16) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as amended, modified or interpreted by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), would require (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would require) the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower due to the fact that such Persons Equity Interests secure any series of the Other First Lien Obligations affected thereby then the Equity Interests of such Person (the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral) will automatically be deemed not to be part of the Collateral securing such series of Other First Lien Obligations affected thereby, but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement and only for so long as required to not be subject to such requirement. In such event, this Agreement may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Secured Party, to the extent necessary to release the Lien on the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral in favor of the Agent with respect only to the relevant series of Other First Lien Obligations. In the event that Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC to permit (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would permit) any Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral to secure the Other First Lien Obligations in excess of the amount then pledged without the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of such Person, then the Equity Interests of such Person will automatically be deemed to be a part of the Collateral for the relevant series of Other First Lien Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this paragraph shall limit the pledge of such Equity Interests and other securities from securing the Secured Obligations (other than the relevant series of Other First Lien Obligations) at all relevant times or from securing any Other First Lien Obligations that are not in respect of securities subject to regulation by the SEC. To the extent any proceeds of any collection or sale of Equity Interests deemed by this paragraph to no longer constitute part of the Collateral for the relevant series of Other First Lien Obligations are to be applied by the Agent in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof, such proceeds shall, notwithstanding the terms of Section 5.02 and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, not be applied to the payment of such series of Other First Lien Obligations.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
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SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.19, each Pledgor agrees promptly (and in any event within 45 days after the acquisition (or such longer time as the Applicable First Lien Representative shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities are either (i) Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02.
(b) Each Pledgor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Excluded Property) (i) having, in each case, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $15,000,000 or (ii) payable by any Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than (1) intercompany Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations and intercompany sales of each Borrower and each Subsidiary or (2) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) owed to such Pledgor by any person to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the Agent, to immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under Section 7.01(b), (c), (f), (h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement or under any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement, unless such demand would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose such Pledgor to liability to the maker.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.19, upon delivery to the Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 3.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents as the Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule III (or a supplement to Schedule III, as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Schedule III correctly sets forth (and, with respect to any Pledged Stock issued by an issuer that is not a subsidiary of a Borrower, correctly sets forth, to the knowledge of the relevant Pledgor) the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by such Pledged Stock and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness required to be (i) pledged in order to satisfy the Collateral Requirement or (ii) delivered pursuant to Section 3.02(b);
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(b) the Pledged Stock, to the best of each Pledgors knowledge, as of the date hereof, have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and are fully paid and nonassessable;
(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder (or otherwise not prohibited by the Loan Documents), each Pledgor (i) is and, subject to any transfers made not in violation of the Credit Agreement and each Other First Lien Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule III as owned by such Pledgor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement and each Other First Lien Agreement and other than Permitted Liens, and (iv) subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Loan Documents to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all persons;
(d) other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto or the Notes Indenture or any offering circular related thereto or, after the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in any Other First Lien Agreement, and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents, Gaming Laws, or securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law, memorandum of association or articles of association provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Agent of rights and remedies hereunder other than under applicable Gaming Laws;
(e) each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto or the Notes Indenture or any offering circular related thereto or, after the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in any Other First Lien Agreement and as required under Gaming Laws, as of the date hereof, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);
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(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements and a financing statement naming the Agent as the secured party and covering the Pledged Collateral to which such Pledged Securities relate is filed in the appropriate filing office pursuant to Section 4.02(b), the Agent will obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations to the extent such perfection is governed by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and
(h) Subject to Section 7.19, the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.
SECTION 3.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.
(a) Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by any Pledgor, pledged hereunder and represented by a certificate, shall be a security within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC, and each such interest shall at all times hereafter be represented by a certificate.
(b) Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by a Pledgor, pledged hereunder and not represented by a certificate shall not be a security within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall not be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC (or other applicable Uniform Commercial Code in effect in another jurisdiction), and the Pledgors shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a security within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC or issue any certificate representing such interest, unless the applicable Pledgor provides prior notification to the Agent of such election and promptly delivers any such certificate to the Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.
SECTION 3.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor will promptly give to the Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Subsidiary
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that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the Agent, pursuant to this Section 3.05, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Subsidiary for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.
SECTION 3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.
(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Agent shall have given written notice to the relevant Pledgors of the Agents intention to exercise its rights hereunder:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents provided that, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of any of the Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall be promptly (and in any event within 45 days of their receipt (or such longer time as the Applicable First Lien Representative shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) delivered to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Agents intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06
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shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Agent in an account to be established by the Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Company has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, the Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Agents intention to exercise its rights hereunder, subject to applicable Gaming Laws, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Applicable First Lien Representative, the Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Company has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall in each case be reinstated.
(d) Any notice given by the Agent to the Pledgors suspending their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 3.06 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Pledgors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Pledgors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Agents rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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ARTICLE IV.
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 4.01. Security Interest.
(a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations when due, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the Security Interest) in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the Article 9 Collateral):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all cash and Deposit Accounts;
(iv) all Documents;
(v) all Equipment;
(vi) all Fixtures;
(vii) all General Intangibles;
(viii) all Instruments;
(ix) all Intellectual Property;
(x) all Inventory;
(xi) all Investment Property other than the Pledged Collateral;
(xii) all Letter of Credit Rights;
(xiii) all Commercial Tort Claims individually in excess of $10,000,000, as described on Schedule II hereto;
(xiv) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xv) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any person with respect to any of the foregoing;
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the Article 9 Collateral shall not include), and the other provisions of the Loan Documents, the Notes Indenture Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to, the Excluded Securities and the Excluded Property. In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 9.22 of the Credit Agreement and 7.24 of this Agreement shall apply to all the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor, (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates and (iii) a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Article 9 Collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such property as all assets or all property or words of similar effect. Each Pledgor agrees to provide such information to the Agent promptly upon request.
The Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) such documents as may be reasonably necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Pledgor in such Pledgors United States registered or pending Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, without the signature of any Pledgor, and naming any Pledgor or the Pledgors as debtors and the Agent as secured party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Pledgor shall be required to take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America for the purpose of perfecting the Security Interest in any Article 9 Collateral of such Pledgor constituting Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights or any other assets.
(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Pledgors shall be required to enter into any control agreements or control, lockbox or similar arrangements with respect to any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts or any other assets (other than the delivery of Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by Article III).
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SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties. The Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Agent and the Secured Parties that:
(a) Each Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder, except where the failure to have such rights and title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and has full power and authority to grant to the Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person as of the date hereof other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise been disclosed herein or in the Credit Agreement and the schedules thereto or the Notes Indenture and any offering circular related thereto or, after the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in the Other First Lien Agreements.
(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Pledgor, is correct and complete, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date. Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral have been prepared by the Agent based upon the information provided to the Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 4 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Company to the Agent after the Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement or, after the termination of the Credit Agreement and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any equivalent provision of each Other First Lien Agreement), and constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States issued Patents, United States registered Trademarks and United States registered Copyrights) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that IP Security Agreements executed by the applicable Pledgors containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property with respect to issued United States Patents (and Patents for which applications are pending), registered United States Trademarks (and Trademarks for which registration applications are pending) and registered United States Copyrights (and Copyrights for which registration applications are pending) has been delivered to the Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect
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of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of such Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the Closing Date).
(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) subject to Section 4.02(b), a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of the IP Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Pledgors free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens. None of the Pledgors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.
(e) None of the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually in excess of $10,000,000 as of the Closing Date except as indicated on the Perfection Certificate.
(f) Except as set forth in the Perfection Certificate, as of the Closing Date, all Accounts owned by the Pledgors have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory owned by the Pledgors has been acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 4.03. Covenants.
(a) Each Pledgor agrees promptly (and in any event within 10 days thereof, or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the Agent) to notify the Agent in writing of any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure,
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(iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to provide the Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Pledgor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any applicable statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Pledgor is damaged or destroyed.
(b) Subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Loan Documents to dispose of Collateral, each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(c) Each Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Pledgors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule IV or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may constitute Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks; provided that any Pledgor shall have the right, exercisable within 90 days after it has been notified by the Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral, to advise the Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Pledgor hereunder with respect to such Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct with respect to such Collateral within 90 days after the date it has been notified by the Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral.
(d) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.
(e) At its option, the Agent may discharge any past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the
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Article 9 Collateral and that is not a Permitted Lien, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement, each Other First Lien Agreement or this Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Agent on demand for any reasonable and documented payment made or any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expense incurred by the Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.
(f) Each Pledgor (rather than the Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(g) None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Agent shall have notified the Pledgors that an Event of Default under clause (b), (c), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement or the equivalent provisions of any Other First Lien Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing, and during the continuance thereof, the Pledgors shall not sell, convey, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Article 9 Collateral to the extent requested by the Agent (which notice may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing).
(h) None of the Pledgors will, without the Agents prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts, compromises or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practices, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement.
(i) Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Agent) as such Pledgors true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required by the Loan Documents or to pay any premium
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in whole or part relating thereto, the Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Agent in connection with this Section 4.03(i), including reasonable and documented attorneys fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Pledgors to the Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 4.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Agent to enforce, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Agents security interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgors own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Pledgor shall at any time own or acquire any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $15,000,000, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $10,000,000, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Agent in writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
SECTION 4.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement and, after the termination of the Credit Agreement and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each Other First Lien Agreement:
(a) Each Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business may become prematurely invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable patent laws.
(b) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each Trademark material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration or claim of trademark or service mark as required under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees use of such Trademark in violation of any third-party rights.
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(c) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business that it publishes, displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable copyright laws.
(d) Each Pledgor shall notify the Agent promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business may imminently become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions and similar determinations or developments, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, any court or any similar office of any country, regarding such Pledgors ownership of any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.
(e) Each Pledgor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) inform the Agent on an annual basis at the time of delivery of financial statements for such year (commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014) of each application by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country filed during the preceding twelve-month period, and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Agent, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Agents security interest in such United States federally registered or pending Patent, Trademark or Copyright.
(f) Each Pledgor shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country with respect to maintaining and pursuing each material application relating to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business and to maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark and each Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgors reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.
(g) In the event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Agent and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, promptly sue and recover any and all damages, and take such other actions as are reasonably appropriate under the circumstances.
(h) Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Agent, each Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals from the licensor under each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such Pledgors right, title and interest thereunder to (in the Agents sole discretion) the designee of the Agent or the Agent.
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ARTICLE V.
Remedies
SECTION 5.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to applicable Gaming Laws, each Pledgor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the Agent or to license or sublicense (subject to any obligation to maintain the quality of goods and services provided under any Trademark consistent with the quality of such goods and services provided by the Pledgors immediately prior to such Event of Default), whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained) and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Agent shall have the right, subject to the requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any brokers board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Agent shall deem appropriate. The Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 5.01 the Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
The Agent shall give the applicable Pledgors 10 days written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Agents intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the
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case of a sale at a brokers board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 5.01, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose under this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds. The Agent shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements including Section 1.01(b) of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral realized through the exercise by the Agent of its remedies hereunder, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash at any time when remedies are being exercised hereunder, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all fees and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any Loan Document or any of the Secured Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any Pledgor and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
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SECOND, to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations secured by such Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata based on the respective amounts of such Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution (or in accordance with such other method of distribution as may be set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement); and
THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
SECTION 5.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Pledgor hereby grants to (in the Agents sole discretion) a designee of the Agent or the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Pledgor) to use, license or sublicense (subject to any obligation to maintain the quality of goods and services provided under any Trademark consistent with the quality of such goods and services provided by the Pledgors immediately prior to such Event of Default) any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, the right to prosecute and maintain all Intellectual Property and the right to sue for past infringement of the Intellectual Property. The use of such license by the Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Pledgors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.
SECTION 5.04. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the Federal Securities Laws) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Agent if the Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral
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could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Agent sells.
SECTION 5.05. Registration, etc. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if for any reason the Agent desires to sell any of the Pledged Collateral at a public sale, subject to applicable Gaming Laws, it will, at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Agent to permit the public sale of such Pledged Collateral. Each Pledgor further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, each other Secured Party, any underwriter and their respective officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons from and against all loss, liability, expenses, costs of counsel (including reasonable fees and expenses to the Agent of legal counsel), and claims (including the costs of investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss, liability, expense or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any notification or offering circular, or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in any thereof not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to such Pledgor or the issuer of such Pledged Collateral by the Agent or any other Secured Party expressly for use therein. Each Pledgor further agrees, upon such written request referred to above, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Collateral under the Blue Sky or other securities laws of such states as may be reasonably requested by the Agent and keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each Pledgor will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section 5.05. Each Pledgor acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this Section 5.05 only and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages and, therefore, agrees that its agreements contained in this Section 5.05 may be specifically enforced.
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ARTICLE VI.
[Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE VII.
Miscellaneous
SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect) and all notices to any holder of obligations under any Other First Lien Agreements, at its address set forth in the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent or in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Agent and the Company. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Party shall be given to it in care of the Company, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect).
SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).
SECTION 7.03. Limitation by Law. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law or regulation (including any Gaming Law or Liquor Law), and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law or regulation (including any Gaming Law or Liquor Law) that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law or regulation (including any Gaming Law or Liquor Law).
SECTION 7.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any
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interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indenture or, after the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any party without the approval of any other party and without affecting the obligations of any other party hereunder.
SECTION 7.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor or the Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns. The Agent hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent pursuant hereto.
SECTION 7.06. Agents Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The parties hereto agree that the Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of each Other First Lien Agreement.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Agent and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement) (or such equivalent term as may be used in any Other First Lien Agreement) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsels), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and other transactions contemplated hereby (including in connection with the appointment of any successor Agent in accordance with the applicable Loan Documents and in connection with any filings, registrations or any other actions to be taken to reflect the security interest of such successor Agent), (ii) the use of proceeds of the Loans or any Other First Lien Obligations or the use of any Letter of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or any Pledgor; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment
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to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purpose of this proviso only, each of the Agent, and any Secured Party shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties, shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
SECTION 7.07. Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to applicable Gaming Laws and the Intercreditor Agreements, the Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Agents name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (h) to notify, or to require any Pledgor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Agent; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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SECTION 7.08. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7.09. Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay by the Agent, any L/C Issuer, any Lender or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Agent, any L/C Issuer, the Lenders or any other Secured Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan, the increase of any Other First Lien Obligations or the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof or of any other Security Document may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, Section 9.02 (a) of the Notes Indenture and any equivalent provision in each applicable Other First Lien Agreement and, by each other Authorized Representative to the extent required by (and in accordance with) such applicable Other First Lien Agreement, or, in each case, as otherwise provided in Section 2.04 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Company as to whether any amendment contemplated by this Section 7.09(b) is permitted.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Agent may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Pledgors on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Company, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or any other Loan Documents.
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SECTION 7.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.10.
SECTION 7.11. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 7.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 7.13. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 7.14. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
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(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement, any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 7.15. Termination or Release.
(a) This Agreement and the pledges made by the Pledgors herein and all other security interests granted by the Pledgors hereby shall automatically terminate and be released upon the occurrence of both (i) the Termination Date and (ii) the date when all Notes Obligations and any Other First Lien Obligations (in each case other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due and any other obligations that, by the terms of the Notes Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreements, are not required to be paid in full prior to termination and release of the Collateral) have been paid in full and the Secured Parties have no further commitment to extend credit under the Notes Indenture or any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b) A Subsidiary Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Party ceases to be a Subsidiary or otherwise ceases to be a Pledgor, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to such Subsidiary Party.
(c) (i) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to any person that is not a Pledgor, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, Article IX of the Notes Indenture and any equivalent provision of each applicable Other First Lien Agreement (in each case, to the extent required thereby), or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in the Intercreditor Agreements, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party.
(d) A Pledgor shall automatically be released from its Credit Agreement Secured Obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in any Collateral securing Credit Agreement Secured Obligations shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to any applicable Pledgor.
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(e) Solely with respect to any Other First Lien Obligations, a Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in any Collateral shall in each case be automatically released, in each case (i) solely with respect to Notes Obligations, upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04(a) of the Indenture or (ii) with respect to any Other First Lien Obligations, other than the Notes Obligations, upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in any equivalent provision of any applicable Other First Lien Agreement governing such Other First Lien Obligations, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to any applicable Pledgor.
(f) If any Collateral shall become subject to the release provisions set forth in Section 2.04 of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the lien created hereunder on such Collateral shall be automatically released to the extent (and only to the extent) provided therein.
(g) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.15, the Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such Pledgors expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 7.15, the Pledgors shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release (forms of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent) prepared by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 7.15, the Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Agreement. The Pledgors agree to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent (and its representatives and counsel) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
SECTION 7.16. Additional Subsidiaries. Upon execution and delivery by the Agent and any Subsidiary that is required or permitted to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 or the Collateral Requirement of the Credit Agreement, by Section 4.11 of the Notes Indenture or by any Other First Lien Agreement of an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (or another instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Company), subject to applicable Gaming Laws, such subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.17. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time
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held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of any party to this Agreement against any of and all the obligations of such party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement owed to such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender, the Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer under this Section 7.17 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender, the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may have.
SECTION 7.18. [Reserved.]
SECTION 7.19. Compliance with Gaming Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the pledge of the Pledged Stock of any Loan Party that is a licensee or registered holding company under the Gaming Laws applicable in the State of Nevada (Nevada Gaming Laws) (any such entity, a Nevada Licensee), pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, will not be effective without the prior approval of the Gaming Authorities having jurisdiction in Nevada (the Nevada Gaming Authorities), and no certificates evidencing any such Pledged Stock may be delivered to the Collateral Agent until such approval has been obtained. Furthermore, no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until any approvals required from the Nevada Gaming Authorities under the Nevada Gaming Laws have been obtained;
(b) in the event that Agent exercises one or more of the remedies set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Pledged Stock of any Nevada Licensee, including, without limitation, the foreclosure, transfer, sale, distribution or other disposition of any interest therein (except back to the applicable Pledgor), the exercise of voting and consensual rights, and any other resort to or enforcement of the security interest in such Pledged Stock, such action will require the separate and prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities or the licensing of the Agent or any transferee thereof unless such licensing requirement is waived thereby;
(c) the Agent, and any custodial agent of Agent in the State of Nevada, will be required to comply with the conditions, if any, imposed by the Nevada Gaming Authorities in connection with their approval of the pledge granted hereunder, including, without limitation, requirements that the Agent or its custodial agent maintain the certificates evidencing the Pledged Stock of Nevada Licensees at a location in Nevada provided to the Nevada Gaming Authorities, and that the Agent or its custodial agent permit agents or employees of the Nevada Gaming Authorities to inspect such certificates upon request during normal business hours;
(d) neither the Agent nor any custodial agent of the Agent will be permitted to surrender possession of any Pledged Stock of Nevada Licensees to any person other than the applicable Pledgor thereof without the prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities or as otherwise permitted by the Gaming Laws;
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(e) any approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities of this Agreement, or any amendment hereto, does not constitute approval, either express or implied, of the Agent to take any actions provided for in this Agreement, for which separate approval by the Nevada Gaming Authorities may be required by the Gaming Laws;
(f) the Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns are subject to being called forward by the Nevada Gaming Authorities in their sole and absolute discretion, for licensing or a finding of suitability in order to remain entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents; and
(g) in the event the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, exercises one or more of the remedies set forth in this Agreement with respect to Article 9 Collateral consisting of gaming devices, mobile gaming systems, interactive gaming systems, cashless wagering systems and associated equipment (as those terms are defined in the Gaming Laws), including, but not limited to, the foreclosure, transfer, sale, distribution or other disposition of such Collateral, such exercise of remedies may require the separate and prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities or the licensing of the Agent or any transferee thereof pursuant to the Gaming Laws.
SECTION 7.20. [Reserved].
SECTION 7.21. [Reserved].
SECTION 7.22. Subject to First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 7.23. Other First Lien Obligations. On or after the date hereof and so long as such obligations are not prohibited to be incurred under the Credit Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect, the Company may from time to time designate obligations in respect of Indebtedness to be secured on a pari passu basis with the then outstanding Secured Obligations as Other First Lien Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Agent and each Authorized Representative (a) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Other First Lien Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Other First Lien Obligations are not prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture and any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations and (b) a fully executed Other First Lien Secured Party Consent (in the form attached as Exhibit III). The Agent and each Authorized Representative
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agree that upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in the preceding sentence, (x) the Agent shall act as agent under and subject to the terms of the Security Documents for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including without limitation, any Secured Parties that hold any such Other First Lien Obligations, and (y) the Agent and each Authorized Representative agree to the appointment, and acceptance of the appointment, of the Agent as agent for the holders of such Other First Lien Obligations as set forth in each Other First Lien Secured Party Consent and agree, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party it represents, to be bound by this Agreement and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Secured Obligations to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.24. Application of Gaming Laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement are subject to Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws. Without limiting the foregoing, the Secured Parties acknowledge that (i) they are subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, in their discretion, for licensing, qualification or findings of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii) all rights, remedies and powers in or under this Agreement and the Other First Lien Agreements, including with respect to the Collateral (including the pledge and delivery of the Pledged Collateral), the Mortgaged Properties and the ownership and operation of facilities may be subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, and may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws and only to the extent that required approvals (including prior approvals), if any, are obtained from the relevant Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, | ||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., | ||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, | ||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, AND PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, as Borrowers | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Collateral Agreement (First Lien)]
OCTAVIUS/LINQ INTERMEDIATE HOLDING, LLC | ||
CAESARS LINQ, LLC | ||
CAESARS OCTAVIUS, LLC | ||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 1, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 2, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 3, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 4, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 5, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 6, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 7, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 8, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 9, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO, LLC, AND | ||
PARIS LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC as Subsidiary Parties | ||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |
Name: Donald Colvin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Collateral Agreement (First Lien)]
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Stuart Dickson | |
Name: Stuart Dickson | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Collateral Agreement (First Lien)]
Schedule I
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Subsidiary Parties
Legal Name |
Type of Entity |
Jurisdiction of Organization | ||
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Caesars Linq, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Caesars Octavius, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Nevada | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 1, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 2, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 3, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 4, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 5, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 6, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 7, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 8, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 9, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | New Jersey | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Propco, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Nevada |
Schedule II
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Commercial Tort Claims
None.
Schedule III
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt Securities
Equity Interests
Current Legal Entities Owned |
Record Owner |
Certificate No. | No. Shares/ Interest |
Percent Pledged | ||||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Propco, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 1, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 1, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 2, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 2, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 3, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 3, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 4, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 4, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 5, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 5, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 6, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 6, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 7, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 7, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 8, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 8, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 9, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % |
Current Legal Entities Owned |
Record Owner |
Certificate No. | No. Shares/ Interest |
Percent Pledged | ||||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 9, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc. | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc. | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of the members interest | 100 | % | |||||
Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of the members interest | 100 | % | |||||
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC |
Rio Properties, LLC | N/A | 100% of limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Caesars Linq, LLC |
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Caesars Octavius, LLC |
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc. |
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC | 1 | 100 shares of common stock | 100 | % |
Debt Securities
Entity |
Principal Amount |
Date of Issuance |
Interest Rate |
Maturity Date |
Pledged [Y/N] | |||||
Global Intercompany Note |
All amounts standing from time to time | Closing Date | As agreed from time to time | On demand | Y |
Schedule IV
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Intellectual Property
Trademarks
1. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
2. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
3. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Rio Properties, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
4. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
5. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Harrahs Atlantic City Propco, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
6. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Harrahs Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
Patents
None.
Copyrights
1. | See Schedule I to the Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
2. | See Schedule I to the Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
3. | See Schedule I to the Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Rio Properties, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
Exhibit I
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of (this Supplement), to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as heretofore amended and/or supplemented, the Collateral Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Borrowers), each Subsidiary Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)) listed on Schedule I to the Collateral Agreement and each Subsidiary of the Borrowers that becomes a party hereto (each, a Subsidiary Party) and CITCORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
A. Reference is made to (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October , 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Agent, as administrative agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Credit Agreement Agent), and the other parties party thereto, (ii) the Indenture, dated as of October , 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Notes Indenture), among the Borrowers, as issuers, U.S. BANK National Association, as trustee (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Notes Trustee), and the other parties party thereto, and (iii) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), by and among CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and Credit Agreement Agent, U.S. BANK National Association, as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as defined therein), and the other parties party thereto.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agreement referred to therein.
C. The Pledgors have entered into the Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans, each L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, the holders of the First Lien Notes to purchase the First Lien Notes, and the holders of any other Other First Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other First Lien Agreements, as applicable. Section 7.16 of the Collateral Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Parties under the Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the New Subsidiary) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indenture to become a Subsidiary Party under the Collateral Agreement.
Accordingly, the Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 7.16 of the Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Party and a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Party and a Pledgor, and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Party and Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, subject to any approvals required under Gaming Laws, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and Lien on all the New Subsidiarys right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a Subsidiary Party or a Pledgor in the Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary (except as otherwise provided in clause (iii) of the definition of Pledgor to the extent applicable). The Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. This Supplement shall become effective when (a) the Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and (b) the Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities of the New Subsidiary, (b) set forth on Schedule II attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all Intellectual Property constituting United States registered Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, (c) set forth on Schedule III attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all Commercial Tort Claims in excess of $10,000,000 and (d) set forth under its signature hereto, is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and organizational ID number.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Collateral Agreement) be in writing and given as provided in Section 7.01 of the Collateral Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of | ||
New Subsidiary] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Legal Name: | ||
Jurisdiction of Formation: |
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Collateral Agent, | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Schedule I
to Supplement No. to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Pledged Collateral of the New Subsidiary
EQUITY INTERESTS
Number of Issuer Certificate |
Registered Owner | Number and Class of Equity Interests |
Percentage of Equity Interests | |||
DEBT SECURITIES
Issuer |
Principal Amount | Date of Note | Maturity Date | |||
OTHER PROPERTY
Schedule II
to Supplement No. to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Intellectual Property of the New Subsidiary
Exhibit II
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Form of Perfection Certificate
See Attached
-1
Exhibit III
to Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
[Form of]
OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT
[Name of Other First Lien Secured Party]
[Address of Other First Lien Secured Party]
[Date]
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The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for Persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the New Secured Parties) under the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as heretofore amended and/or supplemented, the Collateral Agreement (terms used without definition herein have the meanings assigned to such term by the Collateral Agreement)) among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Borrowers), each Subsidiary Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)) listed on Schedule I to the Collateral Agreement and each Subsidiary of the Borrowers that becomes a party hereto (each, a Subsidiary Party) and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:
(i) represents that the Authorized Representative has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the New Secured Obligation) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;
(ii) acknowledges that the Authorized Representative received a copy of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Security Documents and First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;
(iv) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to holders of Other First Lien Obligations, with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by all the provisions thereof (including, without limitation, Section 2.02(b) thereof) as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the effective date of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that its address for receiving notices pursuant to the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be as follows:
[Address]
(v) confirms the authority of the Agent to enter into such agreements on its behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to it and the New Secured Parties as fully as if it had been a party to each such agreement on behalf of itself and the New Secured Parties.
The Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment set forth in clause (iii) above.
THIS OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Exhibit IV
to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
See Attached
Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (First Lien)
[FORM OF] [COPYRIGHT] [PATENT] [TRADEMARK] SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of [DATE] (this Agreement), made by [], a [] [] (the Pledgor), in favor of Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral Agent (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Collateral Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Borrowers), and each subsidiary of the Borrowers identified therein and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein). The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Collateral Agreement. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the Collateral Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations when due, each Pledgor pursuant to the Collateral Agreement did, and hereby does, grant to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgors right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the IP Collateral):
[(i) all Patents, including those listed on Schedule I;]
[(ii) all Copyrights, including those listed on Schedule II;]
[(iii) all Trademarks, including those listed on Schedule III;
provided, however, that the foregoing pledge, assignment and grant of security interest will not cover any intent-to-use applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, to the extent, if any, that any assignment of an intent-to-use application prior to such filing would violate the Lanham Act.]
SECTION 3. Collateral Agreement. The security interests granted to the Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. Each Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the IP Collateral are more fully set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or via electronic mail, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document.
SECTION 5. Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
[Signature Pages Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION COPY
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (SECOND LIEN)
dated and effective as of
October 11, 2013,
among
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC,
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC.,
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC,
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC.,
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC,
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC,
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC,
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC,
as the Issuers
each Subsidiary Party party hereto
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH AMONG CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS CREDIT AGREEMENT AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INITIAL OTHER FIRST PRIORITY LIEN OBLIGATIONS AGENT, AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SET FORTH MORE FULLY IN SECTION 7.17 HEREOF. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. | ||||||
DEFINITIONS | ||||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Notes Indenture |
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SECTION 1.02. |
Other Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE II. | ||||||
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ARTICLE III. | ||||||
PLEDGE OF SECURITIES | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Pledge |
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SECTION 3.02. |
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral |
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SECTION 3.03. |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
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SECTION 3.04. |
Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests |
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SECTION 3.05. |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations |
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SECTION 3.06. |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc. |
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ARTICLE IV. | ||||||
SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Security Interest |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 4.03. |
Covenants |
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SECTION 4.04. |
Other Actions |
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SECTION 4.05. |
Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral |
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ARTICLE V. | ||||||
REMEDIES | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Remedies upon Default |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Application of Proceeds |
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SECTION 5.03. |
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property |
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SECTION 5.04. |
Securities Act, etc. |
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SECTION 5.05. |
Registration, etc. |
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SECTION 5.06. |
Agent |
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ARTICLE VI. | ||||||
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ARTICLE VII. | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Notices |
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SECTION 7.02. |
Security Interest Absolute |
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SECTION 7.03. |
Limitation by Law |
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SECTION 7.04. |
Binding Effect; Several Agreement |
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SECTION 7.05. |
Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 7.06. |
Agents Fees and Expenses; Indemnification; Rights of Agent |
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SECTION 7.07. |
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact |
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SECTION 7.08. |
GOVERNING LAW |
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SECTION 7.09. |
Waivers; Amendment |
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SECTION 7.10. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 7.11. |
Severability |
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SECTION 7.12. |
Counterparts |
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SECTION 7.13. |
Headings |
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SECTION 7.14. |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 7.15. |
Termination or Release |
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SECTION 7.16. |
Additional Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 7.17. |
Subject to Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
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SECTION 7.18. |
Senior Collateral Documents |
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SECTION 7.19. |
Compliance with Gaming Laws |
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SECTION 7.20. |
Other Second Lien Obligations |
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SECTION 7.21. |
Application of Gaming Laws |
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Schedules
Schedule I | Subsidiary Parties | |
Schedule II | Commercial Tort Claims | |
Schedule III | Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt Securities | |
Schedule IV | Intellectual Property |
Exhibits
Exhibit I | Form of Supplement to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien) | |
Exhibit II | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
Exhibit III | Form of Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent | |
Exhibit IV | Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (SECOND LIEN) dated and effective as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Issuers), each Subsidiary of the Issuers listed on Schedule I hereto and each Subsidiary of the Issuers that becomes a party hereto (each, a Subsidiary Party) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to (i) the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Notes Indenture), among the Issuers, as issuers, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Notes Trustee), and the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and (ii) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (as defined therein), and the other parties party thereto.
The holders of the Second Lien Notes have agreed to purchase the Second Lien Notes subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Notes Indenture, and the Issuers have agreed to issue the Second Lien Notes subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Notes Indenture. The obligations of the holders of the Second Lien Notes to purchase the Second Lien Notes are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Parties will derive substantial benefits from the purchase of the Second Lien Notes under the Notes Indenture by the holders of the Second Lien Notes. The Subsidiary Parties are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the holders of the Second Lien Notes to purchase the Second Lien Notes and to induce the holders of any Other Second Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other Second Lien Agreements, as applicable. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Notes Indenture.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Notes Indenture. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement or the Notes Indenture have the meanings specified therein. The term instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC. If the First Lien Termination Date (as defined below) has occurred, a reference in this Agreement to the First Lien Agent shall, unless the context requires otherwise, be construed as a reference to the Agent and this agreement shall be interpreted accordingly.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.04 of the Notes Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Account Debtor means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Article 9 Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
Authorized Representative with respect to any Other Second Lien Obligations means the agent or trustee under the agreement pursuant to which such Other Second Lien Obligations are issued or incurred.
CFC shall mean a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.
Collateral means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.
Copyright License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any Pledgor under (a) any copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office now or hereafter owned by any third party, and (c) all rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
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Copyrights means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed on Schedule IV.
Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has the meaning assigned to such term in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Event of Default means an Event of Default under and as defined in the Notes Indenture or any Other Second Lien Agreement.
Excluded Property means (i) any Real Property other than those securing the Senior Lender Claims, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien thereon can be perfected by filing a UCC-1), and commercial tort claims with a value of less than $10.0 million, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, rule, regulation (including any Gaming Law) or enforceable contractual obligation binding on the assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on the assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets (A) owned on the Issue Date or (B) acquired after the Issue Date with Indebtedness of the type permitted pursuant to clauses (b)(iv) or (b)(xxiii) of Section 4.03 of the Notes Indenture that is secured by a Permitted Lien) (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction), (iv) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), (v) those assets as to which the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and the Borrowers reasonably agree that the costs or other consequence of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby, (vi) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate applicable Requirement of Law (including Gaming Laws) or violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Pledgor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (vii) any equipment or other asset owned by any Issuer or any other Pledgor that is subject to a purchase money lien or a Capitalized Lease Obligation, in each case, as permitted under the Notes Indenture, if the contract or other agreement in which the Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Capitalized Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Issuers or any other Pledgors as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such equipment or assets and, in each case, the prohibition or requirement is permitted under the Notes Indenture, (viii) any governmental licenses (including gaming licenses) or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted
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thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (ix) pending United States intent-to-use trademark applications for which a verified statement of use or an amendment to allege use has not been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (x) other customary exclusions under applicable local law or in applicable local jurisdictions set forth in the Security Documents, (xi) any Excluded Securities, (xii) any accounts or funds received by the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries as agent on behalf of third parties that they have a duty to collect and remit to such third parties, (xiii) any asset at any time the Credit Agreement is outstanding that is not then subject to a Lien securing the Senior Lender Claims under the Credit Agreement at such time and (xiv) for the avoidance of doubt, any assets owned by, or the Equity Interests of, any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or any Receivables Subsidiary or any other asset securing any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt or any Receivables Financing (which shall in no event constitute Collateral hereunder, nor shall any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary be a Pledgor hereunder); provided, that the Issuers may in their sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of Excluded Property.
Excluded Securities shall mean any of the following:
(a) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and the Borrowers reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
(b) in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by a Pledgor) to secure the Secured Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;
(c) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness to the extent and for so long as the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law (including any Gaming Laws);
(d) any Equity Interests of any Person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Secured Obligations is prohibited by, or would give any other party (other than any Pledgor) the right to terminate its obligations under, the terms of (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party (other than, in this subclause (A)(ii), non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirements of Law), (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided, that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Pledgor or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate any Issuer or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such organizational documents, joint venture agreement
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or shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Secured Obligations would give any other party (other than a Pledgor or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Equity Interests (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in subclause (A)(ii), non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirement of Law);
(e) any Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary;
(f) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of, or other Equity Interests owned by, a Foreign Subsidiary;
(g) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to any Issuer or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined in good faith by the Issuers;
(h) any margin stock; and
(i) any Equity Interest or Indebtedness at any time the Credit Agreement is outstanding that is not then subject to a Lien securing the Senior Lender Claims under the Credit Agreement at such time.
First Lien Agent means the First Priority Designated Agent as such term is defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
First Lien Termination Date means, subject to Section 5.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the date on which the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims occurs; provided that if, at any time after the First Lien Termination Date, the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims is deemed not to have occurred pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien Termination Date shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the date of incurrence and designation of any new Senior Lender Claims as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Senior Lender Claims).
FSHCO shall mean any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and/or of one or more FSHCOs.
Gaming Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries manages or conducts any casino, gaming business or activities, the applicable gaming board, commission, or other governmental gaming regulatory body or agency which (a) has, or may at any time after the date hereof have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities at the property or any successor to such authority or (b) is, or may at any time after the date hereof be, responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Gaming Laws.
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Gaming Laws means all applicable constitutions, treaties, laws, rates, regulations and orders and statutes pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming, gambling or casino activities and all rules, rulings, orders, ordinances, regulations of any Gaming Authority applicable to the gambling, casino or gaming business or activities of any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the Gaming Authorities.
General Intangibles means all General Intangibles as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
Indemnitee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.06(b).
Intellectual Property means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and all related documentation.
IP Security Agreement means those certain intellectual property security agreements executed in connection with this Agreement, as the same may be from time to time modified, amended, restated and or supplemented, substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit IV.
Issuer has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Liquor Authorities means, in any jurisdiction in which any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries sells and distributes liquor, the applicable alcoholic beverage commission or other Governmental Authority responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Liquor Laws.
Liquor Laws means the laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to or involving the sale and distribution of liquor by any Issuer or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the applicable Liquor Authorities.
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Mortgaged Properties means the Real Properties owned or leased by any Issuer or any other Pledgor encumbered by a Mortgage to secure the Secured Obligations.
Mortgages means, collectively, the second lien mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignment of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered from time to time with respect to Mortgaged Properties, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
New York UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Notes Indenture has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Notes Indenture Documents means (a) the Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes, the Notes Indenture Guarantees, this Agreement and the other Security Documents in respect of the Second Lien Notes and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the Notes Indenture or any such Security Document, in each case, as such documents or instruments may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Notes Indenture Guarantees means the Guarantees as defined in the Notes Indenture.
Notes Obligations means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Issuers of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding) on indebtedness under the Second Lien Notes and the Notes Indenture, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to any Secured Party under any of the Notes Indenture Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuers under or pursuant to any Notes Indenture Document, and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Pledgor under or pursuant to any Notes Indenture Document.
Notes Trustee has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
Other Second Lien Agreement means any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement, document or instrument, pursuant to which any Pledgor has or will incur Other Second Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Other Second Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.20.
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Other Second Lien Obligations means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Issuers of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on Indebtedness under any Other Second Lien Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to any Secured Party under any Other Second Lien Agreement, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuers under or pursuant to any Other Second Lien Agreement and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Pledgor under or pursuant to any Other Second Lien Agreement, in each case, that have been designated as Other Second Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.20. For the avoidance of doubt, Other Second Lien Obligations shall not include the Notes Obligations.
Other Second Lien Secured Parties means, collectively, the holders of Other Second Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.
Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent means a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit III to this Agreement executed by the Authorized Representative of any holders of Other Second Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 7.20.
Patent License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by (a) letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Patents means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including those listed on Schedule IV, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
Perfection Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by an officer of the Company.
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Permitted Liens means Liens that are not prohibited by Section 4.12 of the Notes Indenture.
Pledged Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Debt Securities has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Securities means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
Pledged Stock has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledgor means (i) with respect to the Notes Obligations, the Issuer and each Subsidiary Party and (ii) with respect to any Series of Other Second Lien Obligations, the Issuers and each Subsidiary Party, excluding any of the foregoing if such Person or Persons are not intended to provide collateral with respect to such Series pursuant to the terms of the Other Second Lien Agreement governing such Series.
Real Property means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Issuer or any Pledgor, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements situated, placed or constructed upon, or fixed to or incorporated into, or which becomes a component part of such real property, and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Requirement of Law shall mean, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule, regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject (including any Gaming Laws).
Rule 3-10 has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Rule 3-16 has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Second Lien Notes means the Notes as defined in the Notes Indenture.
Secured Obligations means, collectively, the Notes Obligations and any Other Second Lien Obligations, or any of the foregoing.
Secured Parties means the Persons holding any Secured Obligations and in any event including (i) the Notes Trustee, the Agent and all holders of Second Lien Notes and (ii) all Other Second Lien Secured Parties.
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Security Documents has the meaning assigned to such term in the Notes Indenture and any analogous term in any Other Second Lien Agreement (but, with respect to the Secured Obligations of any Series, the term Security Documents shall not include any document which by its terms is solely for the benefit of the holders of one or more other Series of Secured Obligations and not such Series of Secured Obligations).
Security Interest has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
Senior Lender Claims has the meaning assigned to such term in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Senior Lender Documents has the meaning assigned to such term in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Series means (a) with respect to the Secured Parties, each of (i) the Notes Trustee and all holders of Second Lien Notes (in their capacities as such) and (ii) the Other Second Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other Second Lien Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any Secured Obligations, each of (i) the Notes Obligations and (ii) the Other Second Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other Second Lien Agreement, which pursuant to any Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other Second Lien Obligations).
Subsidiary Party has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Trademark License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to use (a) any trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all renewals thereof and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Trademarks means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby.
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ARTICLE II.
[Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE III.
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 3.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgors right, title and interest in, to and under (a) the Equity Interests directly owned by it (which such Equity Interests constituting Pledged Stock on the date hereof shall be listed on Schedule III) and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the Pledged Stock); (b)(i) the debt securities currently issued to any Pledgor (which such debt securities constituting Pledged Debt Securities shall be listed on Schedule III), (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to such Pledgor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such debt securities (the Pledged Debt Securities); (c) subject to Section 3.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; (d) Subject to Section 3.06, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above being collectively referred to as the Pledged Collateral); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.01, the Pledged Collateral shall not include any Excluded Securities or Excluded Property.
In addition, in the event that Rule 3-10 (Rule 3-10) or Rule 3-16 (Rule 3-16) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as amended, modified or interpreted by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), would require (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would require) the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of any Issuer or any Subsidiary of an Issuer due to the fact that such Persons Equity Interests secure any series of Secured Obligations affected thereby then the Equity Interests of such Person (the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral) will automatically be deemed not to be part of the Collateral securing such series of Secured Obligations affected thereby, but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement and only for so long as required to not be subject to such requirement. In such event, this Agreement may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Secured Party, to the extent necessary to release the Lien on the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral in favor of the Agent with respect only to the relevant series of Secured Obligations. In the event that Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC to permit (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would permit) any Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral to secure the Secured Obligations in excess of the amount then pledged without the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of such Person, then the Equity Interests
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of such Person will automatically be deemed to be a part of the Collateral for the relevant series of Secured Obligations. To the extent any proceeds of any collection or sale of Equity Interests deemed by this paragraph to no longer constitute part of the Collateral for the relevant series of Secured Obligations are to be applied by the Agent in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof, such proceeds shall, notwithstanding the terms of Section 5.02 and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, not be applied to the payment of such series of Secured Obligations.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.19, each Pledgor agrees promptly (and in any event within 45 days after the acquisition (or such longer time as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) to deliver or cause to be delivered to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities are either (i) Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02.
(b) Each Pledgor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Excluded Property) (i) having, in each case, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $15,000,000 or (ii) payable by any Issuer or any Subsidiary (other than (1) intercompany Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations and intercompany sales of each Issuer and each Subsidiary or (2) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) owed to such Pledgor by any Person to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. Following the First Lien Termination Date, to the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), to immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under Section 6.01(a), (b), (d), (e) or (f) of the Notes Indenture or under any equivalent provision of any Other Second Lien Agreement, unless such demand would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose such Pledgor to liability to the maker.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.19, upon delivery to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 3.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and by such other instruments and documents as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to
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the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule III (or a supplement to Schedule III, as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Schedule III correctly sets forth (and, with respect to any Pledged Stock issued by an issuer that is not a subsidiary of an Issuer, correctly sets forth, to the knowledge of the relevant Pledgor) the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by such Pledged Stock and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness required to be (i) pledged hereunder or (ii) delivered pursuant to Section 3.02(b);
(b) the Pledged Stock, to the best of each Pledgors knowledge, as of the date hereof, have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and are fully paid and nonassessable;
(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder and those securing Senior Lender Claims (or otherwise not prohibited by the Notes Indenture Documents), each Pledgor (i) is and, subject to any transfers made not in violation of the Notes Indenture and each Other Second Lien Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule III as owned by such Pledgor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by the Notes Indenture and each Other Second Lien Agreement and other than Permitted Liens, and (iv) subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Notes Indenture Documents to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all Persons;
(d) other than as set forth in the Notes Indenture or any offering circular related thereto or in any Other Second Lien Agreement, and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Note Documents, Gaming Laws, or securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law, memorandum of association or articles of association provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay
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or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Agent of rights and remedies hereunder other than under applicable Gaming Laws;
(e) each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) other than as set forth in the Notes Indenture or any offering circular related thereto, or in the Senior Lender Documents or in any schedules thereto or in any offering circular related thereto, or, after the termination of the Notes Indenture, the Senior Lender Documents and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in any Other Second Lien Agreement and as required under Gaming Laws, as of the date hereof, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);
(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and a financing statement naming the Agent as the secured party and covering the Pledged Collateral to which such Pledged Securities relate is filed in the appropriate filing office pursuant to Section 4.02(b), the Agent will obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations to the extent such perfection is governed by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and
(h) Subject to Section 7.19, the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.
SECTION 3.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.
(a) Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by any Pledgor, pledged hereunder and represented by a certificate, shall be a security within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC, and each such interest shall at all times hereafter be represented by a certificate.
(b) Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by a Pledgor, pledged hereunder and not represented by a certificate shall not be a security within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall not be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC (or other applicable Uniform Commercial Code in effect in another jurisdiction), and the Pledgors shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a security within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC or issue any certificate representing such
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interest, unless the applicable Pledgor provides prior notification to the Agent of such election and promptly delivers any such certificate to the First Lien Agent (or if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) pursuant to the terms hereof.
SECTION 3.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. Subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien Agent (or if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the First Lien Agent (or if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor will promptly give to the First Lien Agent (or if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. Subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the First Lien Agent (or if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Subsidiary that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the First Lien Agent (or if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), pursuant to this Section 3.05, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Subsidiary for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.
SECTION 3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.
(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) shall have given written notice to the relevant Pledgors of the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent)s intention to exercise its rights hereunder:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement and the other Note Documents provided that, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, the Notes Indenture or any Other Second Lien Agreement, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of any of the Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Note Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
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(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Note Documents and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall be promptly (and in any event within 45 days of their receipt (or such longer time as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) delivered to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent)).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) to the relevant Pledgors of the First Lien Agent (or, if the First LienTermination Date has occurred, the Agent)s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent)). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Agent in an account to be established by the Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Company has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, the Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.
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(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) to the relevant Pledgors of the First Lien Agent (or, if the First LienTermination Date has occurred, the Agent)s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, subject to applicable Gaming Laws, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the First Lien Agent (or, if the First LienTermination Date has occurred, the Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First LienTermination Date has occurred, the Agent), the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Company has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall in each case be reinstated.
(d) Any notice given by the Agent to the Pledgors suspending their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 3.06 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Pledgors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Pledgors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Agents rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
ARTICLE IV.
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 4.01. Security Interest.
(a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations when due, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the Security Interest) in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the Article 9 Collateral):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
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(iii) all cash and Deposit Accounts;
(iv) all Documents;
(v) all Equipment;
(vi) all Fixtures;
(vii) all General Intangibles;
(viii) all Instruments;
(ix) all Intellectual Property;
(x) all Inventory;
(xi) all Investment Property other than the Pledged Collateral;
(xii) all Letter of Credit Rights;
(xiii) all Commercial Tort Claims individually in excess of $10,000,000 as described on Schedule II hereto;
(xiv) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xv) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document, (x) this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the Article 9 Collateral shall not include), and the other provisions of the Notes Indenture Documents and any Other Second Lien Agreement with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to, the Excluded Securities and the Excluded Property, (y) no foreign law governed security documents shall be required and (z) to the extent any Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction with mortgage recording or similar tax, the amount secured by the Security Document with respect to such Mortgaged Property shall be limited to the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as determined in good faith by the Issuers (subject to any applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction or such lesser amount agreed to by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent)). In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Notes Indenture and Section 7.21 of this Agreement shall apply to all the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time to file (but the Agent shall not be obligated to file absent written direction of an Issuer and the Trustee) in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each
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applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor, (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates and (iii) a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Article 9 Collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such property as all assets or all property or words of similar effect. Each Pledgor agrees to provide such information to the Agent promptly upon request.
The Agent is further authorized to file (but shall not be obligated to file absent written direction of an Issuer and the Trustee) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) such documents as may be reasonably necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Pledgor in such Pledgors United States registered or pending Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, without the signature of any Pledgor, and naming any Pledgor or the Pledgors as debtors and the Agent as secured party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Pledgor shall be required to take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America for the purpose of perfecting the Security Interest in any Article 9 Collateral of such Pledgor constituting Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights or any other assets.
(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Pledgors shall be required to enter into any control agreements or control, lockbox or similar arrangements with respect to any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts or any other assets (other than the delivery of Pledged Securities to the Agent to the extent required by Article III).
SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties. The Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Agent and the other Secured Parties that:
(a) Each Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder, except where the failure to have such rights and title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and has full power and authority to grant to the Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person as of the date hereof other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise been disclosed herein or in the Notes Indenture or in any offering circular related thereto, or in the Senior Lender Documents or in any schedules thereto or in any offering circular related thereto, or after the termination of the Notes Indenture, Senior Lender Documents, and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in the Other Second Lien Agreements.
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(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Pledgor, is correct and complete, in all material respects, as of the Issue Date. Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral have been prepared by the Agent based upon the information provided to the Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 4 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Company to the Agent after the Issue Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 4.13 of the Notes Indenture or, after the termination of the Notes Indenture and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any equivalent provision of each Other Second Lien Agreement), and constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States issued Patents, United States registered Trademarks and United States registered Copyrights) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that IP Security Agreements executed by the applicable Pledgors containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property with respect to issued United States Patents (and Patents for which applications are pending), registered United States Trademarks (and Trademarks for which registration applications are pending) and registered United States Copyrights (and Copyrights for which registration applications are pending) has been delivered to the Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of such Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the Issue Date).
(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations,
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(ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) subject to Section 4.02(b), a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of the IP Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be a second priority security interest, prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than Liens in respect of Senior Lender Claims, and other Permitted Liens.
(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Pledgors free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens. None of the Pledgors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.
(e) None of the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually in excess of $10,000,000 as of the Issue Date except as indicated on the Perfection Certificate.
(f) Except as set forth in the Perfection Certificate, as of the Issue Date, all Accounts owned by the Pledgors have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory owned by the Pledgors has been acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 4.03. Covenants.
(a) Each Pledgor agrees promptly (and in any event within 10 days thereof, or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) to notify the Agent in writing of any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to provide the Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Pledgor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any applicable statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected second priority security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Pledgor is damaged or destroyed.
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(b) Subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Notes Indenture Documents to dispose of Collateral, each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(c) Each Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the second priority security interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.
(d) Following the First Lien Termination Date, and subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.
(e) Following the First Lien Termination Date, and subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, at its option, the Agent may discharge any past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and that is not a Permitted Lien, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Notes Indenture, each Other Second Lien Agreement or this Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Agent on demand for any reasonable and documented payment made or any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expense incurred by the Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Agent or any other Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Notes Indenture Documents.
(f) Each Pledgor (rather than the Agent or any other Secured Party) shall remain liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the other Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
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(g) None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as not prohibited by the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreements. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, except as not prohibited by the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreement.
(h) Following the First Lien Termination Date, if requested by the Agent, none of the Pledgors will, without the Agents prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts, compromises or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practices, except as not prohibited by the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreement (subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
(i) Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent)) as such Pledgors true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required by the Note Documents or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent, subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent, subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) in connection with this Section 4.03(i), including reasonable and documented attorneys fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Pledgors to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
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SECTION 4.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Agent to enforce, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Agents security interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgors own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Pledgor shall at any time own or acquire any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $15,000,000, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $10,000,000, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Agent in writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent).
SECTION 4.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. Except as permitted by the Notes Indenture, or any Other Second Lien Agreement:
(a) Each Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business may become prematurely invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable patent laws.
(b) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each Trademark material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration or claim of trademark or service mark as required under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees use of such Trademark in violation of any third-party rights.
(c) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business that it publishes, displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable copyright laws.
(d) Each Pledgor shall notify the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business may imminently become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions and similar determinations or developments, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office,
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any court or any similar office of any country, regarding such Pledgors ownership of any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.
(e) Each Pledgor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) inform the Agent on an annual basis at the time of delivery of financial statements for such year (commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014) of each application by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country filed during the preceding twelve-month period, and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) may reasonably request to evidence the Agents security interest in such United States federally registered or pending Patent, Trademark or Copyright.
(f) Each Pledgor shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country with respect to maintaining and pursuing each material application relating to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business and to maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark and each Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgors business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgors reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.
(g) In the event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, promptly sue and recover any and all damages, and take such other actions as are reasonably appropriate under the circumstances.
(h) Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), each Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals from the licensor under each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such Pledgors right, title and interest thereunder to (in the First Lien Agents (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agents) sole discretion) the designee of such agent or such agent.
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ARTICLE V.
Remedies
SECTION 5.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and applicable Gaming Laws, each Pledgor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) on demand, and it is agreed that the Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the Agent or to license or sublicense (subject to any obligation to maintain the quality of goods and services provided under any Trademark consistent with the quality of such goods and services provided by the Pledgors immediately prior to such Event of Default), whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained) and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Agent shall have the right, subject to the requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any brokers board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Agent shall deem appropriate. The Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 5.01 the Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
The Agent shall give the applicable Pledgors 10 days written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Agents intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a brokers board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or
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times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 5.01, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose under this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds. The Agent shall, subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral realized through the exercise by the Agent of its remedies hereunder, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash at any time when remedies are being exercised hereunder, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all fees and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and/or the Notes Trustee in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any Notes Indenture Document or any of the Secured Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Agent and/or the Notes Trustee hereunder or under any other Notes Indenture Document on behalf of any Pledgor and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Notes Indenture Document;
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SECOND, to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations secured by such Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata based on the respective amounts of such Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution; and
THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Agent, with consultation of the Notes Trustee, shall determine the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon the request of the Agent prior to any distribution under this Section 5.02, each Authorized Representative shall provide to the Agent certificates, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, setting forth the representative amounts referred to in this Section 5.02, that each applicable Secured Party or their Authorized Representative believes it is entitled to receive, and the Agent shall be fully entitled to rely on such certificates. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
SECTION 5.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Pledgor hereby grants to (in the Agents sole discretion) a designee of the Agent or the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Pledgor) to use, license or sublicense (subject to any obligation to maintain the quality of goods and services provided under any Trademark consistent with the quality of such goods and services provided by the Pledgors immediately prior to such Event of Default) any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, the right to prosecute and maintain all Intellectual Property and the right to sue for past infringement of the Intellectual Property. The use of such license by the Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default after the First Lien Termination Date; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Pledgors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.
SECTION 5.04. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the Federal Securities Laws) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Agent if
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the Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Agent may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Agent sells.
SECTION 5.05. Registration, etc. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if for any reason the First Lien Agent (of, if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) desires to sell any of the Pledged Collateral at a public sale, subject to applicable Gaming Laws, it will, at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the First Lien Agent (of, if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent), use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the First Lien Agent (of, if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) to permit the public sale of such Pledged Collateral. Each Pledgor further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, each other Secured Party, any underwriter and their respective officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons from and against all loss, liability, expenses, costs of counsel (including reasonable fees and expenses to the Agent of legal counsel), and claims (including the costs of investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss, liability, expense or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any notification or offering circular, or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in any thereof not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to such Pledgor or the issuer of such Pledged Collateral by the Agent or any other Secured Party expressly for use therein. Each Pledgor further agrees, upon such written request referred to above, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Collateral under the Blue Sky or other securities laws of such states as may be reasonably requested by the First Lien Agent (of, if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each Pledgor will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its
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obligations under this Section 5.05. Each Pledgor acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this Section 5.05 only and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages and, therefore, agrees that its agreements contained in this Section 5.05 may be specifically enforced.
SECTION 5.06. Agent. The Agent will only be permitted, subject to applicable law, the Intercreditor Agreement and the next sentence, to exercise remedies and sell the Collateral at the written direction of the holders of a majority in the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Notes and Other Second Lien Obligations as permitted by the Notes Indenture. The Agent shall be authorized to take, but shall not be required to take, and shall in no event have any liability for taking, any delay in taking or the failure to take, such actions with regard to a Default (under and as defined in the Notes Indenture or any Other Second Lien Agreement) or an Event of Default which the Agent, in good faith, believes to be reasonably required to promote and protect the interests of the holders of Second Lien Notes and the holders of Other Second Lien Obligations and to preserve the value of the Collateral. Any action taken or not taken without the vote of any holder of Second Lien Notes or holder of Other Second Lien Obligations with respect to remedies hereunder or under any other Security Documents shall nevertheless be binding on such party.
ARTICLE VI.
[Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE VII.
Miscellaneous
SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Notes Indenture (whether or not then in effect) and all notices to any holder of obligations under any Other Second Lien Agreements, at its address set forth in the Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Agent and the Company. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Party shall be given to it in care of the Company, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Notes Indenture (whether or not then in effect).
SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Notes Indenture Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Notes Indenture Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or
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consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).
SECTION 7.03. Limitation by Law. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law or regulation (including any Gaming Law or Liquor Law), and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law or regulation (including any Gaming Law or Liquor Law) that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law or regulation (including any Gaming Law or Liquor Law).
SECTION 7.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Notes Indenture or, after the termination of the Notes Indenture, any Other Second Lien Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any party without the approval of any other party and without affecting the obligations of any other party hereunder.
SECTION 7.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor or the Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns. The Agent hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the Trustee under the Notes Indenture. Written notice of resignation by the Agent as Trustee pursuant to the Notes Indenture shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Trustee under the Notes Indenture by a successor Agent, that successor Trustee shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent pursuant hereto.
SECTION 7.06. Agents Fees and Expenses; Indemnification; Rights of Agent.
(a) The parties hereto agree that the Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 7.07 of the Notes Indenture and the equivalent provision of each Other Second Lien Agreement.
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(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Notes Indenture Documents, each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Agent, the Trustee and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (each such Person being called an Indemnitee) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsels), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and other transactions contemplated hereby (including in connection with the appointment of any successor Agent in accordance with the applicable Notes Indenture Documents and in connection with any filings, registrations or any other actions to be taken to reflect the security interest of such successor Agent), (ii) the use of proceeds of the Second Lien Notes or any Other Second Lien Obligations or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or any Pledgor; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purpose of this proviso only, each of the Agent, and any other Secured Party shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them shall be treated as a single Indemnitee).
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder (or under Section 7.07 of the Notes Indenture) shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(d) Agent has been appointed as Collateral Agent hereunder pursuant to the terms of the Notes Indenture and shall be entitled to the benefits of the Notes Indenture Documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Collateral Agent may employ agents, trustees, or attorneys-in-fact and may vest any of them with any Collateral, title, right or power deemed necessary for the purposes of such appointment.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the following provisions shall govern the Agents rights, powers, obligations and duties under this Agreement:
(i) the Agent shall have no duty to act, consent or request any action of the Pledgors or any other Person in connection with this Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto) unless the Agent shall have received written direction from the Notes Trustee or the requisite percentage of holders of the Second Lien Notes and Other Second Lien Obligations.
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(ii) the Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Agreement, after deducting all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in the order set forth herein and in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and only after such application and after the payment by the Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a) of the New York UCC, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Pledgor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Pledgor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder.
(iii) no Secured Party nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Pledgor or any other Person (other than the Notes Trustee, subject to clause (xii) below) or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof, except to the extent of any such Persons gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (and other than upon the written direction of the Trustee, subject to clause (xii) below). The powers conferred on the Agent hereunder are solely to protect each Secured Partys interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Agent to exercise any such powers. The Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor (or any other Person) for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(iv) by execution of this Agreement or the other Notes Indenture Documents, as applicable, each of the holders and the Notes Trustee hereby designates and appoints U.S. Bank National Association to act as the Agent under this Agreement and the other Notes Indenture Documents to which it is a party, and hereby authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and such other Notes Indenture Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and such other Notes Indenture Documents to which the Agent is a party and U.S. Bank National Association accepts such appointment. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document, the Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or such other Notes Indenture Documents to which it is a party and no implied covenants, functions or responsibilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the Agent.
(v) the Agent shall not be deemed to be in a relationship of trust or confidence with the First Lien Agent, any Secured Party, or any other Person (including any beneficiary under the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement entered into in
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connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder), and shall not owe any fiduciary, trust or other special duties to such parties. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Agents duties do not include any discretionary authority, determination, control or responsibility with respect to any Notes Indenture Documents or any Collateral, notwithstanding any rights or discretion that may be granted to the Agent in such Notes Documents. The provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation those provisions relating to the rights, duties, powers, privileges, protections and indemnification of the Agent shall apply with respect to any actions taken or not taken by the Agent under any Notes Indenture Documents.
(vi) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Agent have any obligation to inquire or investigate as to the correctness, veracity, or content of any instruction received from any party to this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Documents. In no event shall the Agent have any liability in respect of any such instruction received by it and relied on with respect to any action or omission taken pursuant thereto.
(vii) neither the Agent nor any of its experts, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents (except for its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties (other than its own recitals, statements, representations or warranties) made in this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents or for any failure of the Pledgors or any other Person to perform their obligations hereunder and thereunder. The Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Person to ascertain or to inquire as to (a) the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Pledgors, (b) whether or not any representation or warranty made by any Person in connection with this Agreement or any Notes Indenture Documents is true, (c) the performance by any Person of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents or (d) the breach of or default by any Person of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents.
(viii) The Agent shall be authorized to but shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or monitoring or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. Each Pledgor authorizes the Agent to use the collateral description all personal property of debtor or all assets of the debtor, whether now existing or hereafter acquired or words of similar effect in any such financing statements.
(ix) the Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent of Collateral Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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(x) the Agent shall not be responsible for, nor incur any liability with respect to, (a) the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the security interest in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part under this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Agent, (b) the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, (c) the validity of the title of the Pledgors to the Collateral, (d) insuring the Collateral or (e) the payment of taxes, charges or assessments upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral.
(xi) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents to the contrary, (a) in no event shall the Agent or any officer, director, employee, representative or agent of the Agent be liable under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits or loss of opportunity, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Agent has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought; and (b) the Agent shall be afforded all of the rights, powers, immunities and indemnities set forth in this Agreement and in all of the other Notes Indenture Documents to which it is a signatory as if such rights, powers, immunities and indemnities were specifically set out in each such Notes Indenture Document. In no event shall the Agent be obligated to invest any amounts received by it hereunder.
(xii) the Agent shall be entitled conclusively to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, request, direction, certificate, notice, consent, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, email, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and/or upon advice and/or statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent and need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document. Any such statement of legal counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in accordance therewith. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Document (a) if such action would, in the reasonable opinion of Collateral Agent (which may be based on the opinion of legal counsel), be contrary to applicable law or any of the Notes Indenture Documents, (b) if such action is not provided for in this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents, (c) if, in connection with the taking of any such action hereunder or under any of the Notes Indenture Documents that would constitute an exercise of remedies hereunder or under any of the Notes Indenture Documents it shall not first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the holders against any and all risk of nonpayment, liability and expense that may be incurred by it, its agents or its counsel by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action, or (d) if, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in connection with the taking of any such action that would constitute a payment due under any agreement or document, it shall not first have received from the holders or the Pledgors funds equal to the amount payable. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under
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this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents in accordance with a request of the requisite percentage of holders of the Second Lien Notes or Other Second Lien Obligations, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the other holders and the Notes Trustee.
(xiii) the Agent shall not be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default unless and until the Agent has received a written notice or a certificate from the Pledgors stating that a Default has occurred. The Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever either prior to or after receiving such notice or certificate to inquire whether a Default has in fact occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice or certificate so furnished to it. No provision of this Agreement or any of the Notes Indenture Documents shall require the Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents. The Agent may decline to act unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole discretion, including, if applicable, an advance of moneys necessary to take the action requested. The Agent shall be under no obligation or duty to take any action under this Agreement or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents or otherwise if taking such action (a) would subject Collateral Agent to a tax in any jurisdiction where it is not then subject to a tax or (b) would require the Agent to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified.
(xiv) each Pledgor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document.
(xv) The agreements in this Article 7 shall survive repayment of the Notes Obligations, the Other Second Lien Obligations or all other amounts payable under the Notes Indenture Documents, the termination of the Notes Indenture Documents and the resignation or removal of the Agent.
(xvi) The rights, privileges, protections immunities and indemnities contained in the Notes Indenture in favor of the Notes Trustee shall apply to the Agents acceptance and administration of the Notes Indenture Documents and shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, except that any references to negligence as they relate to the Notes Trustee shall be deemed to mean gross negligence as they relate to the Agent.
SECTION 7.07. Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each Pledgor hereby appoints the Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to applicable Gaming Laws and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Agents name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and
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all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (h) to notify, or to require any Pledgor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Agent; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 7.08. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7.09. Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay by the Agent or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Notes Indenture Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder and under the other Notes Indenture Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent
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and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02(a) of the Notes Indenture and any equivalent provision in each applicable Other Second Lien Agreement and, by each other Authorized Representative to the extent required by (and in accordance with) such applicable Other Second Lien Agreement, or, in each case, as otherwise provided in the Notes Indenture or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) For the purpose of Section 7.09(b) above, the Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i) written confirmation from the agent managing the solicitation of consents and a certificate signed by an Officer of the Issuer, provided by the Trustee, as to the receipt of valid consents from the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Second Lien Notes to amend this Agreement (or two-thirds in aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Second Lien Notes if required by Section 9.02 of the Indenture), and (ii) any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person and the Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. At any time that the Issuers desire that this Agreement be amended as provided in Section 7.09(b) above, the Issuers shall deliver to the Agent a certificate signed by an Officer of the Issuers stating that the amendment of this Agreement is permitted pursuant to Section 7.09(b) above. If requested by the Agent (although the Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request), the Issuers shall furnish appropriate legal opinions (from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Agent) to the effect set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. Such officers certificate and legal opinion will contain the statements required by Section 9.06 of the Indenture. If requested by the Agent (although the Agent shall have no obligation to make any such request), the Issuers shall furnish to the Agent copies of officers certificates and legal opinions delivered to the Trustee in connection with any amendment to the Notes Indenture affecting the operation of this Section 7.09. The Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificates or opinions.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the First Lien Agent (of, if the Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Issue Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Pledgors on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Company, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Documents.
SECTION 7.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTES INDENTURE DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE
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OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.10.
SECTION 7.11. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Notes Indenture Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 7.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 7.13. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 7.14. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement, any other Notes Indenture Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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SECTION 7.15. Termination or Release.
(a) (i) This Agreement and the pledges made by the Pledgors herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted by the Pledgors hereby, and all other Security Documents securing the Secured Obligations shall automatically terminate and/or be released all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgors, as of the date when all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due and any other obligations that, by the terms of the Notes Indenture or any Other Second Lien Agreements, are not required to be paid in full prior to termination and release of the Collateral) have been paid in full; and (ii) this Agreement, the pledges made herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby, and all other Security Documents securing the Secured Obligations, shall automatically terminate as of the date when the holders of at least two thirds in aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Notes issued under the Notes Indenture consent to the termination of this Agreement, such termination to include, without limitation, the termination of the pledge of the Pledged Collateral and the Security Interest.
(b) A Subsidiary Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Party ceases to be a Subsidiary or otherwise ceases to be a Pledgor, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to such Subsidiary Party.
(c) (i) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is not prohibited by the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreement to any Person that is not a Pledgor (including in connection with an event of loss), (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Article IX of the Notes Indenture and any equivalent provision of any applicable Other Second Lien Agreement (in each case, to the extent required thereby), or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party.
(d) in respect of any property and assets securing Senior Lender Claims, the security interest hereunder and in any other Security Document securing the Secured Obligations in such property and assets shall be automatically released upon the release of the security interests securing such assets or property securing any Senior Lender Claims, other than in connection with a Discharge of Senior Lender Claims; and
(e) A Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in any Collateral shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 11.04 of the Notes Indenture without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to any applicable Pledgor.
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(f) Solely with respect to any Other Second Lien Obligations, a Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in any Collateral shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in any applicable provision of any applicable Other Second Lien Agreement governing such Other Second Lien Obligations, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to any applicable Pledgor.
(g) If any Collateral shall become subject to the release provisions set forth in Section 5.1 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the lien created hereunder on such Collateral shall be automatically released to the extent (and only to the extent) provided therein.
(h) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.15 or Section 11.04 of the Notes Indenture, the Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such Pledgors expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 7.15, the Pledgors shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release (forms of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent) prepared by the Issuers pursuant to this Section 7.15, the Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Agreement. The Pledgors agree to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent (and its representatives and counsel) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
SECTION 7.16. Additional Subsidiaries. Upon execution and delivery by the Agent and any Subsidiary that is required or permitted to become a party hereto by Section 4.11 of the Notes Indenture or by any Other Second Lien Agreement of an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (or another instrument reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Agent (or, if the First Lien Termination Date has occurred, the Agent) and the Issuers), subject to applicable Gaming Laws, such subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.17. Subject to Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests
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granted to Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent (and its permitted successors), for the benefit of the secured parties referred to below, pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), from the Pledgors referred to therein, in favor of Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent for the secured parties referred to therein and subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 7.18. Senior Collateral Documents. The Agent acknowledges and agrees, on behalf of itself and any other Secured Party, that any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, until the First Lien Termination Date, the Pledgors shall not be required to act or refrain from acting pursuant to the Security Documents or with respect to any Collateral on which the First Lien Agent has a Lien superior in priority to the Agents Lien thereon in any manner that would result in a default under the terms and provisions of the Senior Lender Documents.
SECTION 7.19. Compliance with Gaming Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document, the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the pledge of the Pledged Stock of any Pledgor that is a licensee or registered holding company under the Gaming Laws applicable in the State of Nevada (Nevada Gaming Laws) (any such entity, a Nevada Licensee), pursuant to this Agreement or any other Notes Indenture Document, will not be effective without the prior approval of the Gaming Authorities having jurisdiction in Nevada (the Nevada Gaming Authorities), and no certificates evidencing any such Pledged Stock may be delivered to the First Lien Agent or the Agent until such approval has been obtained. Furthermore, no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until any approvals required from the Nevada Gaming Authorities under the Nevada Gaming Laws have been obtained;
(b) in the event that Agent exercises one or more of the remedies set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Pledged Stock of any Nevada Licensee, including, without limitation, the foreclosure, transfer, sale, distribution or other disposition of any interest therein (except back to the applicable Pledgor), the exercise of voting and consensual rights, and any other resort to or enforcement of the security interest in such Pledged Stock, such action will require the separate and prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities or the licensing of the Agent or any transferee thereof unless such licensing requirement is waived thereby;
(c) the Agent, and any custodial agent of Agent in the State of Nevada, will be required to comply with the conditions, if any, imposed by the Nevada Gaming Authorities in connection with their approval of the pledge granted hereunder, including, without limitation, requirements that the Agent or its custodial agent maintain the certificates evidencing the Pledged Stock of Nevada Licensees at a location in Nevada provided to the
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Nevada Gaming Authorities, and that the Agent or its custodial agent permit agents or employees of the Nevada Gaming Authorities to inspect such certificates upon request during normal business hours;
(d) neither the Agent nor any custodial agent of the Agent will be permitted to surrender possession of any Pledged Stock of Nevada Licensees to any Person other than the applicable Pledgor thereof without the prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities or as otherwise permitted by the Gaming Laws;
(e) any approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities of this Agreement, or any amendment hereto, does not constitute approval, either express or implied, of the Agent to take any actions provided for in this Agreement, for which separate approval by the Nevada Gaming Authorities may be required by the Gaming Laws;
(f) the Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns are subject to being called forward by the Nevada Gaming Authorities in their sole and absolute discretion, for licensing or a finding of suitability in order to remain entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and any other Notes Indenture Documents; and
(g) in the event the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, exercises one or more of the remedies set forth in this Agreement with respect to Article 9 Collateral consisting of gaming devices, mobile gaming systems, interactive gaming systems, cashless wagering systems and associated equipment (as those terms are defined in the Gaming Laws), including, but not limited to, the foreclosure, transfer, sale, distribution or other disposition of such Collateral, such exercise of remedies may require the separate and prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities or the licensing of the Agent or any transferee thereof pursuant to the Gaming Laws.
SECTION 7.20. Other Second Lien Obligations. On or after the date hereof and so long as such obligations are not prohibited to be incurred under the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreement, the Company may from time to time designate obligations in respect of Indebtedness to be secured on a pari passu basis with the then outstanding Secured Obligations as Other Second Lien Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Agent and each Authorized Representative (a) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Other Second Lien Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Other Second Lien Obligations are not prohibited by the terms of the Notes Indenture and any Other Second Lien Agreement and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations and (b) a fully executed Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent (in the form attached as Exhibit III). The Agent and each Authorized Representative agree that upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in the preceding sentence, (x) the Agent shall act as agent under and subject to the terms of the Security Documents for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including without limitation, any Secured Parties that hold any such Other Second Lien Obligations, and (y) the Agent and each Authorized Representative agree to the appointment, and acceptance of the appointment, of the Agent as agent for the holders of such Other Second Lien Obligations as set forth in each Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent and agree, on
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behalf of itself and each Secured Party it represents, to be bound by this Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Secured Obligations to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.21. Application of Gaming Laws. (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement and any Other Second Lien Agreement are subject to Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws. Without limiting the foregoing, the Secured Parties acknowledge that (i) they are subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, in their discretion, for licensing, qualification or findings of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii) all rights, remedies and powers in or under this Agreement and any Other Second Lien Agreements, including with respect to the Collateral (including the pledge and delivery of the Pledged Collateral), the Mortgaged Properties and the ownership and operation of facilities may be subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, and may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws and only to the extent that required approvals (including prior approvals), if any, are obtained from the relevant Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities.
(b) The Agent and the other Secured Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with all Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities in connection with the provision in a timely manner of such documents or other information as may be requested by such Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities relating to the Second Lien Notes or other Notes Indenture Documents;
(c) If during the existence of an Event of Default hereunder or any of the other Notes Indenture Documents it shall become necessary or, in the opinion of the Agent (or Notes Trustee in consultation with the Agent), advisable for an agent, supervisor, receiver or other representative of the Agent, Trustee and/or holders to become licensed or found suitable under any Gaming Law as a condition to receiving the benefit of any Collateral encumbered by the Security Documents or to otherwise enforce the rights of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents, the Issuers hereby agree to consent to the application for such license or qualification and to execute such further documents as may be required in connection with the evidencing of such consent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT | ||||
PROPERTIES, LLC, | ||||
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT | ||||
PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC. | ||||
HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., | ||||
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, | ||||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, | ||||
HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, AND | ||||
PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, as Issuers | ||||
By: | /s/ Eric Hession | |||
Name: | Eric Hession | |||
Title: | Treasurer |
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OCTAVIUS/LINQ INTERMEDIATE HOLDING, LLC | ||||
CAESARS LINQ, LLC | ||||
CAESARS OCTAVIUS, LLC | ||||
FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 1, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 2, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 3, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 4, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 5, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 6, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 7, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 8, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY MEZZ 9, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY PROPCO, LLC, AND | ||||
PARIS LAS VEGAS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | ||||
as Subsidiary Parties | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald Colvin | |||
Name: | Donald Colvin | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||||
as Collateral Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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Schedule I
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Subsidiary Parties
Legal Name |
Type of Entity |
Jurisdiction of Organization | ||
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC |
Limited liability company | Delaware | ||
Caesars Linq, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Caesars Octavius, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Nevada | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 1, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 2, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 3, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 4, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 5, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 6, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 7, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 8, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 9, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | New Jersey | ||
Harrahs Atlantic City Propco, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Delaware | ||
Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Limited Liability Company | Nevada |
Schedule II
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Commercial Tort Claims
None.
Schedule III
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt Securities
Equity Interests
Current Legal Entities Owned |
Record Owner |
Certificate No. | No. Shares/ Interest |
Percent Pledged | ||||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Propco, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 1, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 1, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 2, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 2, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 3, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 3, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 4, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 4, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 5, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 5, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 6, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 6, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 7, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 7, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 8, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 8, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 9, LLC | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % |
Current Legal Entities Owned |
Record Owner |
Certificate No. | No. Shares/ Interest |
Percent Pledged | ||||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Mezz 9, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc. | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Harrahs Atlantic City Operating Company, LLC |
Harrahs Atlantic City Holding, Inc. | N/A | 100% of the limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Flamingo Las Vegas Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of the members interest | 100 | % | |||||
Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC |
Paris Las Vegas Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of the members interest | 100 | % | |||||
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC |
Rio Properties, LLC | N/A | 100% of limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Caesars Linq, LLC |
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Caesars Octavius, LLC |
Octavius/Linq Intermediate Holding, LLC | N/A | 100% of limited liability company interest | 100 | % | |||||
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc. |
Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC | 1 | 100 shares of common stock | 100 | % |
Debt Securities
Entity |
Principal Amount |
Date of Issuance |
Interest Rate |
Maturity Date |
Pledged [Y/N] | |||||
Global Intercompany Note | All amounts standing from time to time | Issue Date | As agreed from time to time | On demand | Y |
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Schedule IV
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Intellectual Property
Trademarks
1. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
2. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
3. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Rio Properties, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
4. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Harrahs Las Vegas, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
5. | See Schedule I to the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Harrahs Atlantic City Propco, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
Patents
None.
Copyrights
1. | See Schedule I to the Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Flamingo Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
2. | See Schedule I to the Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
3. | See Schedule I to the Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Rio Properties, LLC in favor of the Agent. |
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Exhibit I
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of (this Supplement), to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as heretofore amended and/or supplemented, the Collateral Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Issuers), each Subsidiary listed on Schedule I to the Collateral Agreement and each Subsidiary of the Issuers that becomes a party hereto (each, a Subsidiary Party) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
A. Reference is made to (i) the Indenture, dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Notes Indenture), among the Issuers, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Notes Trustee), and the other parties party thereto, and (ii) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) by and among Citicorp North America, Inc., as Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Initial Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent (as defined therein), U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (as defined therein), and the other parties party thereto.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Notes Indenture and the Collateral Agreement referred to therein.
C. The Pledgors have entered into the Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Notes Trustee to enter into the Notes Indenture and the holders of the Second Lien Notes to purchase the Second Lien Notes, and the holders of any Other Second Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other Second Lien Agreements, as applicable. Section 7.16 of the Collateral Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Parties under the Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the New Subsidiary) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Notes Indenture to become a Subsidiary Party under the Collateral Agreement.
Accordingly, the Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 7.16 of the Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Party and a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Party and a Pledgor, and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Party and a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, subject to any approvals required under Gaming Laws, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and Lien on all the New Subsidiarys right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a Subsidiary Party or a Pledgor in the Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary (except as otherwise provided in clause (ii) of the definition of Pledgor to the extent applicable). The Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. This Supplement shall become effective when (a) the Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and (b) the Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities of the New Subsidiary, (b) set forth on Schedule II attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all Intellectual Property constituting United States registered Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, (c) set forth on Schedule III attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all Commercial Tort Claims in excess of $10,000,000 and (d) set forth under its signature hereto, is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and organizational ID number.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SECTION 7. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Collateral Agreement) be in writing and given as provided in Section 7.01 of the Collateral Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent, | ||
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Schedule I
to Supplement No. to the
Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Pledged Collateral of the New Subsidiary
EQUITY INTERESTS
Number of Issuer Certificate |
Registered Owner | Number and Class of Equity Interests |
Percentage of Equity Interests | |||
DEBT SECURITIES
Issuer |
Principal Amount | Date of Note | Maturity Date | |||
OTHER PROPERTY
Schedule II
to Supplement No. to the
Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Intellectual Property of the New Subsidiary
Exhibit II
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Form of Perfection Certificate
See Attached
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Exhibit III
to Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
[Form of]
OTHER SECOND LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT
[Name of Other Second Lien Secured Party]
[Address of Other Second Lien Secured Party]
[Date]
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The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for Persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the New Secured Parties) under the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as heretofore amended and/or supplemented, the Collateral Agreement (terms used without definition herein have the meanings assigned to such term by the Collateral Agreement)) among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Issuers), each Subsidiary listed on Schedule I to the Collateral Agreement and each Subsidiary of the Issuers that becomes a party hereto (each, a Subsidiary Party) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:
(i) represents that the Authorized Representative has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Collateral Agreement and, if applicable, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the New Secured Obligation) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;
(ii) acknowledges that the Authorized Representative received a copy of the Security Documents and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
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(iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Security Documents and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;
(iv) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Collateral Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to holders of Other Second Lien Obligations, with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party under the Collateral Agreement and bound by all the provisions thereof (including, without limitation, Section 2.02(b) of the Collateral Agreement) as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the effective date of the Collateral Agreement and agrees that its address for receiving notices pursuant to the Security Documents and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be as follows:
[Address]
(v) confirms the authority of the Agent to enter into such agreements on its behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to it and the New Secured Parties as fully as if it had been a party to each such agreement on behalf of itself and the New Secured Parties.
The Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Other Second Lien Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment set forth in clause (iii) above.
THIS OTHER SECOND LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Exhibit IV
to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien)
Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
See Attached
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Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (Second Lien)
[FORM OF] [COPYRIGHT] [PATENT] [TRADEMARK] SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of [DATE] (this Agreement), made by [], a [] [] (the Pledgor), in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as Agent (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Collateral Agreement (Second Lien) dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Collateral Agreement), among (a) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CERP LLC) and (b) (i) CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT RESORT PROPERTIES FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) HARRAHS LAS VEGAS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (iii) HARRAHS ATLANTIC CITY HOLDING, INC., a New Jersey corporation, (iv) RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (v) FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, (vi) HARRAHS LAUGHLIN, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and (vii) PARIS LAS VEGAS HOLDING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the entities listed in clause (b) of this paragraph and, together with CERP LLC, the Issuers), and each subsidiary of the Issuers identified therein and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein). The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Collateral Agreement. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the Collateral Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations when due, each Pledgor pursuant to the Collateral Agreement did, and hereby does, grant to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgors right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the IP Collateral):
[(i) all Patents, including those listed on Schedule I;]
[(ii) all Copyrights, including those listed on Schedule II;]
[(iii) all Trademarks, including those listed on Schedule III;
provided, however, that the foregoing pledge, assignment and grant of security interest will not cover any intent-to-use applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, to the extent, if any, that any assignment of an intent-to-use application prior to such filing would violate the Lanham Act.]
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SECTION 3. Collateral Agreement. The security interests granted to the Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. Each Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the IP Collateral are more fully set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or via electronic mail, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document.
SECTION 5. Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of Pledgor] | ||
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent | ||
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Schedule I
[To come]
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Schedule II
[To come]
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Schedule III
[To come]
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