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Title: CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/13/2005

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Exhibit 2.15

 

CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT

 

 

among

 

 

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,

 

as the Disbursement Agent,

 

 

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,

 

as the Trustee,

 

 

and

 

 

155 EAST TROPICANA, LLC

 

and

 

155 EAST TROPICANA FINANCE CORP.,

 

together, as the Issuers

 

 

Dated as of March 29, 2005

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.

Definitions

 

 

1.1

Defined Terms

 

 

1.2

Additional Defined Terms

 

 

1.3

Rules of Interpretation

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Establishment of Accounts

 

 

2.1

Appointment of Disbursement Agent

 

 

2.2

Establishment of Accounts

 

 

2.3

Pledge Agreement

 

 

2.4

Investment of Funds in Accounts

 

 

2.5

Agency

 

 

2.6

Waiver of Set-off Rights

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Disbursements from Accounts

 

 

3.1

Conditions to Disbursement

 

 

3.2

Method of Disbursement

 

 

3.3

Disbursement Agent’s Compensation

 

 

3.4

Transfer of Funds to the Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Agreements of the Issuers, the Disbursement Agent and the Trustee

 

 

4.1

Disbursement Requests and Disbursements

 

 

4.2

Insufficient Available Funds

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Interest Reserve

 

 

5.1

Interest Disbursements

 

 

5.2

Interest Reserve Account Amounts

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Certain Covenants

 

 

6.1

Notice of Re-Opening

 

 

6.2

Officer’s Certificate as Representation and Warranty

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Renovation Disbursement Account

 

 

7.1

Conditions to Initial Disbursements

 

 

7.2

Conditions to Subsequent Disbursements

 

 

7.3

Advance Disbursements

 

 

7.4

Working Capital Disbursement

 

 

7.5

Disbursements after an Event of Default

 

 

7.6

Final Disbursement of Funds Following Re-Opening

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Amendments to Renovation Disbursement Budget; Amendments to Contracts; Amendments to Hooters Renovation Cost Schedule and Cost Overruns

 

 

8.1

Renovation Disbursement Budget Amendment Process

 

 

8.2

Contract Amendment Process

 

 

8.3

Contracts Entered into after the Issuance Date

 

 

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8.4

Hooters Renovation Cost Schedule and Cost Overruns

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Events of Default

 

 

9.1

Indenture

 

 

9.2

Failure to Approve Disbursement Request

 

 

9.3

Exception to Prior Disbursement

 

 

9.4

Insufficient Funds

 

 

9.5

Performance of Certain Obligations

 

 

9.6

Reserved

 

 

9.7

Abandonment of Hooters Renovation

 

 

9.8

Termination or Invalidity of Renovation Documents

 

 

9.9

Schedule of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Disbursed Funds Account

 

 

10.1

Rights of the Issuers to Disbursed Funds Account

 

 

10.2

Right to Substitute Disbursed Funds Account

 

 

 

 

 

11.

Limitation of Liability

 

 

 

 

 

12.

Indemnity

 

 

 

 

 

13.

Termination

 

 

 

 

 

14.

Substitution or Resignation

 

 

14.1

Disbursement Agent

 

 

 

 

 

15.

Account Statement

 

 

 

 

 

16.

Notice

 

 

 

 

 

17.

Miscellaneous

 

 

17.1

Waiver

 

 

17.2

Invalidity

 

 

17.3

No Authority

 

 

17.4

Assignment

 

 

17.5

Benefit

 

 

17.6

Time

 

 

17.7

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

17.8

Entire Agreement; Amendments

 

 

17.9

Notices

 

 

17.10

Counterparts

 

 

17.11

Captions

 

 

17.12

Right to Consult Counsel

 

 

17.13

Force Majeure

 

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

Form of Initial Disbursements Certificate

Exhibit B-1

Form of Issuers’ Closing Certificate

Exhibit B-2

Form of Disbursement Agent’s Closing Certification

Exhibit B-3

Form of Trustee’s Closing Certification

Exhibit C

Form of Interest Disbursement Request

Exhibit D-1

Form of Renovation Disbursement Request and Certificate

Exhibit D-2

Form of Advance Disbursement Request and Certificate

Exhibit E

Form of Renovation Disbursement Budget Amendment Certificate

Exhibit F-1

Form of Contract Amendment Certificate

Exhibit F-2

Form of Additional Contract Certificate

Exhibit G

Form of Consent to Collateral Assignment of Contract

Exhibit H

Form of Pro Forma Title Policy

 

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CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is dated as of March 29, 2005, by and among The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., having an office at 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90017, as trustee (together with its successors and assigns, the “Trustee”) under the Indenture (as defined below), The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as disbursement agent (together with its successors and assigns, the “Disbursement Agent”), and 155 East Tropicana, LLC, a Nevada limited-liability company (the “Company”) and 155 East Tropicana Finance Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Finance Corp.,” together with the Company, the “Issuers”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A.                                   Notes.  The Issuers have issued One Hundred Thirty Million Dollars ($130,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of  their 8¾% Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (the “Original Notes” and, together with any additional Notes issued under the Indenture and any new notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes or such additional Notes, the “Notes”) concurrently herewith.  The Notes have been issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) dated the date hereof, among the Issuers, the Guarantor named therein and the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the holders of the Notes.  Net proceeds from the issuance of Notes will be disbursed as follows:  (a) Fifty Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($50,800,000) (the “Renovation Proceeds”) will be deposited contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement into Account No. 171098 held at the Disbursement Agent (said account, or any substitute account selected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, is referred to herein as the “Renovation Disbursement Account”), to be maintained by the Disbursement Agent pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement; and (b) Eleven Million One Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Dollars ($11,154,000) (the “Interest Reserve Proceeds,” which, together with the Renovation Proceeds shall be referred to herein as the “Proceeds”), will be deposited contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement into Account No. 171097, held at the Disbursement Agent (said account, or any substitute account selected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, is referred to herein as the “Interest Reserve Account”), to be maintained by the Disbursement Agent pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

B.                                     Collateral and Collateral Assignment.  As security for their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture, the Issuers have granted security interests to the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the holders of Notes, in certain assets and has collaterally assigned certain contracts to the Trustee.  As further security for its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture, the Issuers also have granted pursuant to the Pledge Agreement a security interest to the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the holders of the Notes, in all of the Issuers’ right, title and interest in the Renovation Disbursement Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Disbursed Funds Account (as defined herein) and any Proceeds or other amounts held in any such accounts.

 

C.                                     Purpose.  The parties intend that portions of the Proceeds and the other amounts deposited from time to time in the Renovation Disbursement Account be used to design, renovate and equip the Resort (as defined herein) and complete the Hooters Renovation, all in

 

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