-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OvnjDv00cmWSGxDnIIiHSYFlge0Dt2gPahypB/zzumAIRtUKF7Dh6x7Xe8qtB8JH O5H0VjIYrE8mfq+GnIdGKQ== 0001193125-10-187148.txt : 20100812 0001193125-10-187148.hdr.sgml : 20100812 20100812142802 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-187148 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100812 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100812 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100812 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BOYD GAMING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906553 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 880242733 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12882 FILM NUMBER: 101010719 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY STREET 2: NINTH FLOOR CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89169 BUSINESS PHONE: 7027927200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY STREET 2: NINTH FLOOR CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89169 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BOYD GROUP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941130 8-K 1 d8k.htm BOYD GAMING FORM 8-K Boyd Gaming Form 8-K

 

 

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

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2010

 

 

LOGO

Boyd Gaming Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Nevada   001-12882   88-0242733

(State of Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Ninth Floor

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(702) 792-7200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 6, 2010, Boyd Gaming Corporation (the “Company”), on behalf of Marina District Finance Company, Inc. (“MDFC”), issued a press release announcing that MDFC had closed a $950 million debt financing, consisting of the establishment of a $150.0 million New Credit Facility (as defined below) and the issuance of $800 million of aggregate principal amount of Notes (as defined below, and together with the New Credit Agreement, the “Financing”). MDFC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marina District Development Company, LLC (“MDDC”), which develops and owns Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa (the “Borgata”). Borgata is the Company’s 50% owned joint venture in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The proceeds from the Financing were used to (i) pay fees and expenses related to the Financing; (ii) repay the Former Credit Facility (as defined below) and (iii) make a one-time distribution to Borgata’s joint venture owners. The distribution from Borgata to the Company was approximately $145 million. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the Financing is provided as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with closing the Financing, the outstanding amounts under the Former Credit Agreement (as defined below), including all principal and accrued interest amounts, were repaid in full and the Former Credit Agreement was terminated.

Credit Facility

On August 6, 2010, MDFC and MDDC entered into a new payment priority secured revolving credit facility (the “New Credit Facility”) with certain financial institutions and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent. The New Credit Facility replaces that certain First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2004, among MDFC, MDDC, various lenders and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent (the “Former Credit Facility”). The Former Credit Facility provided up to $740 million in aggregate availability and was scheduled to mature in January 2011.

The New Credit Facility provides for a $150.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, of which $75.0 million was drawn at the closing. The New Credit Facility matures in August 2014.

The New Credit Facility is guaranteed on a senior secured basis by MDDC and any future subsidiaries of MDDC and is secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the assets of MDFC, MDDC and any future subsidiaries of MDDC, subject to certain exceptions. The obligations under the New Credit Facility will have priority in payment to payment of the Notes.

Outstanding borrowings under the New Credit Facility accrue interest at a rate based upon either: (i) the highest of (a) the agent bank’s quoted prime rate, (b) the one-month Eurodollar rate plus 1.00%, and (c) the daily federal funds rate plus 1.50%, and in any event not less than 1.50% (such highest rate, the “base rate”), or (ii) the Eurodollar rate, plus with respect to each of clause (i) and (ii) an applicable margin as provided in the New Credit Facility. In addition, a commitment fee is incurred on the unused portion of the New Credit Facility ranging from 0.50% per annum to 1.00% per annum.

The New Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including but not limited to the maintenance of (i) a minimum consolidated EBITDA over each trailing twelve-month period ending on the last day of each calendar quarter and (ii) a minimum liquidity as of the end of each calendar quarter. The New Credit Facility is subject to customary events of default.

A copy of the New Credit Facility is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the New Credit Facility is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the New Credit Facility, as filed herewith.

Issuance of Notes

On August 4, 2010, MDFC entered into a purchase agreement with Banc of America Securities LLC, to sell $800 million of aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes (the “Notes”). The Notes were sold in two tranches, with $400 million aggregate principal amount of 9.500% senior secured notes due in October 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 9.875% senior secured notes due in August 2018 (the “2018 Notes”).


The Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in offshore transactions to non-U.S. persons under Regulation S under the Securities Act. In connection with the issuance of the Notes, MDFC and MDDC also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with Banc of America Securities LLC, under which MDFC and MDDC agreed, among other things, subject to certain limitations, to register the exchange of the Notes for new notes with terms substantially identical in all material respects with the Notes.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of August 6, 2010, by and among MDFC, MDDC and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Indenture”). The Indenture provides that the 2015 Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 9.500%, payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on April 15, 2011. The 2018 Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 9.875%, payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2011.

The Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by MDDC and any future subsidiaries of MDDC, and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the assets of MDFC, MDDC and any future subsidiaries of MDDC, subject to certain exceptions. The Notes are redeemable at MDFC’s option, subject to certain limitations, at various pre-determined redemption prices as provided by the terms of the Indenture.

The Indenture contains covenants that, subject to exceptions and qualifications specified in the Indenture, will, among other things, limit MDFC’s ability and the ability of MDDC to (i) incur additional indebtedness or liens; (ii) pay dividends or make distributions; (iii) make certain investments; (iv) sell or merge with other companies and (v) enter into certain types of transactions. Upon the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in the Indenture), MDFC will be required, unless certain conditions are met, to make an offer to repurchase the Notes at price equal to 101% of the principal amount the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

The Indenture contains customary events of default including, without limitation, failure to make required payments, failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants, cross-acceleration to certain other indebtedness in excess of specified amounts, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and failure to pay certain judgments. An event of default under the Indenture will allow either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to accelerate, or in certain cases, will automatically cause the acceleration of, the amounts due under the Notes.

A copy of the Indenture is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Indenture, as filed herewith. The Forms of 2015 Note and 2018 Note referenced herein are included as part of the Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing descriptions of the Notes are qualified by the terms of the Notes.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

10.1    Credit Agreement, entered into as of August 6, 2010, among the MDFC, MDDC, the various financial institutions and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
10.2    Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2010, by and among the MDFC, MDDC and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
10.3    Form of 9.500% Senior Secured Note due 2015 (included in Exhibit 10.2).


Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

10.4    Form of 9.875% Senior Secured Note due 2018 (included in Exhibit 10.2).
99.1    Press release of the Company, dated August 6, 2010.

*            *             *


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      Boyd Gaming Corporation
Date: August 12, 2010       /s/ Josh Hirsberg
     

Josh Hirsberg

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

10.1    Credit Agreement, entered into as of August 6, 2010, among the MDFC, MDDC, the various financial institutions and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
10.2    Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2010, by and among the MDFC, MDDC and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
10.3    Form of 9.500% Senior Secured Note due 2015 (included in Exhibit 10.2).
10.4    Form of 9.875% Senior Secured Note due 2018 (included in Exhibit 10.2).
99.1    Press release of the Company, dated August 6, 2010.
EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

Published Deal CUSIP: 56808DAD9

Published CUSIP for Revolving Facility: 56808DAE7

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of August 6, 2010

among

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.,

as the Borrower,

MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC,

as the Guarantor,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent,

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,

as Syndication Agent,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Co-Documentation Agents

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

and

RBS SECURITIES INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page
ARTICLE I       DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS    1
1.01   Defined Terms    1
1.02   Other Interpretive Provisions    24
1.03   Accounting Terms    24
1.04   Rounding    25
1.05   References to Agreements and Laws    25
1.06   Times of Day    25
1.07   Letter of Credit Amounts    25
ARTICLE II       THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS    25
2.01     Committed Loans    25
2.02     Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans    26
2.03     Letters of Credit    27
2.04     Swing Line Loans    35
2.05     Prepayments    38
2.06     Termination or Reduction of Commitments    38
2.07     Repayment of Loans    39
2.08     Interest    40
2.09     Fees    41
2.10     Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate    41
2.11     Evidence of Debt    42
2.12     Payments Generally    42
2.13     Sharing of Payments    44
2.14     Cash Collateral.    45
2.15     Defaulting Lenders    46
  (b)     Defaulting Lender Cure    47
ARTICLE III       TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY    47
3.01       Taxes    47
3.02       Illegality    48
3.03       Inability to Determine Rates    49

 

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(continued)

 

         Page
3.04   Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans    49
3.05   Compensation for Losses    50
3.06   Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation    50
3.07   Survival    51
ARTICLE IV       CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS    51
4.01   Conditions of Effectiveness    51
4.02   Conditions to all Credit Extensions    55
ARTICLE V       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES    55
5.01   Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws    55
5.02   Authorization; No Contravention    56
5.03   Governmental Authorization; Other Consents    56
5.04   Binding Effect    56
5.05   Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect    56
5.06   Litigation    57
5.07   No Default    57
5.08   Ownership of Property; Liens    57
5.09   Environmental Compliance    57
5.10   Insurance    57
5.11   Taxes    57
5.12   ERISA Compliance    58
5.13   Subsidiaries    58
5.14   Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act    58
5.15   Disclosure    58
5.16   Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc    59
5.17   Collateral Documents    59
ARTICLE VI       AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS    59
6.01   Financial Statements    59
6.02   Certificates; Other Information    60
6.03   Notices    62

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page
6.04   Payment of Obligations    62
6.05   Preservation of Existence, Etc    63
6.06   Maintenance of Properties    63
6.07   Maintenance of Insurance    63
6.08   Compliance with Laws    63
6.09   Books and Records    64
6.10   Inspection Rights    64
6.11   Use of Proceeds    64
6.12   Environmental Covenant    64
6.13   Accuracy of Information    64
6.14   Significant Subsidiaries    65
6.15   Security Interest in Newly Acquired Property    65
6.16   Preserving the Collateral    66
6.17   Application of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds    66
ARTICLE VII       NEGATIVE COVENANTS    67
7.01   Liens    67
7.02   Investments    68
7.03   Indebtedness    68
7.04   Consolidation, Merger, etc    69
7.05   Permitted Dispositions    70
7.06   Restricted Payments, etc    70
7.07   Change in Nature of Business    71
7.08   Transactions with Affiliates    71
7.09   Burdensome Agreements    71
7.10   Stock of Significant Subsidiaries    72
7.11   Financial Covenants    72
7.12   Use of Proceeds    72
ARTICLE VIII       EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES    72
8.01   Events of Default    72
8.02   Remedies Upon Event of Default    75

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page
8.03     Application of Funds    75
ARTICLE IX       ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT    76
9.01     Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent    76
9.02     Delegation of Duties    77
9.03     Liability of Administrative Agent    77
9.04     Reliance by Administrative Agent    77
9.05     Notice of Default    78
9.06     Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent    78
9.07     Indemnification of Administrative Agent    79
9.08     Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity    79
9.09     Successor Administrative Agent    79
9.10     Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim    80
9.11     Collateral and Guaranty Matters    81
9.12     Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers    81
ARTICLE X       MISCELLANEOUS    82
10.01   Amendments, Etc    82
10.02   Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies    83
10.03   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies    84
10.04   Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes    84
10.05   Indemnification by the Credit Parties    85
10.06   Payments Set Aside    86
10.07   Successors and Assigns    86
10.08   Confidentiality    90
10.09   Set-off    90
10.10   Interest Rate Limitation    91
10.11   Counterparts    91
10.12   Integration    91
10.13   Survival of Representations and Warranties    91
10.14   Severability    92
10.15   Tax Forms    92

 

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(continued)

 

         Page
10.16   Replacement of Lenders    94
10.17   Governing Law    94
10.18   Forum Selection; Consent to Jurisdiction    95
10.19   Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury    96
10.20   USA PATRIOT Act Notice    96
10.21   Designation as “Priority Payment Secured Obligations”    96
10.22   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility    96
10.23   Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents    97
10.24   Gaming Boards    97
10.25   Gaming Regulations    97

 

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SCHEDULES

2.01

  Commitments and Pro Rata Shares

4.01

  Permitted Encumbrances and Permitted Exceptions

5.06

  Litigation

5.09

  Environmental Matters

5.16

  Intellectual Property Matters

7.01

  Existing Liens

7.03

  Existing Indebtedness

10.02

  Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS  

Form of

A

  Committed Loan Notice

B

  Swing Line Loan Notice

C-1

  Revolving Note

C-2

  Swing Line Note

D

  Compliance Certificate

E

  Assignment and Assumption

F

  Guaranty

G

  Opinion Matters

H

  Security Agreement

I

  Mortgage

J

  Hazardous Materials Indemnity

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of August 6, 2010, among MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”), MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“MDDC”; and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the various financial institutions as are or may become parties hereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), as L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and administrative agent for the Lenders.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.20.

Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any 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. “Control” means 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 ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.

Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 7.08.

Agent-Related Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of Wells Fargo in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

 

1


Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all Revolving Lenders. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitments are $150,000,000.

Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

Applicable Rate” means in the case of Credit Extensions under the Revolving Commitment, (a) from the Effective Date until the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2010, all pricing shall be determined by reference to Pricing Level 3 below and (b) thereafter the following rates per annum (expressed in basis points), based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as set forth below:

Applicable Rate

 

Pricing

Level

  

Total Leverage Ratio

 

Unused Fee

 

Eurodollar Rate +

Letters of Credit

 

Base Rate +

1

   x < 3.25x   50.0   325.0   225.0

2

   3.25x < x < 4.25x   50.0   375.0   275.0

3

   4.25x < x < 5.25x   75.0   425.0   325.0

4

   x > 5.25x   100.0   475.0   375.0

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) in the case of the first three fiscal quarters of any fiscal year and immediately following the date a certification of the Total Leverage Ratio is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(c) in the case of the final quarter of any fiscal year; provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with Section 6.02(b) or a certification of Total Leverage Ratio is not delivered when due in accordance with Section 6.02(c), then Pricing Level 4 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the first Business Day after the date such certificate is delivered.

Approved Fund” means any Fund 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.

Arrangers” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and RBS Securities, Inc., in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.07(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Assignment Purchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 10.16.

Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.

 

2


Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of MDDC and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, members’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., as amended.

Base Rate” means, on any date and relative to all Base Rate Loans, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of:

(a) the prime commercial lending rate of Wells Fargo, as established from time to time at its principal U.S. office (which such rate is an index or base rate and will not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks);

(b) the Eurodollar Rate as displayed at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the preceding Business Day) for a one month Interest Period plus 1.00%; and

(c) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1.50%;

provided, that in no event shall the Base Rate be less than 1.50%.

The “prime rate” is a rate set by Wells Fargo based upon various factors including Wells Fargo’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Wells Fargo shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

 

3


Borgata” means Borgata Hotel Spa & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey which is owned by MDDC.

Borgata Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

Boyd” means Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York and Atlantic City, New Jersey and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests, or any other participation, right, warrants, options or other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, but excluding any debt security convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest.

Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable), the Lenders, and the Borrower as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), or Commitments, cash or deposit account balances or, if the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

Change of Control” means at any time,

(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) other than MGM becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of a greater percentage of the Membership Interests of Holding Co. than the percentage of such Membership Interests held by Boyd directly or through a Subsidiary;

 

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(b) The failure of Boyd to own, directly or through a Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent), at least 30% of the Membership Interests of Holding Co.;

(c) Boyd shall cease to be the manager of Borgata directly or through a Subsidiary;

(d) The failure of Holding Co. to directly own, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent), all of the Membership Interests of MDDC or otherwise have the ability to elect the managing member of MDDC;

(e) The failure of MDDC to directly own, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent), all of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or otherwise have the ability to elect all of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower; or

(f) There shall occur a “Change of Control”, as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2007 among Boyd, various lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, modified or amended and restated from time to time.

Closing Date” means the date that this Agreement has been executed and delivered by all parties hereto.

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

Collateral” means, collectively, the property described in the Mortgage, the Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, all property pledged pursuant to Section 6.14 or Section 6.15 and all other property and interests pledged as collateral security for the Secured Obligations. Collateral shall not include any right, title or interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any Gaming License or the Capital Stock of any entity.

Collateral Agent” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, the Mortgage, the Intercreditor Agreement and any other Loan Document that secures all or any portion of the Obligations, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Commitment” means for each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitments.

Committed Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.

Committed Loan” means a Loan made or to be made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

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Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c)(ii).

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries’ consolidated income before distributions plus (or minus), in each case, to the extent deducted (or added) in determining consolidated income, depreciation, amortization, interest expense, income tax expense and pre-opening expenses, plus any extraordinary losses and minus any extraordinary gains, minus any gain or plus any loss, charge or expense resulting from a redemption or repurchase of Senior Secured Notes, plus any non-recurring non-cash losses (or minus any non-recurring non-cash gains), plus any non-cash charges related to fair value adjustments and minus any non-cash gains related to fair value adjustments, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (exclusive of any Indebtedness of MDDC to the Borrower or another Subsidiary or any Indebtedness of the Borrower to MDDC or any Subsidiary), the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, minus the amount of any Revolving Loans made to the Borrower that were used to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.14, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments (exclusive of surety bonds or similar instruments utilized in the ordinary course of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries’ business), (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries are a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Credit Party or such Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include any public Indebtedness (x) that has been defeased in accordance with the terms of the indenture or other agreement under which it was issued or (y) that has been called for redemption and for which funds sufficient to redeem such Indebtedness have been set aside by the Credit Parties.

Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

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Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliates”.

Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

Credit Parties” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

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.

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

Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 3% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 3% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 3% per annum.

Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute with the Administrative Agent over funding obligations to the Administrative Agent, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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, or (c) has (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; 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.

Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Loan Party, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

Disqualification” means, with respect to any Lender:

(a) the failure of that Person timely to file (or obtain a waiver) pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i) any application requested of that Person by any Gaming

 

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Board in connection with any licensing required of that Person as a lender to the Borrower or (ii) any required application or other papers in connection with determination of the suitability of that Person as a lender to the Borrower;

(b) the withdrawal by that Person (except where requested or permitted by the Gaming Board) of any such application or other required papers; or

(c) any final determination by a Gaming Board pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i) that such Person is “unsuitable” as a lender to the Borrower, (ii) that such Person shall be “disqualified” as a lender to the Borrower or (iii) denying the issuance to that Person of any license required under applicable Gaming Laws to be held by all lenders to the Borrower.

Disqualified Lender” means any Lender subject to Disqualification.

Disqualified Lender Assignment Price” has the meaning specified in Section 10.16.

Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

Effective Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the assignment of a Revolving Commitment, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (x) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (y) any competitor or Affiliate of a competitor of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it 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; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan:

(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Thomson-Reuters screen (or any successor thereto) that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

(b) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

 

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(c) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Wells Fargo and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Wells Fargo to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

Event of Loss” means, relative to any property or asset (tangible or intangible, real or personal), (i) any loss, destruction or damage of such property or asset (excluding losses incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Credit Parties), (ii) any actual condemnation, seizure or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of all or a part of such property or asset, or confiscation of all or a part of such property or asset or the requisition of the use of all or a part of such property or asset or (iii) any settlement in lieu of clause (ii).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 20, 2004, among the Credit Parties, various lenders and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent, as the same has been amended from time to time prior to the Effective Date.

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or official interpretations thereof.

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to

(a) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; or

(b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

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Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated May 12, 2010, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.15.

FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

Gaming Board” means any Governmental Authority that holds regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming or casino activities conducted by MDDC and its Subsidiaries within its jurisdiction, or before which an application for licensing to conduct such activities is pending.

Gaming Laws” means all Laws pursuant to which any Gaming Board possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming or casino activities conducted by MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries within its jurisdiction.

Gaming License” means any license, permit, franchise or other authorization from any Governmental Authority required to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct the gaming business of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries, including all licenses granted under Gaming Laws.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, including without limitation the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).

 

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Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person other than a Loan Party (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, 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 obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow 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 obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, 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 the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantors” means, collectively, MDDC and any other Significant Subsidiary that executes a joinder to the Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.14.

Guaranty” means the Guaranty executed and delivered by MDDC pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii), as originally in effect on the Effective Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto and as thereafter from time to time amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Hazardous Materials Indemnity means, on any date, the Hazardous Materials Indemnity Agreement, as originally in effect on the Effective Date, from the Credit Parties for the benefit of the Collateral Agent in the form of Exhibit J hereto and as thereafter from time to time amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified.

Holding Co.” means Marina District Development Holding Co., LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company.

Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

 

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Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;

(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and

(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness shall be deemed to be zero with respect to any Guarantee, unless and until demand for payment is made with respect thereto.

Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.

Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.

Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.

 

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Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of the Effective Date among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the holders of the Senior Secured Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the applicable Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate 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 Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.

Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one or two weeks or one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; provided that:

(i) 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;

(ii) 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

(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

Investment” means any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by any Person in any other Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.16.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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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 Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.

Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

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 a Committed Borrowing.

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” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, any other Lender approved by the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of 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.

Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder.

 

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Letter of Credit Application” means 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 Expiration Date” means the fifth Business Day prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $15,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

License Revocation” means the revocation, failure to renew or suspension of, or the appointment of a receiver, supervisor or similar official with respect to any casino, gambling or gaming license issued by any Gaming Board covering any casino or gaming facility.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

Loan Document” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, each Request for Credit Extension, each Issuer Document, the Security Agreement, the Guaranty, the Trademark Security Agreement, the Mortgage, the Fee Letter, the Hazardous Materials Indemnity, the Intercreditor Agreement, any account control agreement and any other agreement, certificate, document or instrument executed by a Loan Party the form of which is attached hereto or that otherwise evidences, guaranties or secures all or any portion of the Obligations.

Loan Party” means each Credit Party and Guarantor.

Loss Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17.

MAC” means MAC, Corp., a wholly owned indirect Subsidiary of MGM.

Mandatory Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, operations, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Credit Parties taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

Maturity Date” means August 6, 2014.

 

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Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.

MDDC” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

Membership Interest” means, relative to any Person which is a limited liability company, a membership interest or a limited liability company interest, as the case may be, of such Person.

MGM” means MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation, or the parent company of any entity that purchases or otherwise acquires MAC or MAC’s interest in Holding Co.

Mortgage” means, on any date, the Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Fixture Filing and Security Agreement in the form of Exhibit I hereto, made by MDDC, as mortgagor, in favor of the Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified.

Mortgaged Property” is defined in the Mortgage.

Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

Note” means each Revolving Note and Swing Line Note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 or C-2, as applicable.

Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

Operating Agreement” means that certain Operating Agreement of Holding Co. effective as of December 13, 2000 by and among Holding Co., Boyd Atlantic City, Inc. (“BAC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd, and MAC, and acknowledged and agreed to by Boyd and Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, which became effective through that certain Contribution and Adoption Agreement dated as of even date therewith and by and among such parties, pursuant to which the Second Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement of Marina District Development Company dated as of August 31, 2000 between MAC and BAC was adopted, with certain amendments and modifications thereto, as the Operating Agreement of Holding Co. in connection with the merger of Marina District Development Company with and

 

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into MDDC, as amended by that certain Agreement dated as of February 26, 2010 among Holding Co., BAC, Boyd, MAC and MGM, and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. “Operating Agreement” shall also mean any future Operating Agreement of Holding Co. entered into in connection with any transfer of the Capital Stock or assets of MAC, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).

Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the 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 the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

Permitted Encumbrance” means any encumbrance described on Schedule 4.01 hereto against all or a portion of the Site or the other Mortgaged Property.

Permitted Exception” means any exception to title to all or a portion of the Site or the other Mortgaged Property as set forth in Schedule 4.01 hereto.

Permitted Liens” means Liens permitted under Section 7.01.

 

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Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Commitment of Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the respective Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the aggregate amount of such Commitments at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Revolving Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

Process Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.

Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(c).

Related Period” means the preceding fiscal quarter, fiscal year to date, or the preceding fiscal year, as applicable.

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, chief operating officer or any vice president of a Loan Party. Any document

 

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delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

Restricted Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer or Disposition of, or grant of options, warrants or other rights with respect to, assets by a Credit Party (including accounts receivable and Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries) that is not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.05.

Restricted Indebtedness” means (i) any Subordinated Debt and (ii) any other Indebtedness of a Credit Party not otherwise permitted hereunder but the terms and provisions of which have been approved by the Required Lenders.

Restricted Payment” means (i) to declare, pay or make any dividend or distribution (in cash, property or obligations) on any Membership Interests (now or hereafter outstanding) of MDDC or on any warrants, options or other rights with respect to any Membership Interests (now or hereafter outstanding) of MDDC, (ii) to apply any of funds, property or assets to the purchase, redemption, sinking fund or other retirement of, or agree to purchase or redeem, any Membership Interests (now or hereafter outstanding) of MDDC, or warrants, options or other rights with respect to any Membership Interests (now or hereafter outstanding) of MDDC, (iii) any payment or prepayment of principal of, or any payment of interest on, any Subordinated Debt on any day other than the stated, scheduled date for such payment or prepayment set forth in the documents and instruments memorializing such Subordinated Debt, or any payment which would violate the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Debt, and (iv) any redemption, purchase or defeasance of any Subordinated Debt, including any payment for the purposes of funding any redemption, purchase or defeasance of Subordinated Debt. Restricted Payment excludes the dividend made as a use of proceeds of the Senior Secured Notes.

Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. As of the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitment is $150,000,000.

Revolving Lender” means each Lender that holds a Revolving Commitment.

Revolving Loan” means each Loan made by a Revolving Lender under the Revolving Commitment.

Revolving Note” means the promissory note made by the Borrower to a Revolving Lender evidencing that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitment, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1, either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, extended or supplanted.

 

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SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Secured Obligations” means, collectively, the Obligations and all obligations of any Loan Party to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender under any Swap Contracts.

Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Lenders, any Affiliate or any Lender that is a party to any Swap Contract with a Credit Party, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent.

Security Agreement” means the security agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv), as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto.

Senior Secured Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of the Effective Date among the Credit Parties and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

Senior Secured Notes” means those certain Senior Secured Notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Senior Secured Indenture (including the exchange notes issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, as defined in the Senior Secured Indenture).

Significant Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary (including such Subsidiary’s interest in its direct and indirect Subsidiaries) of a Credit Party (i) that has been designated as such by a Credit Party and has delivered all documentation required pursuant to Section 6.14 or (ii) that :

(a) accounted for at least 5% of consolidated revenues of MDDC and its Subsidiaries or 5% of Consolidated EBITDA of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, in each case for the four fiscal quarters of MDDC ending on the last day of the last fiscal quarter of MDDC immediately preceding the date as of which any such determination is made; or

(b) has assets which represent at least 5% of the consolidated assets of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the last fiscal quarter of MDDC immediately preceding the date as of which any such determination is made,

all of which shall be as reflected on the financial statements of MDDC for the period, or as of the date, in question, adjusted for the pro forma effect of any Subsidiary acquired (or disposed of) by MDDC during such period or concurrently with the date as of which such determination is made.

Site” means, collectively, the fee and leasehold real property described in the Mortgage.

SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).

Subordinated Debt” means all unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower for money borrowed which is subordinated, upon terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in right of payment to the payment in full in cash of all Obligations.

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having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of MDDC.

Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

Swing Line” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.

Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

Swing Line Lender” means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

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Swing Line Note” means the promissory note made by the Borrower to the Swing Line Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, extended or supplemented.

Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

Tax Amount” means, relative to any period, an amount equal to the pre-tax income of MDDC multiplied by the highest effective corporate tax rate (including federal, state and local taxes imposed on income) applicable to MDDC (or if MDDC is a pass-through entity for purposes of determining such income tax, the direct or indirect holders of its equity interests).

Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

Title Company” means Fidelity National Title Insurance Company or such other title insurance company as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Title Policy” means the A.L.T.A. title policy referred to in Section 4.01(a)(viii).

Total Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness to (b) twelve-month trailing Consolidated EBITDA. For purposes of determining such ratio, the outstanding Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be calculated as of the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter.

Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.

Trademark Security Agreement” means, on any date, the Trademark Security Agreement executed and delivered by the Credit Parties pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(v), as originally in effect on the Effective Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the Security Agreement and as thereafter from time to time amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified.

Type” means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

 

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United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

Wells Fargo” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b)(i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required

 

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Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.05 References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the face amount of such Letter of Credit as in effect at such time.

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01 Committed Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

 

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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans. (a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Committed Loans, and (ii) 10:00 a.m. on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one or two weeks or one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period”, the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of such Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the 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 Borrower as provided above.

 

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(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Revolving Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders of any change in Wells Fargo’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than six Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.

2.03 Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, MDDC or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower, MDDC 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, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Commitment, or (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the 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 Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

 

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(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all of the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit 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 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 any Laws or one or more policies of the L/C Issuer;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial face amount less than $25,000;

(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

(E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

(F) a default of any Revolving Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements satisfactory to the L/C Issuer with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such 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.

 

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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 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 the 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 thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (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 require. 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 require. Additionally, the 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 require.

(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 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 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 Article IV 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 Borrower (or MDDC or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender 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 Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If the 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 that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-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

 

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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 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 has been issued, the Revolving 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; 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, or would have no obligation, 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 2.03(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 Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or any Loan Party that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv) 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 Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment and will notify each Revolving Lender of such issuance or amendment.

(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 Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Commitment to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(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.

 

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(ii) Each Revolving Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral for this purpose) for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share 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 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the 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 Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(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 Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

(iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the 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 Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the 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 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 Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving 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

 

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is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds 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. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving 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 Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(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 the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share 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 Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the 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, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower, MDDC 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;

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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, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

The 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 the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The 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 Lender and the 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, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Required Lenders, 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 Letter of Credit Application. The 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 the Borrower’s 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, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s 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,

 

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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) Applicability of ISP98 and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (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.

(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.14 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amount specified in the Fee Letter or otherwise agreed by Borrower and such L/C Issuer, payable on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Such fronting fee shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.

(j) 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.

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of, MDDC or a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of MDDC and Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of MDDC and such Subsidiaries.

2.04 Swing Line Loans.

(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion, make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent (unless the Swing Line Lender is the Administrative Agent), which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent (unless the Swing Line Lender is the Administrative Agent) not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, 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 Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line 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 Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a

 

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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 Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.

(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Revolving Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving 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 Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender

 

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in connection with the foregoing. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the 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 Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender through the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share 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 Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

 

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2.05 Prepayments.

(a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, such other amount equal to the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prepayments of Loans of a Disqualified Lender pursuant to Section 10.16 shall be applied solely to such Disqualified Lender’s Loans, and not in accordance with the respective Pro Rata Shares.

(b) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(c) If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect.

2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any

 

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concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Revolving Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

2.07 Repayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall make mandatory payments (“Mandatory Payments”) from the following sources:

(A) on or before the third Business Day after receipt thereof one hundred percent (100%) of net cash proceeds received by any Credit Party from the issuance of any Restricted Indebtedness;

(B) on or before the third Business Day after receipt thereof one hundred percent (100%) of the net cash proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries from any Restricted Disposition; and

(C) on or before the third Business Day after receipt thereof one hundred percent (100%) of all net cash proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries from any condemnation awards or casualty losses; subject, however, to the further provisions of Section 6.17 hereof.

All net non-cash proceeds (including any promissory notes) realized from any transaction described in clause (B) or (C) above shall on the third Business Day following the Credit Party’s receipt thereof be assigned and, to the extent that such collateral is an instrument, document or note, delivered to the Administrative Agent as and shall be held by the Administrative Agent as additional collateral security. Upon the reduction of any non-cash proceeds to cash, the principal amount of such proceeds and all interest thereon shall be applied by the Administrative Agent as provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may satisfy its obligations under this Section 2.07 by applying such net cash proceeds to repay, redeem or repurchase Senior Secured Notes in lieu of making such Mandatory Payment.

(b) Amounts paid or prepaid pursuant to clause (a) above shall be applied as follows:

(A) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lenders shall apply such amounts first, to all Obligations then due and payable (other than principal and interest on the Loans), and second, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans.

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under the Loan Documents, second, to the costs and expenses of protecting and preserving the Collateral, third, to all other Obligations due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than principal and interest on the Loans), fourth, to the Lenders for accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, and to the Lenders for all interest payments due to them or their Affiliates under any Swap Contracts, pro rata, fifth, to the pro rata payment of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans and of the Swap Termination Value due to any Lenders or their Affiliates under any Swap Contracts and, after all amounts evidenced and secured by the Loan Documents have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Credit Parties have performed their obligations under the Loan Documents, the balance, if any, shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent.

(c) The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.

(d) The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the request of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c) and (ii) the Maturity Date.

2.08 Interest. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to Wells Fargo’s overnight eurodollar rate plus the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans, unless otherwise agreed by the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower.

(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

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(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03:

(a) Unused Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, an unused fee equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The unused fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 4.02 is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Effective Date, and on the Maturity Date. The unused fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such fees shall be payable prior to the Effective Date.

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate. (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Wells Fargo’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day.

(b) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Credit Parties or for any other reason, the Credit Parties or the Revolving Lenders determine that (i) the Total Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Credit Parties as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Total Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Credit Parties shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the

 

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Credit Parties under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(h) or 2.08(b) or under Article VIII. The Credit Parties’ obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

2.11 Evidence of Debt. (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

2.12 Payments Generally. (a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff, except that the Borrower shall have setoff rights against any Defaulting Lender with respect to the portion of the Obligations owed to such Lender. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

 

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(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:

(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and

(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

 

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(e) The obligations of the Revolving Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 9.07 are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 9.07 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 9.07.

(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

2.13 Sharing of Payments. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section 2.13 shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender or the prepayment by the Borrower of Loans of a Disqualified Lender pursuant to Section 10.16), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.14, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 2.13 shall apply).

Each Credit Party 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 Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit Party in the amount of such participation.

 

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2.14 Cash Collateral.

(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at Wells Fargo. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.14(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.14 or Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.15 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.07(b))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.14 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

 

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2.15 Defaulting Lenders. (a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.

(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09), 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 Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the 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 Borrower, 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 then owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts then owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s 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 (x) 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 and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, 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 2.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any Unused Fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(a)) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).

(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Pro Rata Shares to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the 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 Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of that Lender.

(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line 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 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 Committed Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)), 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 the 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 Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01 Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the

 

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Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a lending office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrower shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), each of the Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

(c) If the Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall also pay to the Administrative Agent or to such Lender, as the case may be, at the time interest is paid, such additional amount that the Administrative Agent or such Lender specifies is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) that the Administrative Agent or such Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.

(d) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent and such Lender, (ii) amounts payable under Section 3.01(c) and (iii) any liability (including additions to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Payment under this subsection (d) shall be made within 30 days after the date the Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor.

3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),

 

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prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or that the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. (a) If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

 

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(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 15 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.

3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or

(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.16;

including any loss of anticipated profits solely attributable to a decline in the Eurodollar Rate after the date such Loan was made and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded. Any Lender making a claim for compensation for losses pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall make such claim within 30 days after such Lender first becomes aware of the loss, cost or expense incurred by it.

3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation. A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any and all claims for compensation under this Article III shall be made by a Lender within 30 days after such Lender becomes aware of the facts or circumstances giving rise to such claim. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such

 

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designation will avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any request for compensation under this Article III and take any other action available to reduce or mitigate such costs in each case if such action will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

3.07 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

4.01 Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement;

(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower and dated the Effective Date in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

(iii) the Guaranty, dated as of the Effective Date, duly executed by each of the Guarantors;

(iv) the Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, duly executed by each Loan Party, covering all of each such Person’s equipment, gaming devices (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and contract) and associated equipment, fixtures, furnishings, inventory, accounts, intangibles and other personal property of every kind and description, including, to the extent permitted by the terms of the financing or leasing agreements applicable thereto, all furniture, fixtures and equipment that are financed or leased, but excluding any Gaming License and the Capital Stock of any entity, together with:

(A) acknowledgment copies of properly filed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (Form UCC-1), dated a date reasonably near to and prior to the Effective Date, or such other evidence of filing as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent, naming each of the Loan Parties (as appropriate) as the debtor, and the Collateral Agent, as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents, filed under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement;

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(C) certified copies of Uniform Commercial Code Requests for Information or Copies (Form UCC-3), or a similar search report certified by a party acceptable to the Administrative Agent, dated a date reasonably near to the Effective Date, listing all effective financing statements which name any of the Loan Parties (under their present names and any previous names) as the debtor and which are filed in the jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to clause (A) above, together with copies of such financing statements (none of which (other than those described in clause (A), if such Form UCC-3 or search report, as the case may be, is current enough to list such financing statements described in clause (A)) shall cover any Collateral described in the Security Agreement except as permitted by Section 7.01);

(D) all control agreements required to be executed pursuant to the Security Agreement, each duly executed by each of the appropriate parties thereto; and

(E) all instruments (including, without limitation, the promissory note from MDDC to the Borrower) and documents required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement;

(v) the Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by the Credit Parties;

(vi) the Mortgage, dated as of the Effective Date, duly executed by MDDC, together with evidence of the completion (or satisfactory arrangements for the completion) of all recordings and filings of the Mortgage as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable effectively to create a valid, perfected Lien against the properties and the leasehold interests described therein or purported to be covered thereby;

(vii) to the extent necessary to obtain an A.L.T.A. Title Policy without a survey exception, an updated surveyor’s plat of the Site prepared (and so certified) in compliance with the provisions of the applicable New Jersey survey standards by a registered land surveyor of New Jersey, and certified to the Administrative Agent and the Title Company;

(viii) an A.L.T.A. Title Policy in an amount not less than the sum of (x) the amount of the Aggregate Commitments as of the Effective Date plus (y) the aggregate principal face amount of the Senior Secured Notes, Mortgaged Property that shall (1) include such endorsements as are reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, (2) be reinsured by such reinsurance as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (3) be issued by the Title Insurer in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (4) insure that:

(A) MDDC has a good, fee simple (or, as applicable, leasehold) title to the Site, free and clear of Liens (except the Permitted Liens), encumbrances (except the Permitted Encumbrances) and other exceptions to title (except the Permitted Exceptions);

 

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(B) the Mortgage is a valid Lien on the Site, free and clear of all Liens (except the Permitted Liens), encumbrances (except the Permitted Encumbrances) and exceptions (except the Permitted Exceptions); and

(C) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Mortgage, the Collateral Agent has the right to foreclose against the Site and that, except as otherwise permitted by the Permitted Exceptions, no forfeiture or right of reversion will exist due to covenants, restrictions or encroachments;

(ix) evidence of the following insurance coverages:

(A) comprehensive general public liability insurance in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower covering the Borrower and MDDC;

(B) worker’s compensation insurance (or self insurance therefor) and employer’s liability insurance for the Borrower and MDDC, all in such amounts as may be required by statute;

(C) if commercially available, flood insurance if the Site is located in an area designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as a special flood hazard area; and

(D) rental or business interruption insurance in an amount not less than $500,000,000 per occurrence, subject to standard deductibles and exclusions;

All policies of insurance required to be maintained by the Borrower and MDDC shall be issued by companies reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall have coverages and endorsements (including, without limitation, waivers of subrogation and waivers of breach of warranty) and be written for such amount as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. All policies of insurance required to be maintained by Borrower and MDDC must name the Administrative Agent as mortgagee and additional insured or loss payee, must insure the interest of the Administrative Agent in the property as mortgagee and must provide that no cancellation or material modification of the policies will be made without thirty days’ prior written notice to Administrative Agent. Certificates for all such policies must be delivered to the Administrative Agent and approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld);

(x) the Hazardous Materials Indemnity, dated as of the Effective Date, duly executed by the Credit Parties;

(xi) an appraisal of the properties described in the Mortgage complying with the requirements of the Federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989;

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in an area that has been identified by the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood hazard area and acknowledging the flood insurance requirements applicable in connection therewith;

(xiii) the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, duly executed by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as the trustee for the holders of the Senior Secured Notes;

(xiv) the Borrower shall have received net cash proceeds from the sale of its Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate amount not less than $650,000,000;

(xv) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;

(xvi) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where such Person is qualified to do business;

(xvii) a favorable opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP and Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim, P.A., counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit G and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably request;

(xviii) a certificate of the General Counsel of a Credit Party or the General Counsel of Boyd stating that each Loan Party has received all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and that such consents, licenses and approvals are in full force and effect;

(xix) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied and that since March 31, 2010, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, debt service capacity, properties, assets, nature of business, liabilities (including environmental liabilities) or prospects of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(xx) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Effective Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations thereunder have been, or concurrently with the Effective Date are being, released; and

(xxi) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.

 

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(b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Effective Date shall have been paid.

(c) The Effective Date shall have occurred on or before August 16, 2010.

4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.

(b) No Default shall exist or would result from such proposed Credit Extension.

(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Credit Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, and (d) is in compliance with all Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c) or (d), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party (other than the Loan Documents), or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.

5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. Except for such authorizations, approvals or notices obtained or delivered as of the Effective Date, authorizations, approvals or notices to or from Gaming Boards subsequently required in connection with the addition of any Guarantor, the pledge of additional Collateral pursuant to Section 6.14 or Section 6.15, the enforcement of remedies against the Collateral, assignments to non-bank Lenders and qualification of non-bank Lenders, no approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except that notice of the Borrower’s execution of this Agreement and of information relating thereto, including but not limited to the Lenders who are a party hereto must be filed from time to time with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement within the time prescribed.

5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Gaming Laws and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity.

5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. (a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of MDDC and its Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, members’ equity and cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.06 Litigation. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.07 No Default. No Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Credit Party and each of their Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01.

5.09 Environmental Compliance. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Credit Parties have reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.09, such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.10 Insurance. The properties of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Credit Parties, in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards), with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Credit Parties or the applicable Subsidiary operates.

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properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and except immaterial taxes and tax returns so long as no portion of the Collateral is in jeopardy of being seized, levied upon or forfeited. There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.12 ERISA Compliance. (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. The Credit Parties and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)(i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

5.13 Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, MDDC has no Subsidiaries other than the Borrower.

5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. (a) Neither of the Credit Parties is engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations U and X issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.

(b) None of the Credit Parties, any Person Controlling a Credit Party, or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Credit Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

5.16 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person, except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.16, no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.17 Collateral Documents. The provisions of the Mortgage, the Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Agreement are effective to create, in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders), valid and perfected first priority Liens on the real and personal property described therein, to the extent that such Liens can be perfected by filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or the recordation of the Mortgage, subject only to the Permitted Liens. All governmental approvals necessary or desirable to perfect and protect, and establish and maintain the priority of, such Liens have been duly effected or taken, including any such approvals reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

From the Effective Date and thereafter so long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding:

6.01 Financial Statements. MDDC shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of MDDC, a consolidated balance sheet of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, members’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and

 

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(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of MDDC, a consolidated balance sheet of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, members’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of MDDC’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MDDC as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, members’ equity and cash flows of MDDC and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(e), MDDC shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of MDDC to furnish the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.

6.02 Certificates; Other Information. The Credit Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default under Article VII hereof or, if any such Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;

(b) within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) and in any event within the time period specified therein (commencing with the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2010), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of MDDC;

(c) as soon as possible and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter ending as of December 31, a certification from a Responsible Officer of MDDC as to of the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal quarter;

 

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(d) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any request by a Lender made through the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of MDDC by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of MDDC or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

(e) promptly after the same are available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which MDDC may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; and

(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender acting through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(e) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which MDDC posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on MDDC’s website on the Internet at a website address identified in a written notice to the Administrative Agent; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on MDDC’s 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: (i) MDDC shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent upon request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) MDDC shall provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents and the Administrative Agent shall post such documents and notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) each Lender of the posting of any such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance MDDC shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.02(b) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, 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 MDDC 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.

The Credit Parties hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Credit Parties hereunder (collectively, “Borgata Materials”) by posting the Borgata Materials on DebtX 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 Credit Parties or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Credit Parties hereby agree that (w) all Borgata Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first

 

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page thereof; (x) by marking Borgata Materials “PUBLIC”, the Credit Parties shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borgata Materials as either publicly available information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Credit Parties or their securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws; (y) all Borgata Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borgata Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion or the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

6.03 Notices. The Credit Parties shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) of the occurrence of any Default;

(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of either Credit Party or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between either Credit Party or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting either Credit Party or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws (a copy of which notice shall also be delivered to the Collateral Agent);

(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by either Credit Party or any Subsidiary; and

(e) of any Event of Loss in the aggregate of $15,000,000 or more per occurrence.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Credit Parties have taken and propose to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

6.04 Payment of Obligations. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable (including any applicable grace periods), but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness, except in each case as could not be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Significant Subsidiary to: (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses (including, without limitation, liquor licenses) and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.06 Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause such Subsidiary to: (a) maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.

6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary, to maintain liability, casualty and other insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) with responsible insurance companies in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards) and against such risks as is carried by responsible companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar assets in Atlantic City, New Jersey and, in any event, such insurance as may be required under the Mortgage. Each policy evidencing such insurance shall name the Collateral Agent as loss payee and additional insured, and provide that such insurance companies provide the Collateral Agent thirty (30) days written notice before the termination thereof. Without limiting the obligations of each Credit Party under the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.07, in the event the Credit Parties shall fail to maintain in full force and effect insurance as required by the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.07, then the Administrative Agent may, and shall if instructed so to do by the Required Lenders, procure insurance covering the interests of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in such amounts and against such risks as otherwise would be required hereunder and the Credit Parties shall reimburse the Administrative Agent in respect of any premiums paid by the Administrative Agent in respect thereof. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, take all actions as needed to insure compliance with all Flood Disaster Protection Act, including the maintenance of all flood hazard insurance and certifications required thereunder.

6.08 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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6.09 Books and Records. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to (a) maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Credit Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

6.10 Inspection Rights. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Credit Parties.

6.11 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall lend the proceeds of any Loans to MDDC and MDDC shall use the proceeds of its loans from the Borrower for working capital and general corporate purposes (including capital expenditures) not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document. On the Effective Date, the Borrower shall use proceeds of any Loans advanced on such date to repay obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement.

6.12 Environmental Covenant. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to:

(a) use and operate all of its facilities and properties in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, keep all permits, approvals, certificates, licenses and other authorizations required pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws in effect and remain in material compliance therewith, and handle all Hazardous Materials in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;

(b) promptly notify the Administrative Agent and provide copies upon receipt of all written claims, complaints, notices or inquiries relating to the condition of its facilities and properties under, or compliance of its facilities and properties with, applicable Environmental Laws, and shall promptly commence and diligently proceed to cure, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent any actions and proceedings, in each case, relating to violations of compliance with applicable Environmental Laws; and

(c) provide such information and certifications which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to evidence compliance with this Section 6.12.

6.13 Accuracy of Information. Each Credit Party shall cause all factual information furnished after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement by or on behalf of such Credit Party in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby to be true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such information is dated or certified, and such information shall not be incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading.

 

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6.14 Significant Subsidiaries. Promptly upon the determination that any Subsidiary has become a Significant Subsidiary, the Credit Parties shall cause such Significant Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (i) an amendment to the Guaranty joining such Significant Subsidiary as a party thereto, (ii) an amendment to the Security Agreement joining such Significant Subsidiary as a party thereto, (iii) legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) comparable documentation to that required by clauses (xv) and (xvi) of Section 4.01(a) hereof in respect of such Significant Subsidiary.

If at any time the Credit Parties shall have Subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries but that collectively (a) accounted for at least 10% of consolidated revenues of MDDC and its Subsidiaries or 10% of Consolidated EBITDA of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, in each case for the four fiscal quarters of MDDC ending on the last day of the last fiscal quarter of MDDC immediately preceding the date as of which any such determination is made or (b) have assets which represent at least 10% of the consolidated assets of MDDC and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the last fiscal quarter of MDDC immediately preceding the date as of which any such determination is made (all of which shall be as reflected on the financial statements of MDDC for the period, or as of the date, in question, adjusted for the pro forma effect of any Subsidiary acquired (or disposed of) by MDDC during such period or concurrently with the date as of which such determination is made), then the Credit Parties shall cause one or more of such Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (i) an amendment to the Guaranty joining such Subsidiary as a party thereto, (ii) an amendment to the Security Agreement joining such Subsidiary as a party thereto, (iii) legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) comparable documentation to that required by clauses (xv) and (xvi) of Section 4.01(a) hereof in respect of such Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, none of the above-described 10% thresholds shall be met. From and after the delivery of the documentation required by the preceding sentence, such Subsidiary shall be deemed a “Significant Subsidiary” for all purposes hereof.

Upon the acquisition by the Credit Parties or any Significant Subsidiary of any real property having (i) a purchase price, or (ii) a combination of purchase price and anticipated capital expenditures in connection therewith in excess of $10,000,000 the Credit Parties shall deliver or cause any Significant Subsidiary to deliver, a mortgage with respect thereto, together with such title insurance and other ancillary documents as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.

6.15 Security Interest in Newly Acquired Property. If the Credit Parties shall at any time acquire any interest in property not covered by the Loan Documents (excluding, however, property in which, pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Credit Parties are not required to grant a security interest in favor of any Secured Party), then promptly upon such acquisition of property the Credit Parties shall execute, deliver and record a supplement to the Loan Documents, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, subjecting such interests to the Lien and security interests created by the applicable Loan Documents (with the priority contemplated thereby in favor of each Secured Party).

 

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6.16 Preserving the Collateral. The Credit Parties shall undertake all actions which are necessary or appropriate in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and as required by the Gaming Laws to (a) maintain the Collateral Agent’s security interests under the Loan Documents in the Collateral in full force and effect at all times (including the priority thereof) and (b) preserve and protect the Collateral and protect and enforce the Credit Parties’ rights and title and the respective rights of the Collateral Agent to the Collateral.

6.17 Application of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds.

(a) As a material inducement to the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, if any Event of Loss shall occur with respect to Borgata or any part thereof, the Credit Parties (i) shall diligently pursue their respective rights to compensation against all relevant insurers, reinsurers and/or Governmental Authorities, as applicable, in respect of such event and (ii) shall not, without consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), compromise or settle any claim involving an amount in excess of $15,000,000 per claim.

(b) All awards, amounts, damages, compensation, payments, settlements and proceeds (including instruments) in respect of any Event of Loss including the proceeds of any insurance policy required to be maintained by the Credit Parties hereunder (other than business interruption insurance) and awards or settlements from any condemnation (collectively, “Loss Proceeds”) paid by the insurers, reinsurers, Governmental Authorities or other payors relating to a single loss or series of related losses (i) in an aggregate amount of $15,000,000 or less shall be retained by the applicable Credit Party for the restoration, repair or replacement of the property with respect to which such Loss Proceeds were received, (ii) in an aggregate amount of more than $15,000,000 but less than $50,000,000 shall be used to repay the Revolving Loans, with availability on the Revolving Loan in the amount of such payment limited to the restoration, repair or replacement of the property with respect to which such Loss Proceeds were received (and after application to the entire outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan shall be paid to the Administrative Agent and held as cash collateral pending use of such cash collateral for the repair or replacement of such property); provided, that if the Credit Parties shall not have commenced, or executed binding agreements to commence, such restoration, repair or replacement within 12 months of the date of such Event of Loss, the Revolving Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of such Loss Proceeds, and (iii) in an aggregate amount of $50,000,000 or more shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, to be held as cash collateral pending use of such cash collateral as requested by the applicable Credit Party with the consent of the Required Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), or absent such consent, application of such cash collateral to the Loans.

(c) If any Loss Proceeds required to be used to repay Revolving Loans or paid to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 6.17 are paid directly to a Credit Party or any Affiliate of any of a Credit Party by any insurer, reinsurer, Governmental Authority or such other payor, (i) such Loss Proceeds shall be received in trust for the Administrative Agent, (ii) such Loss Proceeds shall be segregated from other funds of such Person and (iii) such Person shall pay (or, if applicable, the Credit Party shall cause such Person to pay) such Loss Proceeds over to the Administrative Agent in the same form as received (with any necessary endorsement).

 

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ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

From the Effective Date and thereafter so long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding:

7.01 Liens. Each Credit Party shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Liens pursuant to or required by the Senior Secured Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.03(c);

(d) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(e) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’ materialmen’s, landlords’, repairmen’s, Liens for labor done and materials and services supplied and furnished or other like Liens (i) which are not filed or recorded for a period of more than 60 days, (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person, or (iii) which have been bonded or which the Title Company has agreed to insure over, in either case in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(f) pledges or deposits made or Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or employment or insurance legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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(i) Liens securing writs of attachment or similar instruments or judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments; and

(j) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition.

7.02 Investments. Each Credit Party shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly, make any Investments in any Person that is not a Credit Party, except:

(a) Investments held by the Credit Parties on the Effective Date as reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Credit Parties dated March 31, 2010;

(b) Investments held by the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary in the form of cash equivalents or short-term marketable securities;

(c) any Investment required by a Gaming Board or made in lieu of payment of a tax or in consideration of a reduction in tax;

(d) Investments in Atlantic City Express Service, LLC pursuant to the agreement in effect on the Closing Date and any extension, modification or renewal thereof which does not increase the Investment obligations as in effect on the Closing Date;

(e) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Credit Parties and Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes consistent with past practice;

(f) Investments by way of contributions to capital or purchases of interests (directly or indirectly) by MDDC in the Borrower or in wholly-owned Subsidiaries of MDDC;

(g) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(h) capital expenditures; and

(i) other Investments not exceeding $35,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, net of reductions in such Investments made pursuant to this subsection (i) resulting from payments of dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets or the satisfaction or reduction (other than by means of payments by a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries) of obligations of other Persons which have been Guaranteed.

7.03 Indebtedness. The Credit Parties shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

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(b) Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Secured Indenture or under the Senior Secured Notes and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing; and provided, further, that no such Indebtedness shall have scheduled repayment dates prior to the Maturity Date;

(c) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder;

(d) obligations under Swap Contracts entered into by a Credit Party with any Lender or Affiliate of any Lender, which obligations shall be ratably secured by the Collateral; provided, in no event shall the notional principal amount for such secured obligations exceed $362,500,000 in the aggregate (it being understood that the notional amount of each such Swap Contract shall be included in such calculation); and provided, further, that no such Swap Contract shall be for speculative purposes;

(e) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, however, that any secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder shall be secured only by those assets that are purchased, leased or financed with the funds provided thereby and additions and accessions thereto;

(f) unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or MDDC to MGM or Boyd or their Affiliates on terms and subject to conditions (including subordination) acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(g) unsecured Indebtedness of MDDC to the Borrower, of the Borrower to MDDC and of any wholly-owned Subsidiary to MDDC, the Borrower or another Subsidiary;

(h) Subordinated Debt to the extent otherwise permitted under the Senior Secured Indenture, having covenants, amortization, events of default, subordination terms and final maturity reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

(i) Indebtedness (to the extent that the incurrence thereof does not result in incurrence by the Credit Parties of any obligation for the payment of borrowed money of others) solely in respect of performance bonds; provided, that such Indebtedness was incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Credit Parties.

7.04 Consolidation, Merger, etc. The Credit Parties and Subsidiaries will not liquidate or dissolve, consolidate with, or merge into or with, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the stock or assets of any Person (or of any division

 

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thereof); provided, however, that (i) any Subsidiary that has aggregate assets of less than $100,000 may liquidate or dissolve; (ii) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into, any Loan Party; and (iii) either Credit Party may merge with and into the other Credit Party.

7.05 Permitted Dispositions. The Credit Parties will not, and shall cause each Loan Party not to, directly or indirectly, make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition unless (i) such agreement includes an express condition precedent to closing that the Credit Parties shall have obtained all requisite consents under this Agreement or (ii) (A) the net proceeds of such Disposition are used solely to repay the Obligations or Senior Secured Notes, and (B) such Disposition is made at the fair market value, except:

(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

(b) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(c) Dispositions of equipment to the extent that (i) such equipment is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement equipment or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of replacement property;

(d) Dispositions of property by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party;

(e) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04; and

(f) Dispositions by the Borrower and Loan Parties not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition and (ii) the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (f) in any fiscal year shall not exceed $15,000,000;

provided, however, that any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (f) shall be for fair market value. For purposes of this Section 7.06 “fair market value” shall be conclusively evidenced by approval of such Disposition by the board of directors of the Person disposing such Property or by a Responsible Officer pursuant to authority delegated to such Responsible Officer by the board of directors of the Person disposing such Property

7.06 Restricted Payments, etc.

(a) MDDC shall not make, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries (including the Borrower) to make, any Restricted Payment unless the Total Leverage Ratio, after giving effect thereto, will be 4.0 to 1.0 or less.

(b) Notwithstanding the limitations of clause (a) above:

(i) for so long as MDDC is treated as a partnership or other substantially similarly treated pass-through entity for United States federal income tax purposes, MDDC shall be permitted to make dividends and distributions to the member of MDDC, in an amount not to exceed the Tax Amount for the Related Period; and

 

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(ii) MDDC and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to make Restricted Payments on or after the Closing Date not to exceed, together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (b)(ii), $10,000,000.

(c) Except as provided in clause (d), no Restricted Payments otherwise permitted by clause (a) or (b)(ii) shall be made if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or if a Default will result after giving effect thereto or if immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment the Credit Parties would not be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.11(b).

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7.06 shall not prohibit the payment of any cash dividends within 60 days after the date of its declaration if such dividend could have been paid on the date of its declaration in compliance with such provisions.

7.07 Change in Nature of Business. The Credit Parties shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.

7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. The Credit Parties will not sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by such Credit Party with an unrelated Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no charitable organization in which any officer of a Credit Party shall be associated shall be deemed to be an Affiliate for purposes of this Section 7.08. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Credit Parties will not pay, or cause to be paid, any management fees to any of their Affiliates; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing the Credit Parties may reimburse their Affiliates for their actual out-of-pocket expenses as provided in the Operating Agreement and the Organization Documents of the Credit Parties in connection with their provision of services to Borgata and the Credit Parties may pay management fees to their Affiliates if (i) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the preceding fiscal quarter was less than 4.5 to 1.0, (ii) after giving effect thereto, the Total Leverage Ratio will be less than 4.5 to 1.0, and (iii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result after giving effect thereto.

7.09 Burdensome Agreements. The Credit Parties shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly, enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Senior Secured Indenture and the agreements required thereby) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make dividends and distribution to the Borrower or MDDC or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or MDDC, (ii) of any Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (iii) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(b) or Section 7.03(d) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure the Obligations.

 

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7.10 Stock of Significant Subsidiaries. From and after the date on which any Subsidiary becomes a “Significant Subsidiary” MDDC will not permit such Subsidiary to issue any Capital Stock (whether for value or otherwise) to any Person other than MDDC or another Subsidiary of MDDC.

7.11 Financial Covenants.

(a) The Credit Parties shall not permit Consolidated EBITDA as of the last day of any period of four fiscal quarters of the Credit Parties to be less than $150,000,000.

(b) The Credit Parties shall not permit the sum of (i) cash (excluding cage cash), (ii) cash equivalents and (iii) unused Commitments hereunder as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than $30,000,000.

7.12 Use of Proceeds. The Credit Parties shall not use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations U and X of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a) Non-Payment. The Credit Parties fail to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, any fee due hereunder, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b) Specific Covenants. The Credit Parties fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Sections 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 7.10, 7.11 or 7.12; or

(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after notice shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent; or

(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of a Credit Party or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

 

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(e) Cross-Default. (i) The Credit Parties or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due after giving effect to any applicable notice and cure periods (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $35,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, in each case after giving effect to any applicable notice and cure periods, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) any counterparty under Swap Contract terminates such Swap Contract as a result of an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Credit Party or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which a Credit Party or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $15,000,000 and such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has not paid such Termination Value within 30 days of the due date thereof, unless such termination or such Termination Value is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided; or

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Either Credit Party or any of their Significant Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Either Credit Party or any Significant Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 60 calendar days after its issue or levy; or

 

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(h) Judgments. There is entered against either Credit Party or any Significant Subsidiary a final non-appealable judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $35,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance of a solvent insurer and as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) and either (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of a Credit Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $15,000,000, or (ii) a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $15,000,000; or

(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect and, in the reasonable judgment of the Required Lenders, such circumstance is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; or any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent on a material portion of the Collateral any time after its perfection and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect and, in the reasonable judgment of the Required Lenders, such circumstance is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or

(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

(l) License Revocation. The occurrence of a License Revocation that continues for fifteen consecutive calendar days with respect to gaming operations at Borgata; or

(m) Governmental Approvals. Any Loan Party shall fail to obtain, renew, maintain or comply with any such governmental approvals as shall be necessary (1) for the execution, delivery or performance by such Loan Party of its obligations, or the exercise of its rights, under the Loan Documents, or (2) for the grant of the Liens created under the Mortgage, the Trademark Security Agreement or the Security Agreement or for the validity and enforceability or the perfection of or exercise by the Collateral Agent of its rights and remedies under the Mortgage, the Trademark Security Agreement or the Security Agreement; or any such governmental approval shall be revoked, terminated, withdrawn, suspended, modified or withheld or shall cease to be effective; or any proceeding shall be commenced by or before any Governmental Authority for the purpose of revoking, terminating, withdrawing, suspending, modifying or withholding any such governmental approval and such proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days; and such failure, revocation, termination, withdrawal, suspension, modification, cessation or commencement is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect (i) the rights or the interests of the Lenders under the Loan Documents or (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents; or

 

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(n) Liens on Shares of Significant Subsidiaries. Any Lien, other than a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, shall be placed on any Capital Stock of any Significant Subsidiary.

8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

(a) declare the Commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and

(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.14 and 2.15, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts other than principal and interest (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

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Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees, interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations and interest payments under any Swap Contracts with Lenders or any Affiliates of Lenders, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and remaining payments due to any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender under any Swap Contract, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.14; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Sections 2.03(c) and 2.14, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

9.01 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. (a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

 

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(b) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the 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 (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article IX 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 the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Article IX and in the definition of “Agent-Related Person” included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

(c) Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and designates the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and to take all other actions necessary for the execution and enforcement thereof.

9.02 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

9.03 Liability of Administrative Agent. No Agent-Related Person shall (a) be liable to any Lender or participant for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant 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 or any Affiliate thereof.

9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation 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 any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its

 

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satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement 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 a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

9.05 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.

9.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges to the Administrative Agent that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder. Each Lender also represents to the Administrative Agent that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person 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 investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents

 

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expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.

9.07 Indemnification of Administrative Agent. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, provided, however, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), upon written demand (specifying the basis of such demand) for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

9.08 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. Wells Fargo and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates as though Wells Fargo were not the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, the L/C Issuer hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Wells Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, Wells Fargo shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, the L/C Issuer, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include Well Fargo in its individual capacity.

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under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent for the Lenders, which successor administrative agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor administrative agent from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer and the respective terms “Administrative Agent” and “L/C Issuer” shall mean such successor administrative agent and Letter of Credit issuer, the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated and the retiring L/C Issuer’s rights, powers and duties as such shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring L/C Issuer or any other Lender, other than the obligation of the successor L/C Issuer to issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or to 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. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

9.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or 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 the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) 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 and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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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 to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, 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 Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

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 any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration, termination or Cash Collateralization of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;

(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(j); and

(c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.11.

The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at any time upon the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid, or to direct the Collateral Agent to credit bid, all or any portion of the Obligations in any foreclosure sale relating to the Collateral.

9.12 Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “co-syndication agent,” “co-documentation agent,” “managing agent,” “joint book manager” or “joint lead arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified (in the aforementioned capacities) in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by a Credit Party or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Credit Parties or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender;

(b) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;

(d) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;

(e) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;

(f) release MDDC or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; or

(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender;

and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent

 

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shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.07(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) a matter requiring the consent of each affected Lender pursuant to clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 10.01 shall require the consent of each affected Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed certified or registered mail, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, 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 the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.

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 facsimile 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 delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

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provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or any Credit Party 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) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of a Credit Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Credit Parties shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Credit Party. All telephonic notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

10.04 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Credit Parties agree (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs, and (c)

 

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after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to pay or reimburse each Lender for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable within ten Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.

10.05 Indemnification by the Credit Parties. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Credit Parties shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents, trustees, investment advisors and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by a Credit Party, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to a Credit Party, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding), whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements 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. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through DebtX or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be payable within ten Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive after the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

 

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10.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower 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 set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off 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 set-off 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 Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

10.07 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, except that the Credit Parties may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section, or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void ab initio). 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, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans held by any Revolving Lender) at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $1,000,000 (treating assignments to two or more Approved Funds under

 

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common management as one assignment for purposes of the minimum amount) unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing Line Loans; (iii) any assignment of a Revolving Commitment must be approved by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Revolving Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee) or an Affiliate thereof; and (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, 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 Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s 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 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section.

(c) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts 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 Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may 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 Credit Parties at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or other substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.

(d) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Credit Parties or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or any competitor or Affiliate of a competitor of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a

 

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Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification that (i) reduces the fees, interest rate or principal payable directly or indirectly to such Participant (or such Lender in respect of such Participant), (ii) increases the Commitment of such Participant (or such Lender in respect of such Participant) or (iii) extends the final maturity date for the Loans held by such Participant (or such Lender in respect of such Participant). Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Credit Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.

(e) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 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 Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 10.15 as though it were a Lender.

(f) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender may, without the consent of Borrower or the Administrative Agent, collaterally assign or pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, including the Loans and Notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other representative of holders of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such fund, as security for such obligations or securities.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Committed Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing

 

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herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Committed Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Committed Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Committed Loan pursuant to the terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is required under Section 2.12(c)(ii). Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Credit Parties under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Committed Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Committed Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Committed Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Committed Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Wells Fargo assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Wells Fargo may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Revolving Lenders a successor L/C Issuer hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Wells Fargo as L/C Issuer. If Wells Fargo resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)).

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Wells Fargo assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Wells Fargo may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Revolving Lenders a successor Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Wells Fargo as Swing Line Lender. If Wells Fargo resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of the Swing Line Lender

 

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hereunder with respect to all Swing Line Loans outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Swing Line Lender (including the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c)).

(j) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.07 to the contrary, the rights of the Lenders to make assignments of their Loans and corresponding Commitments therefor shall be subject to the approval of any Gaming Board, to the extent required by applicable Gaming Laws.

10.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives that need to know such information (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(f), or (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Credit Parties. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Credit Parties, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure to any such Person by a Credit Party or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from a Credit Party or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

10.09 Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to a Credit Party or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by each Credit Party (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party) 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 by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and

 

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all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

10.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

10.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

10.12 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

 

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10.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.15 Tax Forms. (a) (i) Each Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Foreign Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject to withholding under the Code (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed completed originals of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 881(c) of the Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly submit to the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed originals of one of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any available exemption from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that the Borrower make any deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Foreign Lender.

(ii) Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender), shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of the Administrative Agent (in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A) two duly signed completed originals of the forms or statements required to be provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to U.S. withholding tax, and (B) two duly signed completed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor

 

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thereto) and any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Code, to establish that such Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender.

(iii) The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Foreign Lender under Section 3.01 (A) with respect to any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information, certificates or statements of exemption such Lender transmits with an IRS Form W-8IMY pursuant to this Section 10.15(a) or (B) if such Lender shall have failed to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.15(a) or (C) any Taxes imposed on any “withholdable payment” payable to such recipient as a result of the failure of such recipient to satisfy the applicable requirements as set forth in FATCA after December 31, 2012; provided that if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirement of this Section 10.15(a) on the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this Section 10.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 3.01 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate.

(iv) 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 fails 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 Borrower and the Administrative Agent (A) a certification signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller, and (B) other documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent sufficient for the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such applicable reporting requirements.

(v) The Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any Taxes required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents with respect to which the Borrower is not required to pay additional amounts under this Section 10.15(a).

(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Administrative Agent two duly signed completed originals of IRS Form W-9. If such Lender fails to deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may backup withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable backup withholding amount imposed by the Code, without reduction.

 

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(c) If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

10.16 Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower shall have the right to remove a Lender as a party to this Agreement at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, including any Disqualified Lender. If the Borrower elects to remove a Lender pursuant to this Section 10.16, the Lender being removed shall within five Business Days after notice of removal pursuant to this Section 10.16 execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption covering its Loans and Commitments in favor of one or more Eligible Assignees designated by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, subject to payment of a purchase price by such Eligible Assignees in an amount equal to the principal, interest and fees (including accrued Letter of Credit Fees under Section 2.03) owed to such Lender and any costs and compensation owed to such Lender under Article III (the “Assignment Purchase Price”), except that with respect to a purchase from a Disqualified Lender, the purchase price shall be the lesser of the market price or the Assignment Purchase Price or such other price determined by the Gaming Authorities (a “Disqualified Lender Assignment Price”); provided that no Lender shall be required to make such an assignment to any such Eligible Assignee to the extent such Lender is not legally permitted to make such an assignment to such Eligible Assignee. The interests of any Disqualified Lender under this Credit Agreement shall be subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of all Gaming Authorities. In addition to the foregoing, so long as there does not exist a Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent and any Lender, prepay the Loans of such Lender, terminate such Lender’s Commitments and reduce the Aggregate Commitments by the amount of such Lender’s Commitment. Further, and notwithstanding the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, the Borrower may upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent and any Disqualified Lender, prepay the Loans of such Disqualified Lender, terminate such Disqualified Lender’s Commitments and reduce the Aggregate Commitments by the amount of such Disqualified Lender’s Commitment. The Commitment of any Lender described in the preceding two sentences shall be terminated upon the payment by the Borrower to such Lender of a purchase price in an amount equal to the Assignment Purchase Price or the Disqualified Lender Assignment Price, as applicable.

10.17 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSES SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK); PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

 

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10.18 Forum Selection; Consent to Jurisdiction. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDERS, THE ISSUER OR THE CREDIT PARTIES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, IN ATLANTIC COUNTY OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LITIGATION. THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINT CT CORPORATION SYSTEM (THE “PROCESS AGENT”), WITH AN OFFICE ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019, UNITED STATES, AS THEIR AGENT TO RECEIVE, ON THE CREDIT PARTIES’ BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE CREDIT PARTIES’ PROPERTY, SERVICE OF COPIES OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING OR DELIVERING A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS TO THE CREDIT PARTIES IN CARE OF THE PROCESS AGENT AT THE PROCESS AGENT’S ABOVE ADDRESS, AND THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE PROCESS AGENT TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF. AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SERVICE, THE CREDIT PARTIES FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AT THE ADDRESS FOR NOTICES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.2. THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH THEY MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT A CREDIT PARTY HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, SUCH CREDIT PARTY

 

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HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

10.19 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

10.20 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Credit Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

10.21 Designation as “Priority Payment Secured Obligations”. All Obligations shall be “Priority Payment Secured Obligations” for purposes of and as defined in the Senior Secured Indenture, if and to the extent that such term (or any comparable term) is defined therein as providing specific rights to certain holders of senior secured indebtedness.

10.22 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each Credit Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Credit Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent and each Arranger is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has any obligation to the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in

 

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the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Credit Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

10.23 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

10.24 Gaming Boards. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent agrees to use its best efforts to cooperate with all Gaming Boards in connection with the administration of their regulatory jurisdiction over the Credit Parties and their Affiliates, including by providing in a timely manner such documents or other information as may be requested by any such Gaming Board relating to the Credit Parties or any of their Affiliates or to the Loan Documents. The Credit Parties and each of their Affiliates hereby consents to any such disclosure by the Lenders and Administrative Agent to any Gaming Board and releases such parties from any liability for any such disclosure.

10.25 Gaming Regulations. Each party to this Agreement hereby acknowledges that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents is subject to applicable Gaming Laws, including but not limited to any licensing or qualification requirements imposed on the Lenders and the Loan Parties thereby. Each Credit Party represents and warrants that it will use its best efforts to obtain all requisite approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and in the other Loan Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY,
INC., a New Jersey corporation
By  

/s/ Josh Hirsberg

Name:   Josh Hirsberg
Title:   Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
By:   Marina District Development Holding Co., LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
Its:   Sole Member
  By:   Boyd Atlantic City, Inc., a New Jersey corporation
  Its:   Managing Member
  By:  

/s/ Josh Hirsberg

  Name:   Josh Hirsberg
  Title:   Vice President

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ Donald Schubert

Name:   Donald Schubert
Title:   Managing Director

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Donald Schubert

Name:   Donald Schubert
Title:   Managing Director

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Justin Lien

Name:   Justin Lien
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ William McGinty

Name:   William McGinty
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Mohammad S. Hasan

Name:   Mohammad S. Hasan
Title:   Associate

 

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ALLIED IRISH BANKS, PLC,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Jean Pierre Knight

Name:   Jean Pierre Knight
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ David Smith

Name:   David Smith
Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Craig Malloy

Name:   Craig Malloy
Title:   Director

 

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UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Irja R. Otsa

Name:   Irja R. Otsa
Title:   Associate Director
By:  

/s/ Mary E. Evans

Name:   Mary E. Evans
Title:   Associate Director

 

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CAPITAL ONE, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Ross S. Wales

Name:   Ross S. Wales
Title:   Sr. Vice President

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ William G. Karl

Name:   William G. Karl
Title:   General Manager

 

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EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm INDENTURE, DATED AS OF AUGUST 6, 2010 Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2010

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.

9  1/2% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2015

9  7/8% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2018

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 6, 2010

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

 

 


CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section

   Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

 (a)(2)

   7.10

 (a)(3)

   N.A.

 (a)(4)

   N.A.

 (a)(5)

   7.10

 (b)

   7.10

 (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

 (b)

   7.11

 (c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   2.05

 (b)

   13.03

 (c)

   13.03

313(a)

   7.06

 (b)(1)

   N.A.

 (b)(2)

   7.06;7.07

 (c)

   7.06;13.02

 (d)

   7.06

314(a)

   4.03;6:13;13.02;

13.05

 (b)

   11.04

 (c)(1)

   13.04

 (c)(2)

   13.04

 (c)(3)

   N.A.

 (d)

   11.04

 (e)

   13.05

 (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

 (b)

   7.05;13.02

 (c)

   7.01

 (d)

   7.01

 (e)

   6.11

316(a) (last sentence)

   2.09

 (a)(1)(A)

   6.05

 (a)(1)(B)

   6.04

 (a)(2)

   N.A.

 (b)

   6.07

 (c)

   9.04

317(a)(1)

   6.08

 (a)(2)

   6.09

 (b)

   2.04

318(a)

   13.01

 (b)

   N.A.

 (c)

   13.01

N.A. means not applicable.

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


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS AND

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  

Section 1.01.

  Definitions    1

Section 1.02.

  Other Definitions    22

Section 1.03.

  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act    23

Section 1.04.

  Rules of Construction    23
 

ARTICLE 2.

THE NOTES

  

Section 2.01.

  Form and Dating    23

Section 2.02.

  Execution and Authentication    24

Section 2.03.

  Registrar and Paying Agent    25

Section 2.04.

  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust    25

Section 2.05.

  Holder Lists    26

Section 2.06.

  Transfer and Exchange    26

Section 2.07.

  Replacement Notes    35

Section 2.08.

  Outstanding Notes    36

Section 2.09.

  Treasury Notes    36

Section 2.10.

  Temporary Notes    36

Section 2.11.

  Cancellation    36

Section 2.12.

  Defaulted Interest    37

Section 2.13.

  CUSIP, ISIN and Other Numbers    37

Section 2.14.

  Issuance of Additional Notes    37
 

ARTICLE 3.

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

  

Section 3.01.

  Notices to Trustee    38

Section 3.02.

  Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed    38

Section 3.03.

  Notice of Redemption    38

Section 3.04.

  Effect of Notice of Redemption    39

Section 3.05.

  Deposit of Redemption Price    39

Section 3.06.

  Notes Redeemed in Part    40

Section 3.07.

  Optional Redemption    40

Section 3.08.

  Mandatory Redemption    41

Section 3.09.

  Mandatory Disposition or Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Laws    41
 

ARTICLE 4.

COVENANTS

  

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Notes    41

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency    42

Section 4.03.

  Reports    42

 

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Section 4.04.

  Compliance Certificate    43

Section 4.05.

  Stay and Extension Laws    44

Section 4.06.

  Restricted Payments    44

Section 4.07.

  Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries    46

Section 4.08.

  Limitation on Indebtedness    47

Section 4.09.

  Asset Sales; Event of Loss    49

Section 4.10.

  Transactions with Affiliates    51

Section 4.11.

  Liens    51

Section 4.12.

  Corporate Existence    52

Section 4.13.

  Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control    52

Section 4.14.

  Limitation on Status of Investment Company    53

Section 4.15.

  Payment for Consent    54

Section 4.16.

  Limitation on Layered Indebtedness    54

Section 4.17.

  Business Activities    54

Section 4.18.

  Additional Note Guarantees    54

Section 4.19.

  Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries    54

Section 4.20.

  Further Assurances; After-Acquired Collateral    55

Section 4.21.

  Certain Suspended Covenants    56
 

ARTICLE 5.

SUCCESSORS

  

Section 5.01.

  Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets    56

Section 5.02.

  Successor Corporation Substituted    57
 

ARTICLE 6.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

  

Section 6.01.

  Events of Default    58

Section 6.02.

  Acceleration    59

Section 6.03.

  Other Remedies    60

Section 6.04.

  Waiver of Past Defaults    60

Section 6.05.

  Control by Majority    60

Section 6.06.

  Limitation on Suits    60

Section 6.07.

  Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment    61

Section 6.08.

  Collection Suit by Trustee    61

Section 6.09.

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    61

Section 6.10.

  Priorities    62

Section 6.11.

  Undertaking for Costs    62

Section 6.12.

  Redemption Provision Defaults    62

Section 6.13.

  Reporting Defaults    63
 

ARTICLE 7.

TRUSTEE

  

Section 7.01.

  Duties of Trustee    63

Section 7.02.

  Rights of Trustee    64

Section 7.03.

  Individual Rights of Trustee    65

Section 7.04.

  Trustee’s Disclaimer    65

 

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Section 7.05.

  Notice of Defaults    65

Section 7.06.

  Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes    65

Section 7.07.

  Compensation and Indemnity    65

Section 7.08.

  Replacement of Trustee    66

Section 7.09.

  Successor Trustee by Merger, etc    67

Section 7.10.

  Eligibility; Disqualification    67

Section 7.11.

  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company    68
 

ARTICLE 8.

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

  

Section 8.01.

  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    68

Section 8.02.

  Legal Defeasance and Discharge    68

Section 8.03.

  Covenant Defeasance    68

Section 8.04.

  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance    69

Section 8.05.

  Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions    70

Section 8.06.

  Repayment to Company    70

Section 8.07.

  Reinstatement    70
 

ARTICLE 9.

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

  

Section 9.01.

  Without Consent of Holders of Notes    71

Section 9.02.

  With Consent of Holders of Notes    72

Section 9.03.

  Compliance with Trust Indenture Act    73

Section 9.04.

  Revocation and Effect of Consents    73

Section 9.05.

  Notation on or Exchange of Notes    74

Section 9.06.

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc    74
 

ARTICLE 10.

NOTE GUARANTEES

  

Section 10.01.

  Note Guarantees    74

Section 10.02.

  Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge    76

Section 10.03.

  Right of Contribution    77

Section 10.04.

  No Subrogation    77
 

ARTICLE 11.

COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

  

Section 11.01.

  The Collateral    77

Section 11.02.

  Release of Liens on the Collateral    78

Section 11.03.

  Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent Under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement    79

Section 11.04.

  Compliance With TIA    80

Section 11.05.

  Collateral Agent is Third Party Beneficiary    80

 

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ARTICLE 12.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

Section 12.01.

  Satisfaction and Discharge    80

Section 12.02.

  Application of Trust Money    81
 

ARTICLE 13.

MISCELLANEOUS

  

Section 13.01.

  Trust Indenture Act Controls    81

Section 13.02.

  Notices    82

Section 13.03.

  Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes    83

Section 13.04.

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent    83

Section 13.05.

  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion    83

Section 13.06.

  Rules by Trustee and Agents    83

Section 13.07.

  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders    84

Section 13.08.

  Governing Law    84

Section 13.09.

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements    84

Section 13.10.

  Successors    84

Section 13.11.

  Severability    84

Section 13.12.

  Counterpart Originals    84

Section 13.13.

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc    84

 

     EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1    FORM OF 2015 NOTE
Exhibit A-2    FORM OF 2018 NOTE
Exhibit B    VARIABLE NOTE PROVISIONS (SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AND LEGENDS)
Exhibit C-1    FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY HOLDER OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit C-2    FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY TRANSFEREE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit D    FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY THE DEPOSITARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit E    FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit F    FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit G    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit H    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit I    FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

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INDENTURE dated as of August 6, 2010 by and among Marina District Finance Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (including any and all successors thereto, “MDFC” or the “Company”), Marina District Development Company, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (including any and all successors thereto, “MDDC”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

MDFC, MDDC and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and the 9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes” and, together with the 2015 Notes, the “Notes”):

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions.

144A Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto bearing a Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the 2015 Notes or the 2018 Notes, as applicable, sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

Additional Assets” means: (i) any Property (other than cash, cash equivalents or securities) to be owned by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and used in a Related Business, (ii) the costs of improving, restoring, replacing or developing any Property owned by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is used in a Related Business or (iii) Investments in any other Person engaged primarily in a Related Business (including the acquisition from third parties of Capital Stock of such Person) as a result of which such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.

Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable (i) pursuant to the provisions relating to additional interest described in Section 6.13 as the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described in Section 4.03 and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a) and/or (ii) pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Additional Notes” means any Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 2.14 and subject to compliance with Article 4.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, a Person (i) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, (ii) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the Voting Stock of such Person (or a 10% or greater equity interest in a Person which is not a corporation) or (iii) of which 10% or more of any class of the Voting Stock (or, in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, 10% or more of the equity interest) is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries by such Person. For the purposes of this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

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

 

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Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date under Section 3.07(c), the greater of: (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; or (ii) the positive amount, if any, equal to (a) the present value at such redemption date of (1) the redemption price, as applicable, of (x) the 2015 Notes at October 15, 2013 or (y) the 2018 Notes at August 15, 2014, (such redemption prices being set forth in the applicable table in Section 3.07(a)) plus (2) all required interest payments due, as applicable, on (x) the 2015 Notes through October 15, 2013 or (y) the 2018 Notes through August 15, 2014 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; minus (b) the principal amount of such Note, if greater.

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

Asset Sale” means the sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to Sale/Leaseback Transactions or pursuant to the merger of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with or into any person other than MDDC or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries), by MDDC or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than MDDC or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries of: (i) any of the Capital Stock or other ownership interests of any Restricted Subsidiary of MDDC or (ii) any other Property of MDDC or any Property of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case not in the ordinary course of business of MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset Sales: (a) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million; (b) any issuance or other such disposition of Capital Stock or other ownership interests of any Restricted Subsidiary to MDDC or another Restricted Subsidiary; (c) any such disposition of Property between or among MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (d) the sale or other disposition of cash or Temporary Cash Investments; (e) any exchange of like Property pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for use in a Related Business; (f) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.06; (g) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of MDDC or MDFC in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control; (h) any grant of a non-exclusive license of trademarks, know-how, patents and any other intellectual property or intellectual property rights; (i) dispositions that occur in the ordinary course of MDDC’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s business in connection with Permitted Liens; (j) any sale of inventory or other assets or any disposition of any obsolete, damaged or worn out property or equipment; (k) the disposition of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof; and (l) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind that occur in the ordinary course of MDDC’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business.

Attributable Indebtedness” means Indebtedness deemed to be Incurred in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction and shall be, at the date of determination, the present value (discounted at the actual rate of interest implicit in such transaction, compounded annually), of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).

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

 

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Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, or with respect to any joint venture, the managing venturer or such other Persons required to approve the applicable action under the joint venture agreement, as applicable, of such Person, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.

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

Borgata” means Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, including The Water Club hotel, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, owned or leased by MDDC.

Boyd” means Boyd Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation.

Broker-Dealer” means any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

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

Capital Lease Obligations” means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Section 4.11, Capital Lease Obligations shall be deemed secured by a Lien on the Property being leased.

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or any other participation, right, warrants, options or other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, but excluding any debt security convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of a greater percentage of the Capital Stock of MDHC than the percentage of such Capital Stock held by Boyd directly or through one or more Subsidiaries; (ii) the failure of Boyd to own, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens, at least 30% of the Capital Stock of MDHC; (iii) Boyd, acting directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, shall cease to be the manager of Borgata; (iv) the failure of MDHC to directly own, free and clear of all Liens, all of the Capital Stock of MDDC or otherwise have the ability to elect the Board of Directors of MDDC; or (v) the failure of MDDC to directly own, free and clear of all Liens all of the Capital Stock of MDFC or otherwise have the ability to elect all of the members of the Board of Directors of MDFC.

Change of Control Time” means the earlier of the public announcement of (i) a Change of Control or (ii) (if applicable) MDDC or MDFC’s intention to effect a Change of Control.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means both a Change of Control and a Rating Decline with respect to the Notes; provided, however, that a Change of Control Triggering Event shall not be deemed to have occurred if (i) at the Change of Control Time the Notes have Investment Grade Status and (ii) MDFC effects defeasance of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture prior to a Rating Decline.

 

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Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

Collateral” means the Real Property comprising Borgata and substantially all existing and future personal Property, Material Real Property and Material Leasehold Interests of MDFC and the Guarantors, other than Excluded Property.

Collateral Agent” means the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, holders of Priority Payment Secured Obligations and holders of Pari Passu Secured Obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, or any successor entity thereto.

Company” means Marina District Finance Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and any and all successors thereto.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, without duplication, the sum of: (i) Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; and (ii) to the extent Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period has been reduced thereby: (a) Consolidated Fixed Charges, (b) provisions for taxes based on income, (c) Permitted Tax Distributions, (d) consolidated depreciation expense, (e) consolidated amortization expense, (f) all preopening expenses paid or accrued and (g) other noncash items reducing Consolidated Net Income; minus other noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Reference Period to the aggregate amount of Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Reference Period.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries including: (i) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, which shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by MDFC to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligations, (ii) amortization of Indebtedness discount and commissions, discounts and other similar fees and charges owed with respect to Indebtedness, (iii) noncash interest payments, (iv) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (v) net costs pursuant to Interest Rate Agreements, (vi) dividends on all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries held by Persons other than MDDC or a Restricted Subsidiary, and (vii) interest attributable to the Indebtedness of any other Person for which MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, and any dividend or distribution, whether in cash, Property or securities, on Disqualified Stock of MDFC; minus interest income for such period. For the avoidance of doubt and consistent with GAAP, Consolidated Fixed Charges shall not include any capitalized interest.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person and any of its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP minus an amount equal to the amount of Permitted Tax Distributions made to any equity holder of such Person in respect of such period (as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period); provided, however, that the following items shall be excluded from the computation of Consolidated Net Income: (i) any net income (loss) of any Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is not a

 

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Restricted Subsidiary, except that, subject to the limitations contained in (iv) below, (x) the net income (or, if applicable, such Person’s equity in the net income) of any such Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of non-cash Property actually distributed by such Subsidiary during such period to such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (ii) below) and (y) such Person’s equity in a net loss of any such Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (ii) any net income (loss) of any Person acquired by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition; (iii) any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to such Person, except that: (a) subject to the limitations contained in (iv) below, such Person’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to such Person or another Restricted Subsidiary of such Person as a dividend (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, to the limitation contained in this clause), and (b) such Person’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (iv) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Property of such Person or its consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person; (v) items classified as extraordinary or any non-cash item classified as nonrecurring; (vi) any non-cash charges related to fair value adjustments; and (vii) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” of any Person as of any date means the total assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries is available, minus all current liabilities of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet other than the current portion of long-term debt, minus total goodwill and other intangible assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be reduced by the current portion of any long-term debt that is past due or that has been reclassified as a current liability in accordance with GAAP as a result of an event of default.

Core Business” means (i) the gaming, card club, racing, sports, entertainment, leisure, spa, amusement, lodging, restaurant, retail operations, service station operations, riverboat operations, real estate development and all other businesses and activities necessary for or reasonably related or incident thereto, including, without limitation, related acquisition, construction, development or operation of related transportation, retail and other facilities designed to enhance any of the foregoing and (ii) any of the types of preexisting businesses being operated on land acquired (whether by purchase, lease or otherwise) by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or similar types of businesses conducted by MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary after such acquisition of land, and all other businesses and activities necessary for or reasonably related or incident thereto, provided that such land was acquired by MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose, determined in good faith by MDFC, of ultimately conducting a business or activity described in clause (i) above at some time in the future.

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

 

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Credit Facility” means (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2010, among MDFC, MDDC, the financial institutions named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and Administrative 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 Company to be included in the definition of “Credit Facility,” one or more (a) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (b) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or 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.

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

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Notes” means, individually and collectively, each certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Global Notes, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

Disqualified Stock” of a Person means any Capital Stock of such Person: (i) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or otherwise (x) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (y) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or (z) is convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness; and (ii) as to which the maturity, mandatory redemption, conversion or exchange or redemption at the option of the holder thereof occurs, or may occur, in the case of each of clauses (i) or (ii) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the 2015 Notes as long as any such Notes are outstanding, and the Stated Maturity of the 2018 Notes as long as any such Notes are outstanding; provided, however, that such Capital Stock of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if it is redeemable prior to the first anniversary of such Stated Maturity of the applicable Notes only if: (a) the holder or a beneficial owner of such Capital Stock is required to qualify under the Gaming Laws and does not so qualify, or (b) the Board of Directors determines in its reasonable, good faith judgment, as evidenced by a Board Resolution, that as a result of a holder or beneficial owner owning such Capital Stock, MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries has lost or may lose any Gaming License, which if lost or not reinstated, as the case may be, would have a material adverse effect on the business of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or would restrict the ability of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business in any gaming jurisdiction.

 

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Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Loss” means, with respect to any Property with a Fair Market Value of $20.0 million or more, any loss, destruction or damage of such Property, or any condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such Property, or confiscation or requisition of the use of such Property.

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

Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in the applicable Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f).

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

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

Excluded Property” means, collectively, (i) Capital Stock of any Person, (ii) any permit or license or any contractual obligation entered into by MDFC or any Guarantor (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than MDFC and its Affiliates which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation by MDFC or the applicable Guarantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or contractual obligation or (B) to the extent that any requirement of law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon, but only, with respect to the prohibition in clauses (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the Uniform Commercial Code or any other requirement of law, (iii) any right, title or interest of MDDC or any Guarantor in any Gaming License, (iv) any real properties owned by MDFC and the Guarantors that are not Material Real Properties and (v) any real properties leased by MDFC and the Guarantors that are not Material Leasehold Interests. For the avoidance of doubt, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).

Fair Market Value” means with respect to any Property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value will be determined, except as otherwise provided: (i) if such Property has a Fair Market Value of less than or equal to $10.0 million, by any Officer of MDFC; or (ii) if such Property has a Fair Market Value in excess of $10.0 million, by a majority of the Board of Directors of MDFC and evidenced by a Board Resolution, dated within 30 days of the relevant transaction (or the date of the written agreement with respect to such transaction), delivered to the Trustee.

First Lien Obligations” means Priority Payment Secured Obligations and Pari Passu Secured Obligations, including the obligations under the Notes and this Indenture.

GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Gaming Authority” means any of the NJCCC, the NJDGE, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, and any other agency (including, without limitation, any agency established by a federally-recognized Indian tribe to regulate gaming on such tribe’s reservation) which has, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor to such authority.

 

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Gaming Facility” means any gaming or pari-mutuel wagering establishment and other Property or assets directly ancillary thereto or used in connection therewith, including any building, restaurant, hotel, theater, parking facilities, retail shops, spa, land, golf courses and other recreation and entertainment facilities, vessel, barge, ship and equipment or 100% of the equity interest of a Person the primary business of which is ownership and operation of any of the foregoing.

Gaming Laws” means the gaming laws of the State of New Jersey and any other jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject.

Gaming License” means any license, permit, franchise or other authorization from the State of New Jersey and any other governmental authority required on the date of this Indenture or at any time thereafter to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct the gaming business of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, including all licenses granted under Gaming Laws and other Legal Requirements.

Global Note Legend” means the Legend set forth in Exhibit B under the caption “Form of Global Note Legend,” which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv), 2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f).

Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such first Person: (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantors” means MDDC and any Subsidiary of MDDC (other than MDFC) that executes a Supplemental Indenture in the form of Exhibit I in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that in no event shall MDDC cease to be a Guarantor except in connection with a merger, consolidation or sale of assets permitted by this Indenture.

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

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary (other than MDFC) designated by MDDC as an Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that all such designated Restricted Subsidiaries may not in the aggregate at any time have total assets (calculated in accordance with GAAP) constituting in excess of 2.5% of MDDC’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets based on MDDC’s most recent internal financial statements.

 

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Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or become liable, in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or obligation on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person including by merger or operation of law (and “Incurrence,” “Incurred,” “Incurrable” and “Incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing). The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.08 so long as the amount thereof is included in the computation of “Consolidated Fixed Charges” as accrued.

Indebtedness” means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the Property of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or the principal amount of such indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding any balances that constitute customer advance payments and deposits, accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise included: (i) any Capital Lease Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien to which the Property owned or held by such Person is subject, whether or not the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed (the amount of such Indebtedness being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such Property or the amount of the Indebtedness so secured); (iii) Guarantees of Indebtedness of other Persons; (iv) any Disqualified Stock; (v) any Attributable Indebtedness; (vi) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments or credit transactions issued for the account of such Person (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in this definition) of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third business day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit; (vii) in the case of MDFC, Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and in the case of MDDC, Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than MDFC); and (viii) net obligations pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include any interest or accrued interest until due and payable. For purposes of this definition, the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were repurchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability of any other obligations described in clauses (i) through (viii) above in respect thereof at such date.

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

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

Initial Notes” means the $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2015 Notes and the $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2018 Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

 

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“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain First Lien Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the administrative agent under the Credit Facility, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Interest Rate Agreement” means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.

Investment” by any Person means any direct or indirect loan, advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution (by means of transfers of cash or other Property to others or payments for Property or services for the account or use of others), in connection with the performance of obligations under any completion guaranty or otherwise, to, or Incurrence of a Guarantee of any obligation of, or purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidence of Indebtedness issued by, any other Person, including the designation by the Board of Directors of a Person to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, together with all items that are or would be classified as Investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment, plus the cost of all additions thereto, and minus the amount of any portion of such Investment repaid to the Person making such Investment in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, as the case may be, but without any other adjustments for increases or decreases in value, write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment. In determining the amount of any Investment in respect of any Property other than cash, such Property shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such Investment.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof) and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof).

Investment Grade Status” means any time at which the ratings of the Notes by each of Moody’s (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof) and S&P (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof) are Investment Grade Ratings.

Issue Date” means August 6, 2010.

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

Legal Requirements” means all laws, statutes and ordinances and all rules, orders, rulings, regulations, directives, decrees, injunctions and requirements of all governmental authorities, that are now or may hereafter be in existence, and that may be applicable to MDDC, MDFC or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof or the Trustee (including building codes, zoning and environmental laws, regulations and ordinances and Gaming Laws), as modified by any variances, special use permits, waivers, exceptions or other exemptions which may from time to time be applicable.

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

Lien” means with respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance,

 

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preference, priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such Property (including any Capital Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). Any Sale/Leaseback Transaction shall be deemed to constitute a Lien on the Property which is the subject of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction securing the Attributable Indebtedness represented thereby.

Material Leasehold Interests” means any real property leased by MDFC or any Guarantor that is necessary to conduct the core business at Borgata, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. For the avoidance of doubt, the Surface Parking Lot Ground Lease shall not constitute a Material Leasehold Interest.

Material Real Property” means any real property owned by MDFC or any Guarantor in fee simple with a cost in excess of $10.0 million (provided that such $10.0 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of Borgata or otherwise necessary for Real Property that constitutes Collateral to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Real Property).

Material Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of MDDC that (i) was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, other than an Immaterial Subsidiary, or (ii) that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of MDDC.

MDHC” means Marina District Development Holding Co., LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, and its successors.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage” means one or more mortgages, assignments of rents, security agreements and fixture filings encumbering the fee and leasehold interests comprising Borgata, including all additions, improvements and component parts related thereto and all rents, issues and profits therefrom.

Net Cash Proceeds” with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

Net Proceeds” from any Asset Sale or Event of Loss by any Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries means cash and cash equivalents received in respect of the Property sold or with respect to which an Event of Loss occurred, excluding business interruption or delay in completion insurance proceeds, and net of: (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Person or such Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with such Asset Sale or Event of Loss, including, without limitation, all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and fees and expenses incurred (but excluding any finder’s fee or broker’s fee payable to any Affiliate of such Person) and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes arising in connection with such Asset Sale or Event of Loss that are paid or required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP by such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) all payments made by such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries on any Priority Payment Secured Obligations or any Indebtedness which is secured by such Property in accordance with the terms of any Lien ranking senior in priority to the Lien securing the notes upon or with respect to such Property or which must, by the terms of such Lien, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale or Event of Loss, and (iii) all contractually required distributions and other payments made to minority interest holders (but excluding distributions and payments to Affiliates

 

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of such Person) in Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of such Asset Sale or Event of Loss; provided, however, that, in the event that any consideration for an Asset Sale or Event of Loss (which would otherwise constitute Net Proceeds) is required to be held in escrow pending determination of whether a purchase price adjustment will be made, such consideration (or any portion thereof) shall become Net Proceeds only at such time as it is released to such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries from escrow; and provided, further, that any noncash consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale or Event of Loss which is subsequently converted to cash shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds at and from the time of such conversion.

NJCCC” means the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person to the extent that under the terms thereof or pursuant to applicable law: (i) no personal recourse shall be had against such Person for the payment of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness, and (ii) enforcement of obligations on such Indebtedness is limited only to recourse against interests in Property purchased with the proceeds of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and as to which neither MDDC nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries provides any credit support or is liable.

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

Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of MDFC’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, set forth in Article 10, including as a result of execution of a Supplemental Indenture.

Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture except for redemption rights and obligations. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

Offering” means the offering of the Notes by the Company.

Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum dated August 6, 2010, pursuant to which the Initial Notes were offered.

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President of such Person.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Officers, at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal accounting officer or principal financial officer of such Person.

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 MDFC, MDDC, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means: (i) with respect to MDFC, any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Notes; and (ii) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment with such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee. The determination of whether any Indebtedness ranks pari passu in right of payment shall not take into account whether or not such Indebtedness is secured by any collateral.

 

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NJDGE” means the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Pari Passu Secured Obligations” means (i) the obligations under the Notes and this Indenture, (ii) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Credit Facility pursuant to clause (3)(ii) of Section 4.08(b), and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that refinances all or any portion of the Notes.

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

Permitted FF&E Financing” means Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is Incurred to finance the acquisition or lease after the date of this Indenture of newly acquired or leased furniture, fixtures or equipment (“FF&E”) used directly in the operation of Borgata and secured by a Lien on such FF&E in an amount not to exceed 100% of the cost of the FF&E so purchased or leased.

Permitted Investment” means an Investment by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in:

(i) a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the primary business of such Restricted Subsidiary is a Related Business;

(ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Person’s primary business is a Related Business;

(iii) Temporary Cash Investments;

(iv) receivables owing to MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms, including, without limitation, credit extended to customers; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as MDDC or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

(v) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(vi) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;

(vii) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or in satisfaction of judgments;

(viii) any Investment required by a Gaming Authority or made in lieu of payment of a tax or in consideration of a reduction in tax;

(ix) Investments in Atlantic City Express Service, LLC pursuant to the agreement in effect on the Issue Date and any amendment or modification thereto that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Holders;

 

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(x) 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 so long as such extension, modification or renewal does not increase the Investment as in effect at the Issue Date or is not materially adverse to the interests of the Holders;

(xi) securities received pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.09(a);

(xii) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons; and

(xiii) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(i) Liens securing (a) Indebtedness and other obligations under the Credit Facility of MDFC or any Guarantor incurred pursuant to clause (3)(i) of Section 4.08(b) provided that such liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement; and (b) an additional amount of Indebtedness and other obligations under the Credit Facility that does not exceed the amount permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (3)(ii) of Section 4.08(b);

(ii) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (other than Additional Notes) or the Note Guarantee;

(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies (including Liens in favor of a Gaming Authority) if the same shall not at the time be delinquent for a period of more than 30 days or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

(iv) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, that secure payment of obligations arising in the ordinary course of business;

(v) Liens in favor of issuers of performance bonds and surety bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business;

(vi) other Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its Properties which were not created in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness or the obtaining of advances or credit and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its Properties or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business, including without limitation, leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses;

(vii) Liens arising from UCC financing statements regarding operating leases;

(viii) pledges or deposits under workmen’s 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 tax, public or statutory obligations of such Person, or deposits for the payment of rent, or deposits to secure liability to insurance carriers, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(ix) minor survey exceptions, utility easements or reservations, building or zoning restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and do not materially detract from the value of such Property;

(x) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens securing Indebtedness);

(xi) Liens securing obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07;

(xii) Liens (including extensions and renewals thereof) upon real or tangible personal property acquired by that Person after the date of this Indenture; provided that (a) any such Lien is created solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, refinance or refund, all costs (including the cost of construction, installation or improvement) of the item of Property subject thereto, (b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by that Lien does not exceed 100% of that cost, (c) that Lien does not extend to or cover any other Property other than that item of Property and any improvements on that item, (d) the incurrence of that Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to Section 4.08 and (e) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness Incurred and securing all Liens permitted by this clause (xii) shall not exceed $25.0 million;

(xiii) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of that Person securing that Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of that Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of that inventory or other goods;

(xiv) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit issued for the account of that Person which encumber documents and other Property relating to those commercial letters of credit and the products and proceeds thereof;

(xv) 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 by that Person;

(xvi) Liens encumbering Property or assets of that Person under construction arising from progress or partial payments by a customer of that Person or one of its Subsidiaries relating to that Property or assets;

(xvii) Liens encumbering customary initial deposits and margin accounts, and other Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business and which are within the general parameters customary in the gaming industry;

(xviii) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory or regulatory requirements of that Person or its Subsidiaries;

(xix) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff relating to depositary relations with financial institutions and securities intermediaries;

(xx) Liens on cash collateral required to be deposited pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility to secure the funding obligations of any defaulting lender, including cash collateral deposited with respect to any unreimbursed drawing under a letter of credit;

(xxi) any interest or title of a lessor in the Property subject to any Capitalized Lease Obligation or purchase money Indebtedness which, in each case, is permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture pursuant to Section 4.08;

 

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(xxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by that Person or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(xxiii) Liens for judgments or orders not giving rise to an Event of Default and deposits to secure surety or appeal bonds;

(xxiv) Liens on Property acquired by such Person (including an indirect acquisition of Property by way of a merger of a Person with or into such Person or the acquisition of a Person); provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, and were not created in connection therewith or in anticipation thereof, and provided further, that such Liens do not extend to any additional Property or assets of such Person;

(xxv) pledges or deposits made by such Person in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement;

(xxvi) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08; provided that such Liens extend only to the Property or assets of such Person encumbered by the refinanced Indebtedness unless the incurrence of such Liens is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(xxvii) Liens on Excluded Property or any other Property that is not included in the Collateral; and

(xxviii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) 2.5% of MDDC’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets determined at the time of such Incurrence and (y) $35.0 million.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any renewals, repurchases, redemptions, extensions, substitutions, refinancings or replacements of any Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any successive extensions, renewals, substitutions, refinancings or replacements (and including refinancings by MDDC or MDFC of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary) to the extent that: (i) 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 renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced or replaced (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith); (ii) other than in connection with a refinancing of the Notes (including any redemption or repurchase) that is financed with Indebtedness under a Credit Facility (other than any capital markets Indebtedness), the Weighted Average Life to Maturity and Stated Maturity is not shortened, and (iii) the new Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the Indebtedness that is being extended, renewed, substituted, refinanced or replaced; provided, however, that Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of MDDC or any Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.

Permitted Tax Distribution” means, relative to any period, an amount equal to the pre-tax income of MDDC multiplied by the highest effective corporate tax rate (including federal, state and local taxes imposed on income) applicable to MDDC (or if MDDC is a pass-through entity for purposes of determining such income tax, the direct or indirect holders of its equity interests).

 

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Person” means any individual, corporation, company (including limited liability company), partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Preferred Stock” means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the holders of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.

Priority Payment Secured Obligations” means any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility and obligations of MDFC or any Guarantor under Interest Rate Agreements that are secured obligations pursuant to the Credit Facility, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility shall not exceed the amount set forth in clause (3)(i) of Section 4.08(b). For the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (3)(ii) of Section 4.08(b) shall not constitute Priority Payment Secured Obligations, but may constitute Pari Passu Secured Obligations.

Property” means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock in any other Person (but excluding Capital Stock or other securities issued by such first Person).

Public Equity Offering” means an underwritten public offering of Capital Stock of MDDC or MDHC pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

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

Qualified Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(i) as to which neither MDDC nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise;

(ii) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and

(ii) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Rating Agencies” means S&P and Moody’s or any successor to the respective rating agency businesses thereof.

Rating Decline” shall have occurred if at any date within 90 calendar days after the date of public disclosure of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period will be extended for so long as the Company’s debt ratings are under publicly announced review for possible downgrading (or without an indication of the direction of a possible ratings change) by either Moody’s or S&P or their respective successors) the Notes no longer have Investment Grade Status.

“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

 

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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.

Reference Period” means the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the last full fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of a proposed Incurrence, Restricted Payment or other transaction for which financial statements are available.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among MDFC, MDDC and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements between the Company and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.

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

Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 bearing the Global Note Legend and the Restricted Security Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the “Restricted Period” (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)).

Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 bearing the Global Note Legend, the Restricted Security Legend and the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the 2015 Notes or 2018 Notes, as applicable, initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Related Business” means the business conducted (or proposed to be conducted) by MDDC and its Subsidiaries in connection with any Gaming Facility and any and all reasonably related businesses necessary for, in support, furtherance or anticipation of and/or ancillary to or in preparation for, such business including, without limitation, the development, expansion or operation of any Gaming Facility (including any land-based, dockside, riverboat or other type of casino), owned, or to be owned, leased or managed by MDDC or one of its Subsidiaries.

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

 

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Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Restricted Security Legend.

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Restricted Security Legend.

Restricted Notes” means a Restricted Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note.

Restricted Payment” means:

(i) any dividend or distribution (whether made in cash, Property or securities) declared or paid on or with respect to any shares of Capital Stock of MDDC or to MDDC’s members except for such dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock of MDDC (other than Disqualified Stock of MDDC);

(ii) a payment made by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to MDDC or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries) to purchase, redeem, acquire or retire any Capital Stock of MDDC or Capital Stock of any Affiliate of MDDC or any warrants, rights or options to directly or indirectly purchase or acquire any such Capital Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into any such Capital Stock;

(iii) a payment made by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment (other than the purchase, repurchase, or other acquisition of any Indebtedness subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guarantee purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition), Indebtedness of MDFC or any Guarantor which is subordinate (whether pursuant to its terms or by operation of law) in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guarantee; or

(iv) any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person.

Restricted Security Legend” means the Legend set forth in Exhibit B under the caption “Form of Restricted Securities Legend,” which is required to be placed on all Restricted Notes issued under this Indenture.

Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that (i) has not been designated by the Board of Directors of such Person as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (ii) was an Unrestricted Subsidiary but has been redesignated by the Board of Directors of such Person as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case as provided under the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and in Section 4.19; provided, however, that no Subsidiary shall become a Restricted Subsidiary unless, immediately after giving pro forma effect to such designation, MDDC would be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.08(a). For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Issue Date MDFC is a “Restricted Subsidiary” of MDDC.

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

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

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

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

 

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Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect arrangement pursuant to which Property is sold or transferred by such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person and within six months thereafter is leased back from the purchaser or transferee thereof by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Parties” means the Holders, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the holders of Priority Payment Secured Obligations, and any other Person that holds Pari Passu Secured Obligations.

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

Security Agreement” means a security agreement covering substantially all existing and future personal property of MDFC and the Guarantors (other than Excluded Property).

Security Documents” means the Mortgage and the Security Agreement, collectively and all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which a payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by: (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Surface Parking Lot Ground Lease” means that certain Surface Lot Ground Lease dated as of August 20, 2004, as amended, between MAC, Corp., as landlord, and MDDC, as tenant, relating to the lease of land currently used by MDDC as a surface parking lot.

Temporary Cash Investments” means any of the following:

(i) Investments in U.S. Government Obligations maturing within 90 days of the date of acquisition thereof;

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organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $500,000,000 and whose long-term debt is rated “A-3” or higher, “A–” or higher or “A–” or higher according to Moody’s, S&P or Fitch Ratings (or such similar equivalent rating by at least one “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act)), respectively;

(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above;

(iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 90 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than MDFC or an Affiliate of MDFC) organized and in existence under the laws of 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 Moody’s, “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P or “A-1” (or higher) according to Fitch Ratings (or such similar equivalent rating by at least one “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act)); and

(v) investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets comprise securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend” means the Legend set forth in Exhibit B under the caption “Form of Legend for Regulation S Temporary Note,” which is required to be placed on all Regulation S Temporary Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

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

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to, as applicable, (x) October 15, 2013, with respect to the 2015 Notes or (y) August 15, 2014, with respect to the 2018 Notes; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to October 15, 2013, with respect to the 2015 Notes, or August 15, 2014, with respect to the 2018 Notes, as applicable, 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.

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

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

Unrestricted Global Note” means one or more permanent Global Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Restricted Security Legend.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of MDDC which at the time of determination shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors of MDDC) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that in no event shall MDFC be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option.

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

Voting Stock” means securities of any class or classes of a Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for corporate directors (or Persons performing equivalent functions).

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in
Section
“Additional Lien”    4.11
“Affiliate Transaction”    4.10
“Authentication Order”    2.02
“Change of Control Offer”    4.13
“Change of Control Payment”    4.13
“Change of Control Payment Date”    4.13
“Covenant Defeasance”    8.03
“DTC”    2.03
“Effective Covenants”    4.21
“Event of Default”    6.01
“Excess Proceeds”    4.09
“Funding Guarantor”    10.03
“Guarantor Obligations”    10.01
“Investment Company Act”    4.14
“Legal Defeasance”    8.02
“Paying Agent”    2.03
“Prepayment Offer”    4.09
“Redemption Provision Default”    6.12
“Redemption Date”    3.07
“Registrar”    2.03
“Successor”    5.01
“Suspended Covenants”    4.21

 

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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

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

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

indenture securities” means the Notes;

indenture security holder” means a Holder of a Note;

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

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

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

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

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and

(g) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness.

ARTICLE 2.

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (in the case of the 2015 Notes) and Exhibit A-2 (in the case of the 2018 Notes). The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

 

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(b) Global Notes. Global Notes shall be registered in the name of the Depositary and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.02) as hereinafter provided, for credit to the respective accounts of owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note or to such other accounts as they may direct. Each Global Note shall contain the Global Note Legend and shall contain a “Schedule of Principal Amount” in the form set forth under such heading on Exhibit B hereto. Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06. The aggregate principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note and increases or decreases thereto shall also be recorded in the Note Register, as hereinafter provided.

(c) 144A Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes bearing the Legends set forth on Exhibit B hereto under the headings “Form of Global Note Legend” and “Form of Restricted Security Legend.”

(d) Regulation S Temporary Global Note. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary Global Notes bearing the “Temporary Regulation S Note Legend.”

(e) Regulation S Global Note. On or after the termination of the Restricted Period, interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be exchangeable (in accordance with requirements set forth in Section 2.06(b)) for corresponding interests in a restricted Global Note.

(f) Definitive Notes. Except as set forth in Section 2.06(a), Definitive Notes will not be issued. Notes issued in definitive form shall not contain the Global Note Legend, Restricted Security Legend or a “Schedule of Principal Amount.”

(g) Indenture Governs in the Case of Inconsistency. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

At least one officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

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A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver: (i) on the date hereof, an aggregate principal amount of $400 million 9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and $400 million 9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018, and (ii) Additional Notes issued in compliance with Section 2.14 for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02 and (iii) Exchange Notes for issue only in an Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Notes. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of each of the 2015 Notes and 2018 Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of such Notes is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of 2015 Notes and 2018 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of 2015 Notes and 2018 Notes, respectively, authorized for issuance by the Company, pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.

MDFC shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the 2015 Notes and of the 2018 Notes and of their transfer and exchange. MDFC may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. MDFC may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. MDFC shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If MDFC fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. MDDC, MDFC or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Trustee and any Paying Agent (other than the Company) may assume that no Additional Interest is payable unless it has received written notice from the Company or a Holder that Additional Interest is due and payable. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the

 

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money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.05. Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of 2015 Notes and the names and addresses of the Holders of 2018 Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) MDFC delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by MDFC within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Holder of the Global Note and the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Except as described in the two preceding sentences, every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Security Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Transfers of beneficial interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note only may be transferred upon (A) delivery by a beneficial owner of an interest

 

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therein to the Depositary or its nominee (as the case may be) of a written certification substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, and (b) delivery by the transferee of such interest to the Depositary or its nominee (as the case may be) of a written certification substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f), the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h). If the holder of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note at any time, on or after the termination of the Restricted Period in respect of such Note, wishes to exchange its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note for an interest in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, or to transfer its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the notice in (B)(1) must be substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 and the instructions in (B)(2) must be substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

 

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(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit H hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Security Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when the applicable Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

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(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Restricted Security Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

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(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit H hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Security Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Restricted Security Legend.

 

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(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit H hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the appropriate 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the appropriate Regulation S Global Note.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

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(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit H hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Security Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when the applicable Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

 

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(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit H hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit G hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company 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 Security Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not Broker-Dealers (except as otherwise contemplated by and in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement), (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly.

(g) Legends. As applicable, the Legends set forth in Exhibit B hereto shall appear on the face of all Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Restricted Security Legend.

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Registrar’s request.

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Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.09, 4.13 and 9.05).

(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(v) Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

(ix) Any 2015 Note that is transferred or exchanged shall be transferred or exchanged, as applicable, for a 2015 Note. Any 2018 Note that is transferred or exchanged shall be transferred or exchanged, as applicable, for a 2018 Note.

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that the Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge a Holder for its expenses in replacing a Note.

 

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Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(b).

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, any Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.11. Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Notes in its customary manner (consistent with all applicable legal requirements). Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Section 2.13. CUSIP, ISIN and Other Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other such numbers (if then generally in use) and, if it does so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or other such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and any such redemption or exchange shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

Section 2.14. Issuance of Additional Notes.

The Company shall be entitled, from time to time, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09, without the consent of any Holder, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture with identical terms as the 2015 Notes or the 2018 Notes issued on the Issue Date other than with respect to (i) the date of issuance, (ii) the issue price, (iii) the amount of interest payable on the first interest payment date, (iv) Additional Notes that are Restricted Notes may contain mandatory or optional redemption provisions that apply only to such Additional Notes and that are agreed to by the Company and the purchasers of such Additional Notes; provided, that all such redemption rights and obligations expire on or before the filing of a registration statement with respect to the Exchange Offer relating to any such Additional Notes, and (vi) any changes necessary to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable securities laws). Any redemption provisions applicable only to Additional Notes as contemplated by the preceding sentence shall expressly provide that prior to any Exchange Offer relating to such Notes, all such redemption provisions shall be of no further force or effect, and shall not be deemed to be part of such Additional Notes. The Initial Notes issued on the Closing Date, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, except redemption provisions.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in an Officers’ Certificate prepared pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

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(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP or ISIN number of such Additional Notes; provided, however, that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be Restricted Notes or shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes; and

(d) whether such Additional Notes shall include mandatory or optional redemption provisions pursuant to clause (iv) of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph and the terms of any such redemption provisions.

ARTICLE 3.

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 or redemption provisions applicable only to Additional Notes in accordance with Section 2.14, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture, and, if applicable, the Additional Notes, pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of 2015 Notes to be redeemed, (iv) the principal amount of 2018 Notes to be redeemed, and (v) the redemption price for each of the 2015 Notes and the 2018 Notes, as applicable.

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If less than all of the 2015 Notes or less than all of the 2018 Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the 2015 Notes and/or the 2018 Notes, as applicable, that are subject to such redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements; provided that as long as DTC serves as Depositary for a Global Note, any redemption shall comply with DTC’s procedural requirements with respect to such note.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the 2015 Notes or all of the 2018 Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of such class of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

Subject to the provisions of Section 4.09, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

The notice shall identify the Notes (including CUSIP Numbers) to be redeemed and shall state:

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(b) the redemption price for the 2015 Notes and/or the 2018 Notes, as applicable;

(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes of the same class and in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion (so long as such amount is in a denomination of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and providing a form setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Any notice of redemption may be conditional.

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

On the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.

 

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Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company, a new Note of the same class and equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.

(a) Except as set forth in clauses (b), (c), and (d) of this Section 3.07 or in any Additional Notes that contain optional redemption provisions in accordance with Section 2.14, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the 2015 Notes and the 2018 Notes pursuant to this Section 3.07 prior to October 15, 2013 and August 15, 2014, respectively.

On or after October 15, 2013 MDFC shall have the option to redeem the 2015 Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on October 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2013

   104.750

2014 until the day prior to maturity

   102.375

On or after August 15, 2014 MDFC shall have the option to redeem the 2018 Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on August 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2014

   104.938

2015

   102.469

2016 and thereafter

   100

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Section 3.07, at any time prior to October 15, 2013 (with respect to the 2015 Notes) and August 15, 2013 (with respect to the 2018 Notes), MDFC may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Notes and/or 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes at a redemption price of 109.50% and 109.875%, respectively, of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings; provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of such class of Notes originally issued remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding any such Notes held by MDDC, MDFC and their Subsidiaries); and (ii) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Public Equity Offering.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Section 3.07, at any time prior to October 15, 2013 (with respect to the 2015 Notes) and August 15, 2014 (with respect to the 2018 Notes), MDFC may redeem all or a part of such Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of 2015 Notes or 2018 Notes redeemed, as applicable, plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date

 

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(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Section 3.07 (i) at any time prior to October 15, 2013 MDFC may redeem up to an aggregate of 10% of the 2015 Notes and (ii) at any time prior to August 15, 2013 MDFC may redeem up to an aggregate of 10% of the 2018 Notes, in each case in each 12-month period, at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on any relevant interest payment date.

(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06.

Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption.

The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes other than for any Additional Notes that contain mandatory redemption provisions in accordance with Section 2.14.

Section 3.09. Mandatory Disposition or Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Laws.

If a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note is required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority, the Holder shall be obligated, at the request of MDFC, to dispose of such Holder’s Notes within a time period prescribed by MDFC or such other time period prescribed by such Gaming Authority (in which event MDFC’s obligation to pay any interest after the receipt of such notice shall be limited as provided in such Gaming Laws). Thereafter, MDFC shall have the right to redeem, on the date fixed by MDFC for the redemption of such Notes, such Holder’s Notes at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of the 2015 Notes and/or the 2018 Notes, as applicable, on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which MDFC shall have received notice from a Gaming Authority of such Holder’s disqualification or (ii) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired such Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price. MDFC is not required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note for the costs of licensure, qualification or finding of suitability or investigation for such licensure, qualification or finding of suitability. Any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws must pay all investigative fees and costs of the Gaming Authorities in connection with such licensure, qualification or application therefor.

ARTICLE 4.

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.13, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.13, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all such amounts. The Company shall pay all Additional Interest payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Company hereby designates the office of the Trustee at U.S. Bank Trust N.A., 100 Wall Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10005 as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.

Section 4.03. Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, MDFC shall furnish to the Trustee and the Holders within 15 days after it would be required to file them with the SEC (i) all quarterly and annual reports, including financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if MDFC were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by MDFC’s certified independent accountants and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if MDFC were required to file such reports. All such reports will be prepared in all material respects with the informational requirements applicable to such reports. In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and will post the reports on its website within those time periods; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, until such time as the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC, the Company shall not be required to (x) file any of the information and reports referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above with the SEC, or (y) make available any information regarding director and management compensation. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).

(b) If, at any time MDDC becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and thereafter ceases to be so subject for any reason, MDFC will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in Section 4.03(a) with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing.

 

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(c) MDFC will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in Section 4.03(a) and (b) on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, MDFC will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes if it or MDDC has filed (or, in the case of a Form 8-K, furnished) such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available. In addition, MDFC will 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 or shelf registration statement. Furthermore, the requirements of this Section 4.03 shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the Exchange Offer 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 the 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 4.03(a) and/or (2) if not otherwise permitted to file with the SEC prior to such time, the posting of reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC and provided to the Trustee and the Holders on MDDC’s or MDFC’s website.

In the event that any direct or indirect parent of MDFC (including, without limitation, MDDC) is or becomes a Guarantor or co-obligor of the notes, MDFC may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 by furnishing financial information relating to such parent; provided that, if required by Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than MDFC, its Subsidiaries and the other Guarantors, on the one hand, and the information relating to MDFC, its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and the other Guarantors, if any, and the other Subsidiaries of MDFC on a standalone basis, on the other hand. MDFC may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 by furnishing financial information relating to MDDC.

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, not more than 30 days after any Officer becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.05. Stay and Extension Laws.

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

Section 4.06. Restricted Payments.

(a) MDDC shall not make, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (including MDFC) to make, any Restricted Payment if at the time of, and after giving effect to, such proposed Restricted Payment:

(i) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(ii) MDDC could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.08(a); or

(iii) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments made from and after the Issue Date (the amount of any Restricted Payment, if made other than in cash, to be based upon Fair Market Value) would exceed an amount equal, without duplication, to the sum of:

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from the fiscal quarter in which Issue Date occurs to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit);

(B) the aggregate proceeds received by MDDC from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to the Issue Date (other than an issuance or sale (i) to a Subsidiary of MDDC or an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) pursuant to clause (iii) or (iv) of Section 4.06(b);

(C) the amount by which Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on MDDC’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of MDDC or an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries) subsequent to the Issue Date, of any Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of MDDC (less the amount of any cash or other Property distributed by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries upon such conversion or exchange); and

 

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(D) the amount equal to the net reduction in Investments that were treated as Restricted Payments subsequent to the Issue Date resulting from (i) payments of dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets to MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the satisfaction or reduction (other than by means of payments by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) of obligations of other Persons which have been Guaranteed by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or (ii) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case such net reduction in Investments being: (x) valued as provided in the definition of “Investment,” (y) an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of Investments previously made by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which were treated as a Restricted Payment when made, and (z) included in this clause (D) only to the extent not included in the Consolidated Net Income.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.06(a) shall not prohibit:

(i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of its declaration if such dividend could have been paid on the date of its declaration in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii) the redemption or repurchase of any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of MDDC (other than any Capital Stock or Indebtedness which is held or beneficially owned by MDDC or any Affiliate of MDDC) if (x) if the holder or beneficial owner of such Capital Stock or Indebtedness is required to qualify under the Gaming Laws and does not so qualify; or (y) necessary in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MDDC, as evidenced by a Board Resolution, to prevent the loss or secure the reinstatement of any Gaming License which if lost or not reinstated, as the case may be, would have a material adverse effect on the business of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or would restrict the ability of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business in any gaming jurisdiction;

(iii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of Capital Stock of MDDC made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of MDDC;

(iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of the Indebtedness of any Person made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of MDDC;

(v) any purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of MDDC or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee from the proceeds of a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(vi) cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issuable as dividends on Capital Stock of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(vii) the redemption or repurchase of any Capital Stock of MDDC to the extent required by a final non-appealable order or judgment entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction;

(viii) payment of a one-time dividend with proceeds from the issuance of the Notes to the Joint Venture Partners;

 

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(ix) any Permitted Tax Distribution;

(x) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (x), in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $10.0 million and 1.0% of MDDC’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, valued as of the date of such Investment; and

(xi) Restricted Payments made on or after the Issue Date not to exceed, together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (xi), 2.5% of MDDC’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets in the aggregate, determined as of the date of the commitment to make such Restricted Payment.

(c) The full amount of any Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 4.06(b) (but not pursuant to any other clause of Section 4.06(b)) shall be included in the calculation of the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments under Section 4.06(iii).

(d) In addition, if the Capital Stock of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries is at any time in the future owned by employees, officers, consultants or directors of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries, the provisions of Section 4.06(a) shall not prohibit: (i) so long as no Default of Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, repurchases by MDDC of its membership units or options, warrants or other securities exercisable or convertible into such membership units (excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exercisable for, membership units) held by employees, officers, consultants or directors of MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment, consulting arrangement or directorship of such employees, officers, consultants or directors pursuant to any management equity plan, stock option plan or similar agreement not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate in any fiscal year; (ii) the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of those stock options; and (iii) the repurchase of Capital Stock upon the vesting of restricted stock, restricted stock units or performance share units to the extent necessary to satisfy tax withholding obligations related to such vesting.

Section 4.07. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including MDFC) to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) make loans or advances to MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (iv) transfer any of its Property to MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (a) agreements in effect on the Issue Date; (b) applicable law including rules, regulations or orders issued by any Gaming Authority; (c) customary nonassignment provisions in contracts, leases or licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices that are customary in the gaming, lodging or entertainment industry; (d) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; (e) agreements in existence with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary at the time it is so designated; provided, however, that such agreements are not entered into in anticipation or contemplation of such designation; (f) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or Property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business with the approval of MDDC’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the

 

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subject of such agreements; (g) Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.11 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens; (h) purchase money obligations for Property or equipment acquired for use in the business of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the Property or equipment purchased or leased in the ordinary course of business; or (i) any instrument governing Indebtedness represented by industrial revenue or development bonds issued by a municipality and guaranteed by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Nothing contained in this Section 4.07 shall prevent MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from granting any Lien permitted by Section 4.11.

Section 4.08. Limitation on Indebtedness.

(a) MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including MDFC) to, Incur any Indebtedness; provided, however, that MDFC or any Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and MDDC’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would exceed 2.0 to 1.0 after giving effect to:

(i) the Incurrence of such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness was Incurred at the beginning of the Reference Period and (if applicable) the application of the net proceeds thereof to repay other Indebtedness as if the application of such proceeds occurred at the beginning of the Reference Period,

(ii) the Incurrence and retirement of any other Indebtedness since the first day of the Reference Period as if such Indebtedness was Incurred or retired at the beginning of the Reference Period, and

(iii) the acquisition or disposition of any Property or any company or business by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the first day of the Reference Period including any acquisition or disposition which will be consummated contemporaneously with the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, as if such acquisition or disposition occurred at the beginning of the Reference Period, including, without limitation, any net reduction of lease payments in connection with any acquisition of Property.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as specified below, may Incur the following Indebtedness:

(i) Indebtedness of MDFC represented by the Initial Notes and of the Guarantors under the Note Guarantees and the Exchange Notes and related Note Guarantees;

(ii) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date;

(iii) Indebtedness of MDFC or any Guarantor, including under the Credit Facility, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed (i) $150.0 million and (ii) if greater, an amount equal to 1.5 times Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period minus any amounts outstanding pursuant to the preceding clause (i);

(iv) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries owing to and held by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (A) if MDFC or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not MDFC or a Guarantor, such

 

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Indebtedness must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of MDFC, or the Note Guarantees, in the case of a Guarantor; and (B) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness except to MDDC or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed in each case to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by MDFC thereof;

(v) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Agreements, provided that the obligations under such agreements are related to payment obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted by the terms of this Section 4.08;

(vi) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with one or more standby letters of credit, performance bonds or completion guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to self-insurance obligations and not in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit;

(vii) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding under Permitted FF&E Financings which are either (a) Non-Recourse Indebtedness of MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries; or (b) limited in amount (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (vii)(b)) to the lesser of (1) the amount of FF&E used in Borgata and financed by such Permitted FF&E Financing, or (2) $25.0 million;

(viii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.08(a) or clauses (i), (ii) and this clause (viii) of this Section 4.08(b); provided, however, any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be incurred up to 90 days prior to the repayment, repurchase or redemption of the Indebtedness being refinanced, redeemed or repaid with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided further that prior to any repayment, repurchase or redemption of the Indebtedness being refinanced with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, MDDC or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily invest the proceeds of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in Temporary Cash Investments or use the proceeds of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness to pay down Indebtedness under the revolving credit portion of the Credit Facility;

(ix) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock Incurred or issued by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (other than software) that is used or useful in the business of MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount at the date of such Incurrence, together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (ix) (and including all Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (ix)), not to exceed 2.5% of MDDC’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided, however, that such Indebtedness exists at the date of such purchase or transaction or is created within 180 days thereafter; and

(x) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a) or (b) in an aggregate amount outstanding as of the date of any Incurrence of such Indebtedness not to exceed 2.5% of MDDC’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

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Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness and the payment of dividends in the form of additional Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, will in each case not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.08.

For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.08, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in clauses (i) through (x) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a), MDFC will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its Incurrence, and may later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.08. Indebtedness outstanding under MDFC’s Credit Facility on the Issue Date will initially be deemed to have been Incurred on such date under Section 4.08(b)(iii) and may not later be reclassified.

Section 4.09. Asset Sales; Event of Loss.

(a) Other than upon an Event of Loss, MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (including MDFC) to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Sale after the Issue Date, unless (i) MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to such Asset Sale as determined by the Board of Directors of MDDC in good faith; (ii) at least 75% of such consideration consists of cash, Temporary Cash Investments or any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clause (i) or (iii) of the definition of “Additional Assets;” provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (ii), (A) the assumption of Indebtedness of MDDC or a Restricted Subsidiary which is not subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee shall be deemed to be Temporary Cash Investments if MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and all other Restricted Subsidiaries of MDDC, to the extent any of the foregoing are liable with respect to such Indebtedness, are expressly released from all liability for such Indebtedness by the holder thereof in connection with such Asset Sale, (B) any securities or notes received by MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such transferee that are converted by MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Temporary Cash Investments within 30 days of the date of such Asset Sale shall be deemed to be Temporary Cash Investments, and (C) MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries may receive consideration in the form of securities exceeding 25% of the consideration for one or more Asset Sales so long as MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not hold such securities having an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of $25.0 million at any time outstanding; and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of, or would occur after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to, such Asset Sale.

(b) Upon an Event of Loss incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Net Proceeds received from such Event of Loss shall be applied in the same manner as proceeds from Asset Sales described in Section 4.09(a) and pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 4.09.

(c) Within 360 days after the receipt of the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Event of Loss, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale or Event of Loss may be applied by MDDC or a Restricted Subsidiary (i) to permanently repay, redeem or repurchase senior Indebtedness of the Company, including Indebtedness under the Credit Facility or Notes or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) to reinvest in Additional Assets (including by means of an Investment in Additional Assets by MDDC or a Restricted Subsidiary with Net Proceeds received by MDDC or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that to the extent any such Net Proceeds were from the sale of Collateral, any such Additional Assets shall constitute Collateral); provided, however, that if MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary contractually commits within such 360-day period to apply such Net Proceeds within 180 days of such contractual commitment in accordance with the above clause (i) or (ii), and such Net Proceeds are subsequently applied as contemplated in such contractual commitment, then the requirement for application of Net Proceeds set forth in this Section 4.09(c) shall be considered satisfied.

 

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(d) Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale or Event of Loss that are not used in accordance with the Section 4.09(c) shall constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million MDFC shall make an offer to purchase (the “Prepayment Offer”), on a pro rata basis, from all Holders of the Notes, and, at the election of MDFC, the Holders of any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness containing comparable repurchase rights, an aggregate principal amount of Notes and, if applicable, such other Pari Passu Indebtedness equal to the Excess Proceeds, at a price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, in accordance with Section 4.09(e), (f), (g) and (h). To the extent that any portion of the Excess Proceeds remains after compliance with the preceding sentence and provided that all Holders have been given the opportunity to tender the Notes for repurchase in accordance with Section 4.09(e), MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary may use such remaining amount for general corporate purposes and the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset to zero. Pending application of Net Proceeds pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 4.09(c), such Net Proceeds shall be used to temporarily repay Pari Passu Indebtedness that is revolving Indebtedness or otherwise be deposited with the Collateral Agent pending application in accordance with Section 4.09(c) and shall constitute Collateral.

(e) Within 15 Business Days after the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, MDFC shall send a prepayment offer notice, by first-class mail, to the Holders, accompanied by such information regarding MDDC and its Subsidiaries as MDFC in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed decision with respect to the Prepayment Offer. The prepayment offer notice (which may be conditional) will state, among other things:

(i) that MDFC is offering to purchase Notes pursuant to Section 4.09 of this Indenture;

(ii) that any Note (or any portion thereof) accepted for payment (and for which payment has been duly provided on the purchase date) pursuant to the Prepayment Offer shall cease to accrue interest on the purchase date;

(iii) the purchase price and purchase date, which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, no less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date the Prepayment Offer notice is mailed;

(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Notes (or portions thereof) to be purchased;

(v) a description of any conditions to such Prepayment Offer; and

(vi) a description of the procedure which Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) and the procedures that Holders must follow in order to withdraw an election to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.

(f) Not later than the purchase date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) in Temporary Cash Investments an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be paid to the Holders entitled thereto, to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.09. Holders electing to have a Note purchased will be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least five Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election

 

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if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than three Business Days prior to the purchase date, a telegram, 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, the certificate number of such Note and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased.

(g) On the purchase date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the Notes or portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee (or Paying Agent) shall, on the purchase date, mail or deliver payment of the purchase price to each tendering Holder. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes delivered by the Company to the Trustee is less than the amount deposited with the Trustee (or Paying Agent), the Trustee (or Paying Agent) shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the end of the payment date.

(h) MDFC will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase of Note required by this Section 4.09. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions relating to the Prepayment Offer, MDFC will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.09 by virtue thereof.

Section 4.10. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (including MDFC) to, directly or indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or suffer to exist any transaction or series of transactions (including the purchase, sale, transfer, lease or exchange of any Property, the making of any Investment, the giving of any Guarantee or the rendering or receiving of any service) with, from or for the benefit of any Affiliate of MDDC involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million (an “Affiliate Transaction”) unless: (i) the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are not materially less favorable to MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as those that could be obtained at the time of such Affiliate Transaction in a similar transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not an Affiliate of MDDC; and (ii) with respect to each Affiliate Transaction involving aggregate payments to either party in excess of $10.0 million, such Affiliate Transaction was approved by the Board of Directors of MDDC or such Restricted Subsidiary.

(b) Notwithstanding the limitation of Section 4.10(a), MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into or suffer to exist the following: (i) any transaction pursuant to any contract in existence on the Issue Date; (ii) any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.06; (iii) any transaction or series of transactions between MDDC and one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries or between two or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) the payment of compensation (including amounts paid pursuant to employee benefit plans or employment agreements) for the personal services of, indemnity provided on behalf of, and reimbursement of expenses to, officers, directors and employees of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (v) any Investment made by MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than an Investment in a holder of 10% or more of the Capital Stock of MDDC or an Investment in an entity controlled by a holder of 10% or more of the Capital Stock of MDDC (other than indirect control by reason of such holder’s ownership of Capital Stock of MDDC); and (vi) any contribution of capital to MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 4.11. Liens.

(a) MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including MDFC) to, directly or indirectly, Incur or suffer to exist, any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including

 

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MDFC) (any such Lien, the “Additional Lien”), on any asset or properties of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, except, in the case of any asset or property that does not constitute Collateral, any Additional Lien if the Notes are, or in the case of Indebtedness of any Guarantor, the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor is, equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Additional Lien secures any Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) the obligations secured by such Additional Lien.

(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to Section 4.11(a) shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall, subject to applicable law, be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge the Additional Lien.

Section 4.12. Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.13. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of (i) a Change of Control (if, at the Change of Control Time the Notes do not have Investment Grade Status) or (ii) a Change of Control Triggering Event (if, at the Change of Control Time the Notes have Investment Grade Status) each Holder shall have the right to require MDFC to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and Additional Interest if any, thereon to the purchase date (the “Change of Control Payment”).

(b) Within 30 days following (i) any Change of Control or, (ii) in the event the Notes have Investment Grade Status at the earlier of the public announcement of (x) a Change of Control or (y) (if applicable) the intention of MDFC to effect a Change of Control or a Change of Control Triggering Event, MDFC shall mail a notice (which may be conditional) to the Trustee and each Holder stating, among other things: (1) that a Change of Control or Change of Control Triggering Event, as the case may be, has occurred and a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.13 and that all Notes (or portions thereof) timely tendered will be accepted for payment; (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); (3) that any Note (or portion thereof) accepted for payment (and for which payment has been duly provided on the Change of Control payment date) pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; (4) that any Notes (or portions thereof) not tendered will continue to accrue interest; (5) a description of the transaction or transactions constituting the Change of Control or Change of Control Triggering Event, as the case may be; (6) a description of any conditions to the Change of Control Offer; and (7) the procedures that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment and the procedures that Holders must follow in order to withdraw an election to tender Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.

 

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(c) 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 the making of the Change of Control Offer. In addition, MDFC shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.13 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by MDFC and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

(d) Not later than the Change of Control Payment Date, MDFC shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if MDFC is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) in Temporary Cash Investments an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, and Additional Interest, if any, to be paid to the Holders entitled thereto, to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.13. Holders electing to have a Note purchased will be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to MDFC at the address specified in the notice at least five Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or MDFC receives not later than three Business Days prior to the purchase date, a telegram, 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, the certificate number of such Note and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased.

(e) On the Change of Control Payment Date, MDFC shall deliver to the Trustee the Notes or portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by MDFC, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by MDFC. The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note of the same class and equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes delivered by MDFC to the Trustee is less than the amount deposited with the Trustee (or Paying Agent), the Trustee (or Paying Agent) shall deliver the excess to MDFC immediately after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(f) MDFC will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase of Notes in connection with a Change of Control or Change of Control Triggering Event, as the case may be. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions relating to the Change of Control Offer, MDFC will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.13 by virtue thereof.

Section 4.14. Limitation on Status of Investment Company.

MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including MDFC) to, become an “investment company” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the “Investment Company Act”), to the extent such status would subject MDDC or any such Subsidiary to regulation under the Investment Company Act, except for Subsidiaries established for the purpose of financing the operating businesses of MDDC and its Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 4.15. Payment for Consent.

Neither MDDC nor MDFC shall, nor shall MDDC or MDFC permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

Section 4.16. Limitation on Layered Indebtedness.

MDDC shall not Incur, and shall not permit MDFC or any Guarantor to Incur, any Indebtedness (including any Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (x) of Section 4.08(b) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of MDDC, MDFC or such Guarantor, as applicable, unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of MDFC or any Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior priority basis.

Section 4.17. Business Activities.

MDDC shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including MDFC) to, engage in any business other than a Core Business, except to such extent as would not be material to MDDC, MDFC and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 4.18. Additional Note Guarantees.

If MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including MDFC) acquires or creates another Material Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not then a Guarantor becomes a Material Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then such Material Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 30 days of the date on which it was acquired, created or otherwise became a Material Subsidiary (or such longer period as may be required to obtain any necessary approvals under applicable Gaming Laws or other regulatory requirements). Such new Guarantor shall also within such time execute a joinder to the Security Documents and new Security Documents and take all actions required by the Security Documents to perfect the Liens created thereunder. Any Subsidiary of MDDC that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary need not become a Guarantor until such time as it becomes a Material Subsidiary. MDDC shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all approvals of any Gaming Authority necessary to permit any Material Subsidiary to become a Guarantor as promptly as practicable.

Section 4.19. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors of MDDC may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of MDDC (other than MDFC) and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:

(i) such designation would not cause a Default;

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(iii) such Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of or own or hold any Lien on any Property of MDDC or any other Subsidiary of MDDC that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

(iv) such designation is permitted by Section 4.06.

If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary (excluding for this purpose the second sentence of the definition of “Investments”) designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.06 or under one or more clauses of the definition of “Permitted Investment,” as determined by MDDC. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of MDDC as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of MDDC giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that (1) such designation complied with the preceding conditions and (2) was permitted by Section 4.06 and giving the effective date of such designation, such filing with the Trustee to occur within 75 days after the end of the fiscal quarter of MDDC in which such designation is made (or, in the case of a designation made during the last fiscal quarter of the fiscal year, within 120 days after the end of such fiscal year). If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of MDDC as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.08, MDFC will be in default of such covenant.

The Board of Directors of MDDC may at any time designate, or redesignate, any Unrestricted Subsidiary of MDDC to be a Restricted Subsidiary of MDDC; provided that such designation, or redesignation, will be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of MDDC of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation, or redesignation, will only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.08 calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Reference Period and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation or redesignation.

Section 4.20. Further Assurances; After-Acquired Collateral

(a) Upon the acquisition by MDFC or any Guarantor after the Issue Date of (i) any after-acquired assets, including, but not limited to, any after-acquired Material Real Property or any equipment or fixtures which constitute accretions, additions or technological upgrades to the equipment or fixtures or any working capital assets that, in any such case, form part of the Collateral, or (ii) any replacement assets in compliance with Section 4.09, MDFC or such Guarantor shall execute and deliver, (A) with regard to any Material Real Property, such items reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent within 60 days of the date of acquisition (or such later date as any applicable regulatory approvals have been obtained), and (B) to the extent required by the Security Documents, any information, documentation, financing statements or other certificates as may be necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, in such after-acquired Property (other than Excluded Property and Collateral that MDFC or such Guarantor is not required to take actions to perfect as described in the Security Agreement) and to have such after-acquired Property added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such after-acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect.

 

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(b) MDFC and the Guarantors shall execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents in the Collateral.

Section 4.21. Certain Suspended Covenants.

During any period of time that: (a) the Notes have Investment Grade Status, and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, neither MDDC nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be subject to Sections 4.06, 4.08 and 4.09 (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”); provided, that with respect to those covenants that will remain in effect (the “Effective Covenants”), references in such Effective Covenants to clauses in the Suspended Covenants will be deemed to continue to exist for purposes of interpretation of the Effective Covenants. In the event that MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to the Notes for any period of time as a result of the preceding sentence and, subsequently, at least one of the two designated Rating Agencies withdraws its rating or assigns the Notes a rating below the required Investment Grade Ratings, then MDDC and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants for the benefit of the Notes. Calculations under the reinstated Section 4.06 will be made as if Section 4.06 had been in effect since the date of this Indenture except that no Default will be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a Restricted Payment made while that covenant was suspended.

ARTICLE 5.

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.

(a) Neither MDDC nor MDFC shall merge or consolidate with or into any other entity (other than a merger or consolidation of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than MDFC) with or into MDDC or MDFC) or in one transaction or a series of related transactions sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its Property unless:

(i) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if MDDC or MDFC is not the surviving entity) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance is made (the “Successor”)

(A) shall be a Person (other than an individual) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation, the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on all the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions and obligations under the Notes, this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed by MDDC or MDFC, as the case may be; provided that if any Successor to MDFC is not a corporation, there shall be a co-issuer of the notes that is a corporation; and

 

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(B) the Successor shall have all Gaming Licenses required to operate all Gaming Facilities to be owned by such Successor;

(ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of MDDC or MDFC’s Property, as the case may be, such Property shall have been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one Person;

(iii) immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Indebtedness Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with such transaction or series of transactions), MDDC, MDFC or the Successor, as the case may be, would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.08(a).

(b) No Guarantor (other than MDDC) may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than MDFC or another Guarantor, unless:

(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(ii) either: (a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under its Note Guarantee, this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee; or (b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.09.

Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the Successor shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Successor had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Company’s assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01(a).

 

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ARTICLE 6.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

An “Event of Default” occurs if:

(a) MDFC defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) MDFC defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when due at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise;

(c) MDDC or MDFC fails to observe, perform or comply with the covenants and agreements of Section 5.01(a);

(d) MDFC or any Guarantor fails to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in this Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by MDFC of a written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class;

(e) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $35.0 million;

(f) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $35.0 million and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days;

(g) the Company, MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Material Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case,

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree with respect to the Company, MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary or a group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Material Subsidiary, under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against such Person(s) in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a custodian of such Person(s) or for all or substantially all of the property of such Person(s); or

 

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(iii) orders the liquidation of such Person(s);

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

(i) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person controlling such Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee, and such default continues for a period of 10 days;

(j) any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the Holders the first priority Liens purported to be created thereby, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void, in each case for a period of 30 days after any of MDDC, MDFC or any Guarantor first receives notice of such cessation or MDDC, MDFC or any Guarantor denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case, other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or the terms of the Security Documents); and

(k) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of MDDC’s Consolidated EBITDA (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders).

The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

A Default under clause (e), (f) or (k) of this Section 6.01 is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding notify MDFC of the Default; provided that any Default under clause (e) above resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or annulled, respectively, within 30 days of the receipt by MDFC of such notice of default from the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.”

MDFC shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default, its status and what action MDFC and/or any Guarantor is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

Subject to Section 6.12 and Section 6.13, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h)) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class may accelerate the maturity of all the Notes by a notice in writing to MDFC (and to the Trustee, if given by the Holders) specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice

 

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of acceleration” and on the fifth Business Day after delivery of such notice, the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. In case an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(g) or (h) shall occur, the Notes (including any accrued interest and, if applicable, Additional Interest, thereon) shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Event of Default or Default and its consequences hereunder if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree except (i) a continuing Default in the payment of principal of premium or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on a Note or (ii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority.

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, direct the Trustee to credit bid the obligations under the Notes at any bankruptcy or foreclosure sale.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees only if:

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(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal to the extent lawful, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.10. Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the applicable Notes for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any and interest, respectively; and

Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

Section 6.12. Redemption Provision Defaults.

Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of this Article 6, if any Event of Default occurs with respect to mandatory or optional redemption provisions included solely in any Additional Notes as contemplated by Section 2.14 (a “Redemption Provision Default”), such Redemption Provision Default shall constitute an Event of Default only with respect to the Additional Notes containing such mandatory or optional redemption provisions and such Additional Notes shall be considered to be Indebtedness for purposes of Section 6.01(e). In addition, (i) solely with respect to any Redemption Provision Default, all references to the Holders of Notes set forth in this Article 6 (including, without limitation, any applicable voting and consent thresholds regarding notice, waiver, acceleration, remedies, direction of the Trustee and limitations on suits), shall be deemed to refer only to the Holders of the Additional Notes subject to such Redemption Provision Default and (ii) solely with respect to any Default under Section 6.01(e) that occurs as a result of a Redemption Provision Default, all references to the Holders of Notes set forth in this Article 6 (including, without limitation, any applicable voting and consent thresholds regarding notice, waiver, acceleration, remedies, direction of the Trustee and limitations on suits), shall be deemed to refer only to the Holders of Notes other than the Additional Notes subject to such Redemption Provision Default.

 

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Section 6.13. Reporting Defaults.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described in Section 4.03 and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a) of the TIA, will for the 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. The Additional Interest will be payable in the same manner and subject to the same terms as other interest payable under this Indenture. The Additional Interest will accrue on all outstanding Notes from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations under Section 4.03 or TIA § 314(a) first occurs to but excluding the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default relating to such reporting obligations is cured or waived). If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies provided under this Article 6.

ARTICLE 7.

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee pursuant to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions specifically required to be furnished to it hereunder to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the procedural requirements of this Indenture.

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

 

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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may rely upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

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

(g) At any time that the Trustee is not the Collateral Agent hereunder or under the Intercreditor Agreement or Security Documents, the Trustee shall have no duties of the Collateral Agent and shall have no liability for the acts or failure to act of the Collateral Agent thereunder, and the Collateral Agent, at any time that it is not also the Trustee, shall have no duties of the Trustee and shall have no liability for the acts or failure to act of the Trustee.

 

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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 Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

The Company shall pay to the Trustee as agreed upon in writing from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

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The Company shall fully indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually prejudiced by failure of the Trustee to provide timely notice of claims of which a Responsible Officer has actual notice. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

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If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 20% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the successor corporation or association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture and any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which is anywhere provided in the Notes or in this Indenture.

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

 

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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8.

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

MDFC may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes, and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees, upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon MDFC’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments solely in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and MDFC’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, MDFC may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03.

Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon MDFC’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, MDFC shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 and 4.20 and Section 5.01 with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, MDFC may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of

 

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any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon MDFC’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(k), except for Sections 6.01(g) and 6.01(h) with respect to MDFC (but not with respect to MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary) shall not constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

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

(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) MDFC has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which MDFC or any of the Guarantors is a party or by which MDFC or any of the Guarantors is bound;

(f) MDFC shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by MDFC with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of MDFC or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of MDFC; and

 

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(g) MDFC shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, have been complied with.

Section 8.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06, all money and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06. Repayment to Company.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 8.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the

 

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Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9.

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of a Note to:

(a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission, or inconsistency;

(b) provide for the assumption of MDFC’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes or Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a Successor to MDFC or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5;

(c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(d) add any Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release Note Guarantees when required by the terms of this Indenture;

(e) provide for the release or addition of Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement;

(f) add to the covenants of MDFC or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon MDFC or any Guarantor;

(g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder;

(h) comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(i) conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated August 6, 2010, relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Guarantee;

(j) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; or

(k) to remove redemption provisions included in any Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 that, pursuant to the terms of such redemption provisions, are no longer in effect.

 

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In addition, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Trustee may enter into a new intercreditor agreement or amend the Intercreditor Agreement to provide for additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b), the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees without notice to any Holder of Notes but with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, with respect to the amendment, supplement or waiver of any mandatory or optional redemption provisions included in any Additional Notes as contemplated by Section 2.14, the references in the preceding paragraph to Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes shall be deemed to refer to a majority in principal amount of the Additional Notes which contain such mandatory or optional redemption provisions.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b), the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver.

 

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Without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(b) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(c) reduce the principal of or change the stated maturity of any Note;

(d) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note, waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note or change the time at which a Note may be redeemed other than changes to the covenants in Sections 4.09 and 4.13;

(e) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest, premium, or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

(f) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

(g) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults; or

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

In addition, any amendment which releases MDDC (or any successor or assignee of MDDC that owns Borgata) from its obligations under any Note Guarantee (except as specified in Article 5 prior to any such amendment) or the Security Documents, such that the effect thereof would be a release of Borgata, will require the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. From and after the date an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms, it shall bind every Holder.

 

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The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

ARTICLE 10.

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 10.01. Note Guarantees.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article 10, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including under Section 7.07), the Notes (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) and the Security Documents (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”). Each Guarantor agrees (to the extent lawful) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.

(b) Each Guarantor waives (to the extent lawful) presentation to, demand of, and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives (to the extent lawful) notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives (to the extent lawful) notice of any default under the Notes or the Guarantor Obligations.

 

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(c) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.

(d) Except as set forth in Section 10.02 and Article 8, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not (to the extent lawful) be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not (to the extent lawful) be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (vi) any change in the ownership of the Company; (vii) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (viii) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

(e) Each Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Note Guarantee in compliance with Section 5.01, Section 10.02, Section 12.01 or Article 8. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) (including interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding).

(g) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed and (ii) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee.

 

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(h) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

(i) Neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to make a notation on the Notes to reflect any Note Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge thereof and any such notation shall not be a condition to the validity of any Note Guarantee.

Section 10.02. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.

(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

(b) A Note Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and each Guarantor and its obligations under the Note Guarantee and this Indenture shall be released and discharged:

(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (by way of merger, consolidation, or otherwise,) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Guarantor, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.09;

(ii) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Guarantor, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.09 and the Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of both MDDC and MDFC as a result of the sale or other disposition;

(iii) if MDDC designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.19; or

(iv) upon legal defeasance, covenant defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 8.02, Section 8.03, or Section 12.01.

(c) If any Guarantor is released from its Note Guarantee, any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors will be released from their Note Guarantees, if any, and it and any of its Subsidiaries will be released from their obligations under the Security Documents.

(d) In the case of any transaction described in Section 10.02(b)(i) or (b)(ii), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(e) The release of a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee and its obligations under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.02 shall not preclude the future application of Section 4.19 to such Person.

 

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Section 10.03. Right of Contribution.

Subject to Section 10.04, each Guarantor agrees that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) in respect of the Guarantor Obligations, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the relative net worth of each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) as of the date of such payment or distribution for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Guarantor Obligations. The provisions of this Section 10.03 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

Section 10.04. No Subrogation.

Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent, the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.

ARTICLE 11.

COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

Section 11.01. The Collateral.

(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes and the Note Guarantees when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, interest on the overdue principal of and interest (to the extent lawful), if any, on the Notes and the Note Guarantees and performance of all other obligations under this Indenture (including, without limitation, the obligations of the Company set forth in Section 7.07 and Section 8.07) the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents, shall be secured by Liens as provided in the Security Documents which the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, have entered into in connection with the execution of this Indenture and by all Security Documents hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree that the Collateral Agent shall hold the Collateral for the benefit of all of the Holders, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents.

(c) Each Holder, by its acceptance of any Notes and the Note Guarantees, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure) and the Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may be in effect or as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, and directs the Trustee to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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(d) The Trustee and each Holder, by accepting the Notes and the Note Guarantees, acknowledges that, as more fully set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral as now or hereafter constituted shall be held for the benefit of all the Holders, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties, and that the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents in respect of such Persons is subject to and qualified and limited in all respects by the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and actions that may be taken thereunder. The Company shall, and shall cause the Guarantors to, and each Guarantor shall, make all filings (including filings of continuation statements and amendments to financing statements that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such financing statements) or recordings and take all other actions as are necessary or required to maintain (at the sole cost and expense of MDDC, the Company and its 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.

Section 11.02. Release of Liens on the Collateral.

(a) Subject to the requirements of applicable law, including the TIA, the Liens on the Collateral shall automatically and without any need for any further action by any Person be released:

(i) in whole or in part, as applicable, as to all or any portion of Property subject to such Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar circumstances;

(ii) in whole upon:

(A) satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as set forth in Section 12.01; or

(B) a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of this Indenture as set forth in Section 8.02 or Section 8.03;

(iii) in part, as to any Property that (A) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by MDFC or any Guarantor (other than to MDFC or another Guarantor) in a transaction not prohibited by this Indenture at the time of such sale, transfer or disposition or (B) is owned or at any time acquired by a Guarantor that has been released from its Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, concurrently with the release of such Note Guarantee (including in connection with the designation of a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary); and

(iv) in part, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and this Indenture.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, as and when requested by the Company or any Guarantor in writing, the Trustee shall instruct the Collateral Agent to authorize the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement amendments or releases or the recording of modifications to any real property Security Documents (which shall be prepared by the Company or such Guarantor and shall be attached to such request as an exhibit) solely to the extent necessary to delete or release Liens on property or assets not required to be subject to a Lien under the Security Documents from the Collateral or the description of assets in any previously filed financing statements or Security

 

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Documents. If requested in writing by the Company or any Guarantor, the Trustee shall instruct the Collateral Agent to execute such documents, instruments or statements reasonably requested of it (which shall be prepared by the Company or such Guarantor and shall be attached to such request as an exhibit) and to take such other action as the Company or any Guarantor may request to evidence or confirm that such property or assets not required to be subject to a Lien under the Security Documents described in the immediately preceding sentence has been released from the Liens of each of the Security Documents.

(c) In no event shall the Trustee be obligated to execute or deliver any document evidencing any release or reconveyance without receipt of an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate, each stating that such release complies with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, and conforming to the requirements of Section 13.04 and Section 13.05.

Section 11.03. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent Under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.

(a) Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and the other provisions of this Indenture, each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to (i) enforce any of its rights or any of the rights of the Holders under the Security Documents and (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Collateral in respect of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder and thereunder. Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall have the power (but not the obligation) to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interest and the interests of the Holders 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 materially prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the Trustee).

(b) The Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee or gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Company or any Guarantor to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for recording, filing, re-recording or refiling any financing statement, continuation statement, document, instrument or other notice in any public office at any time or times or to otherwise take any action to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest granted to it under the Security Documents or otherwise.

(c) Where any provision of the Security Documents requires that additional property or assets be added to the Collateral, the Company shall, or shall cause the applicable Guarantors to, take any and all actions reasonably required to cause such additional property or assets to be added to the Collateral and, to the extent required, to create and maintain a valid and enforceable perfected first-priority security interest in such property or assets (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and the other Secured Parties, in each case in accordance with and to the extent required under the Security Documents.

 

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(d) In taking any action under the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, as a condition to take any action, an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action does not violate this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement and the Trustee shall be fully protected relying thereon.

(e) In acting under the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee shall have all the protections, rights, indemnities and immunities given to it under this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 11.04. Compliance With TIA.

To the extent applicable, the Company shall cause TIA § 313(b), relating to reports, and TIA § 314(d), relating to the release of property or securities from the lien and security interest of this Indenture and relating to the substitution therefor of any property or securities to be subjected to the lien and security interest of this Indenture, to be complied with. Following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA, to the extent the Company is required to furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to TIA § 314(b)(2), the Company shall furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each May 1.

Section 11.05. Collateral Agent is Third Party Beneficiary.

The Collateral Agent is an intended third party beneficiary of this Article 11.

ARTICLE 12.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 12.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.

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

 

(1) either:

 

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

 

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

 

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(2) other than with respect to a discharge when the Notes have become due and payable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which MDFC or any Guarantor is a party or by which MDFC or any Guarantor is bound;

 

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

 

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

In addition, MDFC must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied. Upon any satisfaction and discharge, the Trustee shall give written notice to the Collateral Agent that it no longer claims any security interest in the Collateral.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Section 12.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

Section 12.02. Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 12.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 13.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA, as described in §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 13.02. Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address, as follows:

If to the Company or any Guarantor:

Marina District Development Company, LLC

One Borgata Way

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Telecopier No.: (609) 317-1055

Attention: Joseph A. Corbo, Jr., Esq.

With a copy to:

Boyd Gaming Corporation

3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, 9th Floor

Las Vegas, NV 89169

Telecopier No.: (702) 792-7214

Attention: Josh Hirsberg

and

Telecopier No.: (702) 696-1114

Attention: Brian A. Larson, Esq.

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Morrison & Foerster LLP

555 West 5th Street, Suite 3500

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Telecopier No.: (213) 892-5454

Attention: Kathryn Johnstone, Esq.

If to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank National Association

225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Telecopier No.: (860) 241-6897

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

The Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

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If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Company or any Guarantor mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

Section 13.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

Section 13.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

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Section 13.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, partner, member or joint venturer of MDFC or any Guarantor (including without limitation, MDHC and its members), as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of MDFC or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

Section 13.08. Governing Law.

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 13.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of MDDC, the Company, MDDC’s Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.10. Successors.

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.02.

Section 13.11. Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 13.12. Counterpart Originals.

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

Section 13.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Indenture to Articles and Sections are to the articles and sections of this Indenture.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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SIGNATURES

 

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a New Jersey corporation
By:  

/s/ Josh Hirsberg

Name:   Josh Hirsberg
Title:   Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
By:   MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT HOLDING CO., LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
Its:   Sole Member and Manager

 

  By:   BOYD ATLANTIC CITY, INC., a New Jersey corporation
  Its:   Managing Member

 

    By:  

/s/ Josh Hirsberg

    Name:   Josh Hirsberg
    Title:   Vice President

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Michael M. Hopkins

Name:   Michael M. Hopkins
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

[Face of 2015 Note]

 

[CUSIP Numbers:         144A Notes: 56808R AA4

Reg S Notes: U56625 AA1

ISIN Numbers:         144A Notes: US56808RAA41

Reg S Notes: USU56625AA16]

9  1/2% Senior Secured Note due 2015

 

No.     

      $            

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.

promises to pay to                                          or registered assigns,

on                     , 2015,

the principal sum of [                     Dollars, as such amount may increase or decrease as set forth on Schedule A].

Interest Payment Dates:                      and                     

Record Dates:                      and                     

Dated:                     , 201    .

 

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

This is one of the 2015 Notes referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

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[Back of Note]

9  1/2% Senior Secured Note due 2015

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Restricted Security Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. INTEREST. Marina District Finance Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9 1/2 % per annum from August 6, 2010 until maturity. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be April 15, 2011. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company, MDDC or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent and Registrar.

4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, MDDC and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and if the Notes are registered under the Securities Act, those made part of the

 

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Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) Except as set forth in clauses (b), (c), and (d) of this Paragraph 5 or in any Additional Notes that contain optional redemption provisions in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Indenture, the Company shall not have the option to redeem this Note prior to October 15, 2013.

On or after October 15, 2013, the Company shall have the option to redeem this Note, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on October 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  
2013    104.750
2014 until the day prior to maturity    102.375

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to October 15, 2013, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Notes issued under the Indenture at redemption prices of 109.50% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of such Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings; provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Notes originally issued under the Indenture remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding any such Notes held by the Company, MDDC and their Subsidiaries); and (ii) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Public Equity Offering.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to October 15, 2013, the Company may redeem all or a part of this Note, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of this Note on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph 5, prior to October 15, 2013, in each twelve-month period the Company may redeem up to an aggregate of 10% of the 2015 Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to any redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of such Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on any relevant Interest Payment Date.

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

7. MANDATORY DISPOSITION OR REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will have the right to require a Holder to dispose of such Holder’s Notes if such

 

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Holder or the beneficial owner of such Notes is required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority. In the event any such Holder fails to dispose of 2015 Notes within a prescribed time period, the Company shall have the right to call such Notes for redemption at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of the 2015 Notes on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which the Company shall have received notice from such Gaming Authority of such Holder’s disqualification or (ii) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the 2015 Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price.

8. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER.

(a) Upon the occurrence of (i) a Change of Control (if, at the Change of Control Time the Notes do not have Investment Grade Status) or (ii) a Change of Control Triggering Event (if, at the Change of Control Time the Notes have Investment Grade Status), each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Notes, in whole, or in part in a principal amount that is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on any Change of Control Payment Date plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Change of Control Payment Date.

Within 30 days following (i) any Change of Control or (ii) in the event the Notes have Investment Grade Status at the earlier of the public announcement of (x) a Change of Control or (y) if applicable, the intention of the Company to effect a Change of Control or a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice regarding the Change of Control Offer to the Trustee and each Holder of Notes. The Holder of this Note may elect to have this Note or a portion hereof in an authorized denomination purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing below and tendering this Note pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price with respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest from and after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b) If at any time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary engages in any Asset Sale and/or suffers (or incurs) an Event of Loss, as a result of which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, the Company shall, within fifteen Business Days of the date the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, use the then-existing Excess Proceeds to make an offer to purchase, on a pro rata basis, from all Holders of the Notes (including 2015 Notes and 2018 Notes, including Additional Notes, if any), and at the election of the Company, the holders of any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness having comparable rights, an aggregate principal amount of Notes, and, if applicable, such other Pari Passu Indebtedness, equal to the Excess Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon. Upon completion of a Prepayment Offer (including payment for accepted Notes), any surplus Excess Proceeds that were the subject of such offer shall cease to be Excess Proceeds, and the Company may then use such amounts for general corporate purposes.

Within 15 Business Days of the date the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice regarding the Prepayment Offer to each Holder of Notes. The Holder of this Note may elect to have this Note or a portion hereof in an authorized denomination purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing below and tendering this Note pursuant to the Prepayment Offer. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price with respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof selected for payment pursuant to the Prepayment Offer will cease to accrue interest from and after the purchase date.

 

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9. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may be conditional. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the 2015 Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, on and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

10. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. In addition, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

12. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture and the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Holder of Notes but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) and (ii) any past Default and its consequences may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any). Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission or inconsistency; (b) provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes or Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 of the Indenture; (c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (d) add any Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release such Note Guarantees when required by the terms of this Indenture; (e) provide for the release or addition of Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement; (f) add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor; (g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder; (h) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, (i) conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum dated August 6, 2010 relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Guarantee; (j) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture as in effect on the Issue Date; or (k) to remove redemption provisions included in any Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture that, pursuant to the terms of such redemption provisions, are no longer in effect. In addition, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Trustee

 

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may enter into a new intercreditor agreement or amend the Intercreditor Agreement to provide for additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.

13. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise; (iii) failure by the Company or MDDC to comply with Section 5.01(a) of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any Guarantor to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in the Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the Company of a written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $35,000,000; (vi) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $35,000,000 and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Company, MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary or a group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Material Subsidiary; (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person controlling such Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee, and such default continues for a period of 10 days; (ix) any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the Holders the first priority Liens purported to be created thereby, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void, in each case for a period of 30 days after any of the Company, MDDC or any Guarantor first receives notice of such cessation or the Company, MDDC or any Guarantor denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case, other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or the terms of the Security Documents); and (x) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of MDDC’s Consolidated EBITDA (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders). A Default under clause (v), (vi) or (x) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) notify the Company of the Default; provided that any Default under clause (v) above resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or annulled, respectively, within 30 days of the receipt by the Company of such notice of default from the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) may declare all the Notes to be due and payable by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by the Holders) specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” and on the fifth Business Day after delivery of such notice, the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency,

 

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all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

The sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described under Section 4.03 of the Indenture and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a) will, for the 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies provided in the Indenture.

The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.

The provisions of this Paragraph 13 are subject to certain limitations and exceptions set forth in the Indenture with respect to an Event of Default that occurs by reason of a default with respect to any redemption provisions contained solely in Additional Notes.

14. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, partner, member or joint-venturer of the Company or any of the Guarantors (including, without limitation, MDHC and its members), as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Indenture or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

16. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

17. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

18. CUSIP NUMBERS; ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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19. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 6, 2010, among the Company, MDDC and the parties named on the signature pages thereof.

20. GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to Marina District Development Company, LLC , One Borgata Way, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, Attention: General Counsel.

[Insert the Schedule of Principal Amount, if a Global 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

 

 

(insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. 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:                                                                                            

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred:

 

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CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

(1)         ¨     to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

(2)        ¨     inside the United States to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(3)        ¨     outside the United States to a non-U.S. Person in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(4)        ¨     pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (if available); or

(5)        ¨     pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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 that if box (3) or (4) is checked, the Holder must, prior to such transfer, furnish to the Trustee such certifications, legal opinions, or other information as the Company may reasonably require 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, as amended.

 

     

 

Signature Guarantee:       Signature

 

     

 

      Signature

 

 

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OPTIONS OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have all of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13 or 4.09 of the Indenture, check the box:

¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13 or 4.09 of the Indenture, state the principal amount:

$            

 

Date:                                                        Your signature:                                                                 
                                                                                  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:                                                                                      
                                                 (Signature must be guaranteed)

 

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EXHIBIT A-2

[Face of 2018 Note]

 

[CUSIP Numbers:             144A Notes: 56808R AC0

Reg S Notes: U56625 AB9

ISIN Numbers:             144A Notes: US56808RAC07

Reg S Notes: USU56625AB98]

9  7/8% Senior Secured Note due 2018

No.            $            

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.

promises to pay to                                          or registered assigns, on                     , 2018,

the principal sum of [                     Dollars, as such amount may increase or decrease as set forth on Schedule A].

Interest Payment Dates:                      and                     

Record Dates:              and             

Dated:                     , 201    .

 

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

This is one of the 2018 Notes referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

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[Back of Note]

9  7/8% Senior Secured Note due 2018

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Restricted Security Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. INTEREST. Marina District Finance Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9 7/8 % per annum from August 6, 2010 until maturity. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be February 15, 2011. The Company shall pay interest, on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company, MDDC or any of their Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent and Registrar.

4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, MDDC and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those

 

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stated in the Indenture and if the Notes are registered under the Securities Act, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) Except as set forth in clauses (b), (c), and (d) of this Paragraph 5 or in any Additional Notes that contain optional redemption provisions in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Indenture, the Company shall not have the option to redeem this Note prior to August 15, 2014.

On or after August 15, 2014, the Company shall have the option to redeem this Note, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on August 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2014

   104.938

2015

   102.469

2016 and thereafter

   100.000

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to August 15, 2013, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 109.875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of such Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings; provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes originally issued under the Indenture remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding any such Notes held by the Company, MDDC and their Subsidiaries); and (ii) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Public Equity Offering.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to August 15, 2014, the Company may redeem all or a part of this Note, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of this Note on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph 5 , prior to August 15, 2013, in each twelve-month period the Company may redeem up to an aggregate of 10% of the 2018 Notes issued under the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to any redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of such Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on any relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

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6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

7. MANDATORY DISPOSITION OR REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will have the right to require a Holder to dispose of such Holder’s Notes if such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Notes is required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws and is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable within any time period specified by the applicable Gaming Authority. In the event any such Holder fails to dispose of 2018 Notes within a prescribed time period, the Company shall have the right to call such Notes for redemption at a redemption price equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest closing sale price of the 2018 Notes on any trading day during the 120-day period ending on the date upon which the Company shall have received notice from such Gaming Authority of such Holder’s disqualification or (ii) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the 2018 Notes, unless a different redemption price is required by such Gaming Authority, in which event such required price shall be the redemption price.

8. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER.

(a) Upon the occurrence of (i) a Change of Control (if, at the Change of Control Time the Notes do not have Investment Grade Status) or (ii) a Change of Control Triggering Event (if, at the Change of Control Time the Notes have Investment Grade Status), each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Notes, in whole, or in part in a principal amount that is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on any Change of Control Payment Date plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Change of Control Payment Date.

Within 30 days following (i) any Change of Control or (ii) in the event the Notes have Investment Grade Status at the earlier of the public announcement of (x) a Change of Control or (y) if applicable, the intention of the Company to effect a Change of Control or a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice regarding the Change of Control Offer to the Trustee and each Holder of Notes. The Holder of this Note may elect to have this Note or a portion hereof in an authorized denomination purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing below and tendering this Note pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price with respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest from and after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b) If at any time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary engages in any Asset Sale and/or suffers (or incurs) an Event of Loss, as a result of which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, the Company shall, within fifteen Business Days of the date the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, use the then-existing Excess Proceeds to make an offer to purchase, on a pro rata basis, from all Holders of the Notes (including 2015 Notes and 2018 Notes, including Additional Notes, if any), and at the election of the Company, the holders of any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness having comparable rights, an aggregate principal amount of Notes, and, if applicable, such other Pari Passu Indebtedness, equal to the Excess Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon. Upon completion of a Prepayment Offer (including payment for accepted Notes), any surplus Excess Proceeds that were the subject of such offer shall cease to be Excess Proceeds, and the Company may then use such amounts for general corporate purposes.

 

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Within 15 Business Days of the date the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice regarding the Prepayment Offer to each Holder of Notes. The Holder of this Note may elect to have this Note or a portion hereof in an authorized denomination purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing below and tendering this Note pursuant to the Prepayment Offer. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price with respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof selected for payment pursuant to the Prepayment Offer will cease to accrue interest from and after the purchase date.

9. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may be conditional. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the 2018 Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, on and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

10. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. In addition, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

12. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture and the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Holder of Notes but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) and (ii) any past Default and its consequences may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any). Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake, omission or inconsistency; (b) provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes or Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 of the Indenture; (c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (d) add any Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes and to release such Note Guarantees when required by the terms of this Indenture; (e) provide for the release or addition of Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents, and the Intercreditor Agreement; (f) add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor; (g) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder; (h) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (i) conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum dated August 6, 2010 relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent

 

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that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Guarantee; (j) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture in effect on the Issue Date; or (k) to remove redemption provisions included in any Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture that, pursuant to the terms of such redemption provisions, are no longer in effect. In addition, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Trustee may enter into a new intercreditor agreement or amend the Intercreditor Agreement to provide for additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.

13. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, required purchase or otherwise; (iii) failure by the Company or MDDC to comply with Section 5.01(a) of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any Guarantor to observe, perform or comply with any of the other covenants and agreements in the Indenture, the Notes, or the Note Guarantees and such failure to observe, perform or comply continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the Company of a written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) Indebtedness of MDDC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period or is accelerated by the holders thereof and, in either case, the total amount of such unpaid or accelerated Indebtedness exceeds $35,000,000; (vi) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments or orders against MDDC or any of its Guarantor in an uninsured aggregate amount in excess of $35,000,000 million and such judgment or order is not discharged, waived, stayed or satisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Company, MDDC or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary or a group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Material Subsidiary; (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person controlling such Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee, and such default continues for a period of 10 days; (ix) any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the Holders the first priority Liens purported to be created thereby, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void, in each case for a period of 30 days after any of the Company, MDDC or any Guarantor first receives notice of such cessation or the Company, MDDC or any Guarantor denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case, other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or the terms of the Security Documents); and (x) any revocation, suspension or loss of any Gaming License which results in the cessation of business for a period of more than 90 consecutive days of the business of any Gaming Facility or Gaming Facilities owned, leased or operated directly or indirectly by MDDC or any of its Subsidiaries which, taken together, collectively contribute more than 10% of MDDC’s Consolidated EBITDA (other than any voluntary relinquishment of a Gaming License if such relinquishment is, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, evidenced by a Board Resolution, both desirable in the conduct of business of MDDC and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders). A Default under clause (v), (vi) or (x) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) notify the Company of the Default; provided that any Default under clause (v) above resulting from a default or acceleration with respect to Indebtedness will not be considered an Event of Default if such default or acceleration is cured or annulled, respectively, within 30 days of the receipt by the Company of such notice of default from the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the notes If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) may declare all the Notes to be due and payable by a notice in writing to the

 

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Company (and to the Trustee, if given by the Holders) specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” and on the fifth Business Day after delivery of such notice, the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes then outstanding, will become immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

The sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described under Section 4.03 of the Indenture and for any failure to comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a) will, for the 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 365th day, such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies provided in the Indenture.

The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.

The provisions of this Paragraph 13 are subject to certain limitations and exceptions set forth in the Indenture with respect to an Event of Default that occurs by reason of a default with respect to any redemption provisions contained solely in Additional Notes.

14. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, partner, member or joint-venturer of the Company or any of the Guarantors (including, without limitation, MDHC and its members), as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Indenture or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

16. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

17. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

18. CUSIP NUMBERS; ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be

 

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printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

19. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 6, 2010, among the Company, MDDC and the parties named on the signature pages thereof.

20. GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE 2018 NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to Marina District Development Company, LLC , One Borgata Way, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, Attention: General Counsel.

[Insert the Schedule of Principal Amount, if a Global 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

 

(insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

    

 

    

 

    

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint

    
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. 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:

          

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred:

 

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CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

(1)        ¨    to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

(2)        ¨    inside the United States to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(3)        ¨    outside the United States to a non-U.S. Person in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(4)        ¨    pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (if available); or

(5)        ¨    pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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 that if box (3) or (4) is checked, the Holder must, prior to such transfer, furnish to the Trustee such certifications, legal opinions, or other information as the Company may reasonably require 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, as amended.

 

Signature Guarantee:

    

Signature

 

    

Signature

 

    

 

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OPTIONS OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have all of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13 or 4.09 of the Indenture, check the box:

¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.13 or 4.09 of the Indenture, state the Principal Amount:

$

 

Date:_______________________________________

      Your signature:     
   (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:

          
   (Signature must be guaranteed)                          

 

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EXHIBIT B

VARIABLE NOTE PROVISIONS

[FORM OF]

SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

The following decreases/increases in the principal amount of this Note have been made:

 

Date of
Decrease/
Increase

 

Decrease in
Principal Amount

 

Increase in
Principal Amount

 

Principal Amount
Following such
Decrease/Increase

 

Notation Made
by or on Behalf
of Registrar

       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 
       
                 

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND]

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF RESTRICTED SECURITY LEGEND]

THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 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) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE COMPANY OR MDDC OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (A)(1)(c) OR (d) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR TEMPORARY REGULATION S NOTES]

THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER. EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. NO EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE EXCEPT (A) ON OR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”)) AND (B) UPON DELIVERY OF THE OWNER NOTES CERTIFICATION AND THE TRANSFEREE NOTES CERTIFICATION RELATING TO SUCH INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.

UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE NOTES, AN OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY HOLDER OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

IN A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE

OWNER NOTES CERTIFICATION

[The Depository Trust Company or its nominee

Attention: [            ] ]

  Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “[2015/2018] Notes”)]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey (the “Company”), MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC (the “Guarantor”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

This certification relates to $             aggregate amount of [2015/2018] Notes that are held as a beneficial interest in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (CUSIP No.             ; ISIN No:             ) with the Depositary in the name of [insert name of Holder] (the “Holder”).

In respect of such [2015/2018] Notes, the Holder does hereby certify that as of the date hereof, the above-captioned Notes are beneficially owned by non-U.S. Persons and are not held for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a U.S. Person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of Columbia. As used herein, “U.S. Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Rule 902 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We undertake to advise you immediately by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the [2015/2018] Notes held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain securities laws in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certification or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. This certification and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers of the Notes under the Purchase Agreement, dated August 4, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantor and such Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes.

Date:             ,         1

 

 

[Name of Person Making Certification]

 

 

1

To be dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the transfer or exchange date to which the certification relates.

 

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EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY TRANSFEREE

OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

IN A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE

TRANSFEREE NOTES CERTIFICATION

[The Depository Trust Company or its nominee

Attention: [            ] ]

    Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “[2015/2018] Notes”)]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey (the “Company”), MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC (the “Guarantor”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

For purposes of acquiring a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, the undersigned certifies that it is not a U.S. Person as defined by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the [2015/2018] Notes held by you in which we intend to acquire a beneficial interest in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certification to any interested party in such proceeding. This certification and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers of the Notes under the Purchase Agreement, dated August 4, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantor and such Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes.

 

Dated:

  _______________                    
By:  

 

As, or as agent for, the beneficial acquiror of the Notes to which this certification relates.

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY THE DEPOSITARY IN

CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A

REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Transfer Agent

225 Asylum Street

23rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Attention: Corporate Trust Services

    Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “[2015/2018] Notes”)]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey (the “Company”), MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC (the “Guarantor”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, U.S.$              principal amount of the above-captioned Notes (i) is owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired such Notes through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold such Notes through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the “Restricted Period” (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired such Notes for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for exchange any portion of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note representing the above-captioned Notes excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

 

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We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers of the Notes under the Purchase Agreement, dated August 4, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes.

Dated:                     

[To be dated no earlier than the

date of exchange]

 

[The Depository Trust Company or its nominee]
By:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL

NOTE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

(Transfers pursuant to § 2.06(b)(iv) of the Indenture)

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Transfer Agent

225 Asylum Street

23rd Floor

Hartford, Connecticut 06103

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “[2015/2018] Notes”)]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey (the “Company”), MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC (the “Guarantor”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to $         aggregate principal amount of [2015/2018] Notes that are held as a beneficial interest in the form of the Restricted Global Note (CUSIP No.             ; ISIN No:             ) with the Depositary in the name of [name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note (ISIN No.             ).

In connection with such request, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the [2015/2018] Notes and:

(a) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), does certify that:

(i) the offer of such Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

(ii) either:

(1) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States;

(2) in the case of Rule 903, the transaction was executed in, on or through a physical trading floor of an established foreign securities exchange that is located outside the United States; or

(3) in the case of Rule 904, the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

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(iii) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States by the Transferor, an affiliate thereof or any person acting on their behalf in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S, as applicable;

(iv) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act; and

(v) the Transferor is not the Company, a distributor of the Notes, an affiliate of the Company or any such distributor (except any officer or director who is an affiliate solely by virtue of holding such position) or a person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing.

(b) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 the Transferor certifies that such Notes are being transferred in a transaction permitted by Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company, the Guarantor and Initial Purchasers of the Notes under the Purchase Agreement, dated August 4, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes. Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.

 

[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
Date:  
cc:   Attn:

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL

NOTE TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

(Transfers pursuant to § 2.06(b) of the Indenture)

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Transfer Agent

225 Asylum Street

23rd Floor

Hartford, Connecticut 06103

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “[2015/2018] Notes”)]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey (the “Company”), MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC (the “Guarantor”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to $          aggregate principal amount of [2015/2018] Notes that are held in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note (ISIN No.             ) in the name of [name of transferor] (the “Transferor”) to effect the transfer of such Notes in exchange for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note (CUSIP No.             , ISIN No.             ).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Notes the Transferor does hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Notes and that:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:

 

  ¨ the Transferor is relying on Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for exemption from such Act’s registration requirements; it is transferring such Notes to a person it reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account, or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer, and to whom the Transferor has given notice that the transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A and the transfer is being made in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States; or

 

  ¨ the Transferor is relying on an exemption other than Rule 144A from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to the Company’s right prior to any such offer, sale or transfer to require the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to it.

 

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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers of the Notes under the Purchase Agreement, dated August 4, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes.

 

[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
Date:  
cc:   Attn:

 

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Marina District Development Company, LLC

One Borgata Way

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Attention: Joseph A. Corbo, Esq.

[Registrar address block]

Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “[2015/2018] Notes”)]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among Marina District Finance Company, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), Marina District Development Company, LLC (“MDDC” or the “Guarantor”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

            , (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the [2015/2018] Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $         in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to              (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of

 

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the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or Regulation S Permanent Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

or

(b) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Company, MDDC, or a subsidiary thereof;

or

(c) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

(a) ¨ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(b) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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(c) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Guarantors.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Dated:                     

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

(a)    ¨   a beneficial interest in the:
   (i)       ¨    144A Global Note (CUSIP             ), or
   (ii)       ¨    Regulation S Permanent Global Note (CUSIP             ), or
   (iii)       ¨    Regulation S Temporary Global Note (CUSIP             ), or
(b)    ¨   a Restricted Definitive Note.

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

 

(a)    ¨   a beneficial interest in the:
   (i)       ¨    144A Global Note (CUSIP             ), or
   (ii)       ¨    Regulation S Permanent Global Note (CUSIP             ), or
   (iii)       ¨    Regulation S Temporary Global Note (CUSIP             ), or
   (iv)       ¨  Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP             ); or

(b)

   ¨   a Restricted Definitive Note; or

(c)

   ¨   an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

Each reference above to a Note is a reference to a [2015/2018] Note.

 

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Marina District Development Company, LLC

One Borgata Way

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Attention: Joseph A. Corbo, Esq.

[Registrar address block]

Re: [9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015/9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018]

(CUSIP             )

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among Marina District Finance Company, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), Marina District Development Company, LLC (“MDDC” or the “Guarantor”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

             (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the [2015/2018] Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $         in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to such Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is

 

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being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable such Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Security Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note, ¨ Regulation S Temporary Global Note, ¨ Regulation S Permanent Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to such Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Security Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

 

[Insert Name of Owner]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT I

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.

MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC

and

the Guarantors named herein

 

 

9  1/2 % SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2015

9  7/8 % SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2018

 

 

 

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF                  ,         

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee

 

 

 

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This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of              ,          is by and among Marina District Finance Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“MDFC” or the “Company”), Marina District Development Company, LLC (“MDDC”) each of the parties identified under the caption “Guarantors” on the signature page hereto (together with MDDC, the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, MDDC, MDFC and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2010 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which MDFC issued $400 million in principal amount of 9 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and $400 million in principal amount of 9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes” and, together with the 2015 Notes, the “Notes”)

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(d) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to add Guarantors pursuant to Section 4.18 thereof, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

NOW, THEREFORE, in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

2. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.

3. From this date, in accordance with Section 8 and by executing this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors whose signatures appear below are subject to the provisions of the Indenture to the extent provided for in Article 10 thereof.

4. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.

5. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.

6. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, partner, member or joint venturer of the Company or any Guarantor (including without limitation MDHC and its members), as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on,

 

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in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

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

[NEXT PAGE IS SIGNATURE PAGE]

 

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

 

MARINA DISTRICT FINANCE COMPANY, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
By:   MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT HOLDING CO., LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
Its:   Sole Member and Manager
  By:   BOYD ATLANTIC CITY, INC., a New Jersey corporation
  Its:   Managing Member
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
[EACH GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARY]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

    as Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EX-99.1 4 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

LOGO

Financial Contact:

Josh Hirsberg

(702) 792-7234

joshhirsberg@boydgaming.com

Media Contact:

Rob Meyne

(702) 792-7353

robmeyne@boydgaming.com

BOYD GAMING ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF

$950 MILLION BORGATA FINANCING

LAS VEGAS – AUGUST 6, 2010 – Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) today announced that Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Boyd Gaming’s 50/50 joint venture in Atlantic City, New Jersey, completed a $950 million debt financing, consisting of two $400 million tranches of senior secured notes due October 2015 and August 2018, respectively (the “notes”), and a $150 million payment priority secured revolving credit facility maturing in August 2014, of which $75 million was drawn at closing.

Marina District Finance Company, Inc. (“MDFC”), the issuer of the notes, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marina District Development Company, LLC (“MDDC”), the entity that developed and owns Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, including The Water Club Hotel at Borgata.

The $400 million 2015 notes bear interest at a rate of 9 1/2% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2011. The $400 million 2018 notes bear interest at a rate of 9 7/8% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2011. The notes are guaranteed by MDDC.

The proceeds from the debt financing will be used to retire Borgata’s existing bank credit facility, pay transaction fees and expenses and make a one-time distribution to Borgata’s joint venture partners estimated to be approximately $215 million, subject to adjustment based upon actual transaction fees and expenses, as well as the actual payoff of the outstanding balance under Borgata’s existing credit facility at closing.


Banc of America Securities LLC acted as representative for the initial purchasers. Morrison & Foerster LLP represented Borgata in the offering, and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP represented the initial purchasers.

The notes were sold only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in offshore transactions to non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the notes, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Boyd Gaming

Headquartered in Las Vegas, Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) is a leading diversified owner and operator of 16 gaming entertainment properties located in Nevada, New Jersey, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, and Louisiana. Boyd Gaming press releases are available at www.prnewswire.com. Additional news and information on Boyd Gaming can be found at www.boydgaming.com .

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements contain words such as “may,” “will,” “might,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “could,” “would,” “estimate,” “continue,” “pursue,” or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and may include (without limitation) information regarding Boyd Gaming’s expectations, goals or intentions regarding the future, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the expected size of the distribution to the joint venture partners. Forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those discussed in any such statement. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the actual amount of fees and expenses and outstanding debt balances; competition; litigation; financial community and rating agency perceptions of Boyd Gaming; changes in laws and regulations, including increased taxes; the availability and price of energy, weather, regulation, economic, credit and capital market conditions; and the effects of war, terrorist or similar activity. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ are discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” and in other sections of Boyd Gaming’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, filed with the SEC, and in Boyd Gaming’s other current and periodic reports filed from time to time with the SEC. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to Boyd Gaming as of the date hereof, and Boyd Gaming assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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