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Exhibit 4.3
CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Among
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
a national banking association, as Disbursement Agent,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
a national banking association, as Trustee,
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.,
a California corporation
PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT BILOXI LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
and
PREMIER FINANCE BILOXI CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
dated as of
January 23, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
DEFINITIONS..................................................................................
3
1.1 DEFINED
TERMS...........................................................................3
1.2 INDEX OF ADDITIONAL DEFINED
TERMS......................................................14
2. APPOINTMENT OF DISBURSEMENT
AGENT; ESTABLISHMENT OF SECURITIES
ACCOUNTS;
RELATED
PROVISIONS................................................................
15
2.1 APPOINTMENT OF THE
DISBURSEMENT AGENT.................................................
15
2.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF
ACCOUNTS.............................................................
16
2.3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SECURITY
INTEREST; CONTROL......................................... 17
2.4 CONTROL OF SECURITIES
ACCOUNTS........................................................
17
2.5 CONTROL OF ISSUER'S PAYMENT
ACCOUNT................................................... 18
2.6 CONTROL OF PFC PAYMENT
ACCOUNT........................................................
19
2.7 THE ISSUER'S
RIGHTS...................................................................
20
2.8 CASH
EQUIVALENTS......................................................................
20
2.9
REMEDIES..............................................................................
20
2.10
WAIVER OF SET-OFF
RIGHTS..............................................................
21
2.11
COOPERATION...........................................................................
21
2.12
FUNDING MECHANICS FOR
FF&E
COSTS...................................................... 21
2.13
FUNDING MECHANICS FOR
BOND FINANCING..................................................
22
3. CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF
DISBURSEMENT AGENT AND INDEPENDENT
CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANT.....................................................................
23
3.1 DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE
ACCOUNTS.......................................................
23
3.2 TRANSFER OF FUNDS AT
DIRECTION OF TRUSTEE.............................................
23
3.3 PAYMENT OF
COMPENSATION...............................................................
23
3.4 PERIODIC
REVIEW.......................................................................
24
3.5 REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT
CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT.........................................
24
3.6 THE SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR
UNPAID CONTRACTORS......................................... 25
4. DISBURSEMENTS DURING
CONSTRUCTION
PERIOD.................................................... 25
4.1 INITIAL DISBURSEMENTS FROM
THE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT...................... 25
4.2 SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENTS
FROM THE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. .................
26
4.3 ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION
DISBURSEMENTS....................................................
31
4.4 INTEREST RESERVE ACCOUNT
DISBURSEMENTS................................................
32
4.5 ISSUER'S REIMBURSEMENT OF
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECT COSTS............................. 33
4.6 DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS IN
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ACCOUNTS FOLLOWING
THE INITIAL OPERATING
DATE............................................................
33
4.7 FINAL DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS
IN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ACCOUNTS........................... 35
4.8 TIDELANDS LEASE
DISBURSEMENTS.........................................................
36
5. CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
COVENANTS.......................................................
36
5.1 AMENDMENTS TO PROJECT
BUDGET..........................................................
36
5.2 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
AMENDMENT PROCESS...............................................
38
5.3 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
ENTERED INTO AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE...........................
38
5.4 AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS
CERTIFICATE.............................................. 39
5.5 PROJECT COST SCHEDULE
CERTIFICATE.....................................................
40
5.6 FINAL
PLANS...........................................................................
40
5.7 NOTICE THAT PROJECT IS
OPERATING......................................................
40
5.8 MAINTENANCE OF PERMITTED
INVESTMENTS..................................................
40
5.9 BOND FINANCING
AMOUNTS................................................................
41
5.10
APPLICATION OF
INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDS.................................... 41
6. TIDELANDS LEASE
ACCOUNT.....................................................................
41
6.1 DEPOSITS INTO TIDELANDS
LEASE ACCOUNT.................................................
41
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7. LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY.....................................................................
42
7.1 LIMITATION OF DISBURSEMENT
AGENT'S LIABILITY.......................................... 42
7.2 LIMITATION OF INDEPENDENT
CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT'S LIABILITY......................... 43
8. INDEMNITY AND
INSURANCE.....................................................................
43
9.
TERMINATION.................................................................................
44
10. SUBSTITUTION OR RESIGNATION OF THE
DISBURSEMENT AGENT....................................... 44
10.1
PROCEDURE.............................................................................
44
10.2
SUCCESSOR DISBURSEMENT
AGENT BY MERGER, ETC...........................................
45
10.3
ELIGIBILITY;
DISQUALIFICATION.........................................................
45
10.4 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT........................................
45
11. INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANT.........................................................
45
11.1
REMOVAL AND
FEES......................................................................
45
11.2
DUTIES................................................................................
45
11.3
ACTS OF DISBURSEMENT
AGENT............................................................
45
12. STATEMENT OF SECURITIES
ACCOUNTS............................................................
45
13.
MISCELLANEOUS...............................................................................
46
13.1
WAIVER................................................................................
46
13.2
INVALIDITY............................................................................
46
13.3
NO
AUTHORITY..........................................................................
46
13.4
ASSIGNMENT............................................................................
46
13.5
BENEFIT...............................................................................
46
13.6
TIME..................................................................................
46
13.7
ENTIRE AGREEMENT;
AMENDMENTS..........................................................
46
13.8
NOTICES...............................................................................
46
13.9
COUNTERPARTS..........................................................................
48
13.10
CAPTIONS..............................................................................
48
13.11 RIGHT TO
CONSULT
COUNSEL..............................................................
48
13.12 CHOICE OF
LAW.........................................................................
48
13.13
DESIGNATION OF APPLICABLE COURTS AND
JURISDICTIONS.................................... 48
13.14 SURETYSHIP
WAIVERS....................................................................
49
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
Initial Disbursements Certificate
B-1
Form of Issuer's Closing Certification
B-2
Form of Trustee's Closing Certification
C-1
Construction Disbursement Request
C-2
Pre-Opening Disbursement Request
C-3
Form of Advance Construction Disbursement Request Certificate
C-4
Form of Interest Reserve Account Disbursement Certificate
C-5
Form of Interest Reserve Excess Transfer Certificate
C-6
Form of Tidelands Lease Certificate
D-1
Form of Available Construction Funds Certificate
D-2
Form of Project Cost Schedule Certificate
D-3
Finishes Line-Items and Amounts (from Initial Project Budget)
E
Form of Project Budget Amendment Certificate
F
Construction Contract Amendment Certificate
G-1
Form of Issuer's Initial Operating Date Disbursement Request
Certificate
G-2
Form of Certificate of Objection of General Contractor to
Issuer's
Initial Operating Date Disbursement Request Certificate
G-3
Form of Issuer's Final Disbursement Request Certificate
G-4
Form of Tidelands Lease Disbursement Certificate
H-1
Long Form of Consent to Security Assignment of Construction
Contract (Contracts Over $1,000,000)
H-2
Short Form of Consent to Security Assignment of Construction
Contract (Contracts Between $500,000 and $1,000,000)
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
I
Initial Project Budget
J
Form of Final Plans Amendment Certificate
K
Form of Additional Construction Contract Certificate
L
Permitted Encumbrances
M-1
Form of Interim Lien Affidavit (Owner)
M-2
Form of Interim Lien Affidavit (General Contractor)
M-3
Form of Interim Lien Affidavit (Other Contractor)
M-4
Form of Final Lien Affidavit (Owner)
M-5
Form of Final Lien Affidavit (General Contractor)
M-6
Form of Final Lien Affidavit (Other Contractors)
N-1
Form of Commitment to Issue Update Endorsement
N-2
Form of Separate Tax Lot Endorsement
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CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, this "AGREEMENT") is dated as
of January 23, 2004, by and among U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as disbursement agent,
securities intermediary and
depositary bank (together with any
successor disbursement agent permitted
hereunder, the "DISBURSEMENT AGENT"), U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as trustee under the
Indenture (as defined below) (together
with its successors and assigns from time
to time under the Indenture, the
"TRUSTEE"), PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., a California
corporation (the "INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANT"), PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT
BILOXI LLC (d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino Biloxi), a Delaware limited liability
company (successor in interest by merger
with Premier Entertainment, LLC, a
Mississippi limited liability company
("PREMIER"), and PREMIER FINANCE BILOXI
CORP., a Delaware corporation ("PFC,"
jointly and severally with Premier, the
"ISSUER"). Defined terms used herein have
the meanings specified in SECTION 1.
RECITALS
A. FACILITY. Premier
desires to develop, construct and operate the Hard
Rock Hotel and Casino Biloxi, a full
service gaming, hotel and entertainment
resort and certain related amenities (the
"FACILITY") to be developed upon
approximately 8.5 acres along the
Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi, Mississippi.
B. FIRST MORTGAGE NOTES.
Concurrently herewith, the Issuer is issuing
$160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 10 3/4% First Mortgage Notes due
2012 (together with all notes issued under
the Indenture, including all notes
issued in exchange or replacement
therefore, the "FIRST MORTGAGE NOTES"),
pursuant to the Indenture to finance
Project Costs.
C. JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
NOTE. Concurrently herewith, Rank America, Inc.
("RANK") shall purchase from the Issuer an
unsecured subordinated note in an
amount of $10,000,000, the proceeds of
which will be applied to finance Project
Costs, as more particularly described
herein and in the Junior Subordinated Note
Investment Agreement (as defined
herein).
D. INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT. Concurrently herewith, the Trustee (acting on
behalf of itself and the Noteholders) and
Rank have entered into an
Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to each
of which the parties thereto have set
forth certain intercreditor provisions,
including the priority of the liens, the
method of decision making, the arrangements
applicable to actions in respect of
approval rights and waivers, the
limitations on rights of enforcement upon
default and the application of proceeds
upon enforcement.
E. FF&E FINANCING.
Premier intends to finance the costs of acquiring and
installing Additional Funding FF&E by
issuing additional First Mortgage Notes
("ADDITIONAL NOTES") or by entering into
agreements with respect to the FF&E
Financing pursuant to which Premier will
obtain certain loans to finance
acquisition and installation costs of
Additional Funding FF&E, as more
particularly described in the
Indenture.
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F. MBFC BOND FINANCING.
Premier intends to finance the costs of
acquiring, constructing and installing
certain land-based improvements and
equipment with the proceeds of industrial
development bonds (the "BONDS") issued
by the Mississippi Business Finance
Corporation (the "MBFC") pursuant to Code
SECTION 57-10-201 et seq. (the "IDB ACT").
PFC will purchase the Bonds issued by
MBFC using equity contributions made by
Premier to PFC and funded by
disbursements made from the Construction
Disbursement Account (as defined below)
under this Agreement. The proceeds of the
Bonds sold to PFC will be used by MBFC
to make certain loans to Premier to pay
certain Project Costs incurred in
connection with such land-based
improvements and equipment. This financing
transaction, as more particularly described
herein and in the Bond Financing
Documents, is referred to herein as the
"BOND FINANCING."
G. INITIAL EQUITY
CONTRIBUTION. Concurrently herewith, $[33,665,245.43]
of equity shall be irrevocably and
unconditionally contributed to Premier and
deposited into the Construction
Disbursement Account.
H. USE OF PROCEEDS. The
net proceeds from the issuance of the First
Mortgage Notes and the proceeds of the
Junior Subordinated Note (collectively,
the "PROCEEDS"), together with the initial
and any additional equity provided by
the Issuer or its Affiliates, will be used
to pay Project Costs and to initially
fund the Tidelands Lease Account. The
proceeds of the Bond Financing will be
used to pay Project Costs.
I. ACCOUNTS.
$33,100,000.00 of the Proceeds will be deposited
contemporaneously with the execution of
this Agreement into the Interest Reserve
Account. $1,031,900.00 of the Proceeds will
be deposited contemporaneously with
the execution of this Agreement into the
Tidelands Lease Account. The remaining
Proceeds (in the amount of $128,962,500.00)
and an initial equity contribution
in the amount of $15,180,809.71 will be
deposited contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement into the
Construction Disbursement Account. The PFC
Payment Account will be established
contemporaneously with the execution of this
Agreement to facilitate the Bond Financing.
Assets maintained in the
Construction Disbursement Account and the
Tidelands Lease Account and the
Interest Reserve Account are owned
beneficially by Premier, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. The
assets maintained in the PFC Payment
Account are owned beneficially by PFC,
subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
J. PURPOSE. The parties
have entered into this Agreement in order to set
forth the conditions upon which, and the
manner in which funds will be disbursed
(a) from the Construction Disbursement
Account, the Issuer's Payment Account and
the PFC Payment Account in order to permit
Premier to design, develop, equip,
construct, operate and open the Facility,
(b) from the Interest Reserve Account
for payment of interest due on the First
Mortgage Notes, and (c) from the
Tidelands Lease Account to pay the rent and
additional rent provided for under
the Tidelands Lease.
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AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
1.1
DEFINED TERMS. The terms defined in this SECTION 1 shall have
the meanings herein specified:
"ADDITIONAL FUNDING FF&E" means FF&E which Premier
reasonably expects
to fund through the FF&E Financing or
the issuance of Additional Notes.
"ADDITIONAL NOTES FF&E" means the FF&E that is financed
through the
issuance of additional First Mortgage Notes
pursuant to this Agreement.
"ADDITIONAL PRE-OPERATING REVENUE" means revenue generated by
Premier
after the date hereof (including the net
proceeds of the issuance of any
Additional Notes), other than from
disposition of its assets, but only to the
extent that such revenue (a) has been
deposited in the Construction Period
Accounts and (b) (i) has been disbursed
from the Construction Disbursement
Account or (ii) is held by Premier, free
and clear of any claims of any other
Person whatsoever; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
as of any date of measurement,
Additional Pre-Operating Revenue shall also
include without duplication:
(x) Anticipated Investment Income; and
(y) the lesser of (A) the net amount of FF&E Financing that the
Issuer
has obtained or reasonably expects to
obtain, or the amount of net proceeds of
Additional Notes that the Issuer has issued
or expects to issue, in accordance
with the Indenture to fund the costs of
procuring Additional Funding FF&E and
(B) the aggregate amount of Remaining Costs
allocated to the "FF&E", "owner
supplied FF&E," "systems" or "gaming
equipment" line items in the Project Budget
which has not yet been expended.
"ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT" means a disbursement from
the
Construction Disbursement Account pursuant
to SECTION 4.3.
"AFFILIATE" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"AGREED PERMITS" has the meaning ascribed thereto in EXHIBIT
B-1
attached hereto.
"ANTICIPATED INVESTMENT INCOME" means, at any time, with respect
to
the Construction Disbursement Account and
the Issuer's Payment Account, the
amount of investment income which the
Issuer reasonably determines will accrue
on the funds in each such account through
the anticipated Initial Operating
Date, taking into account the current and
future anticipated rates of return on
investments in each such account permitted
under the Indenture and the
anticipated times and amounts of draws from
each such account for the payment of
Project Costs.
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"APPLICABLE PERMITS" means national, state and local license
authorizations, certifications, filings,
recordings, permits or other approvals
with or of any governmental authority,
including, without limitation,
environmental, construction, operating or
occupancy permits and any agreements,
consents or approvals that are required or
that are otherwise necessary for the
performance of the design, construction,
operation or maintenance of the
Facility. Without limiting the foregoing,
Applicable Permits also include
Construction Period permits for temporary
construction utilities and temporary
sanitary facilities, dump permits, road use
permits, permits related to the use,
storage and disposal of Hazardous Materials
introduced to the Site for or in
connection with the performance of the
design, construction, operation or
maintenance of the Facility, and permits
issued pursuant to any building,
mechanical, electrical, plumbing or similar
codes.
"ARCHITECT" means Paul Steelman, Ltd. and its successors identified
by
notice from the Issuer to the Disbursement
Agent.
"ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AGREEMENT" means that certain
Owner-Architect
Agreement dated as of November 21, 2003
between Premier and Architect.
"AVAILABLE ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT AMOUNT" means (a)
(i)
prior to June 1, 2004, the amount of
$1,000,000; (ii) on or after June 1, 2004
through August 31, 2004, the amount of
$3,000,000; and (iii) on or after
September 1, 2004, the amount of
$5,000,000; MINUS (b) the aggregate amount then
outstanding with respect to all Advance
Construction Disbursements submitted
under SECTION 4.3 which (i) have not been
documented, as required in this
Agreement for other Construction
Disbursements, or (ii) in the case of
Disbursements to fund Disputed Amounts
under SECTION 4.3(b), which have not been
finally settled with the applicable
Contractor.
"AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS" means, subject to SECTION 5.4.1
with
respect to the Issuer at any given time,
the sum of (a) the Original
Construction Allocation, (b) any additional
equity, Loss Proceeds or other
additional amounts then on deposit in the
Construction Disbursement Account
(excluding the Original Construction
Allocation) and (c) all Additional
Pre-Operating Revenue as of such time, all
less the sum of (x) the proceeds of
FF&E Financing that the Issuer has
theretofore expended in connection with the
Facility and (y) the amount of
disbursements theretofore made from the
Construction Disbursement Account.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal
or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"BARGE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT" means that certain construction
contract
to be entered into by General Contractor
and a subcontractor in accordance with
SECTION 4.24 of the Indenture providing for
the construction of two barges (upon
which the casino portion of the Facility
will be built).
"BOND FINANCING DOCUMENTS" shall mean the Bond Purchase Contract,
the
Bond Loan Agreement, the Bond Indenture,
the Bonds, the Series 2004 Note, and
the other related documents or instruments
that are entered into among PFC,
Premier, and the Bond Trustee in connection
with the Bond Financing.
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"BOND INDENTURE" means that certain Trust Indenture to be entered
into
by the Bond Trustee and the Mississippi
Business Finance Corporation
substantially in the form of Exhibit H to
the Indenture.
"BOND LOAN AGREEMENT" means that certain Loan Agreement to be
entered
into by Premier and the Mississippi
Business Finance Corporation substantially
in the form of Exhibit I to the
Indenture.
"BOND PURCHASE CONTRACT" means that certain Bond Purchase Contract
to
be entered into by PFC, Premier and the
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation
substantially in the form of Exhibit J to
the Indenture.
"BOND REQUISITION" shall mean the requisition substantially in
the
form attached as Exhibit D to the Bond Loan
Agreement.
"BOND TRUSTEE" shall have the meaning assigned to the term
"Trustee"
in the Bond Indenture.
"BOND TRUSTEE'S CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT" shall mean
the
"Trustee Disbursement Account" of
"Construction Fund" established under SECTION
5.01 of the Bond Indenture at a bank
reasonably acceptable to the Disbursement
Agent.
"BUSINESS DAY" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"COLLATERAL" means all of the following:
(a)
the Securities Accounts;
(b)
all cash, Cash Equivalents, instruments, investments
and other securities or Financial Assets at
any time on deposit in or credited
to the Securities Accounts;
(c)
the Issuer's Payment Account;
(d)
the PFC Payment Account;
(e)
the Bonds;
(f)
any other collateral under any of the Collateral
Documents; and
(g)
all proceeds of any of the foregoing;
"COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"COMPANY'S DIRECT DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT" shall mean the
"Company's
Direct Disbursement Account" established
under SECTION 5.01 of the Bond
Indenture at a bank reasonably acceptable
to the Disbursement Agent.
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"CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMENDMENT" means any material amendment
or
modification of a Construction Contract
(including, without limitation, any
material change order or any material owner
construction change directive to a
Construction Contract).
"CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS" means the direct contracts between
Premier
and any Person pertaining to the
construction of the Facility, including the GMP
Contract and the Architectural Services
Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT REQUEST DATE" shall mean each date
the
Issuer requests that the Disbursement Agent
make a Disbursement pursuant to a
Construction Disbursement Request.
"CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES" means Project Costs incurred in
accordance
with the Project Budget, excluding,
however, (a) any Pre-Issuance Expenses, (b)
any Pre-Opening Expenses and (c) any Debt
Financing Costs.
"CONSTRUCTION PERIOD" means the period from the Issuance Date
continuing until all of the funds on
deposit in the Construction Period Accounts
are disbursed pursuant to SECTION 4.7.
"CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE" means a schedule describing the sequencing
of
the components of work to be undertaken in
connection with the Facility, which
schedule (as the same may be amended)
demonstrates that the Initial Operating
Date will occur on or before the Operating
Deadline.
"CONTRACTOR" means a contractor or supplier of materials,
fixtures,
equipment or services in connection with
the construction of the Facility
pursuant to a direct contract or purchase
order with Premier, including the
General Contractor and each counterparty to
a contract or purchase order for a
"Direct Purchase Item" as defined in the
GMP Contract.
"DEBT FINANCING COSTS" means all payments of principal,
interest,
premium (if any), and other amounts payable
by the Issuer from time to time
under the Indenture, and any other senior
debt or subordinated debt, if any,
incurred in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
"DEEDS OF TRUST" means, collectively, (a) that certain
Construction
Deed of Trust, Leasehold Deed of Trust and
Fixture Filing, with Assignment of
Leases and Rents dated on or about the date
hereof with respect to the Site
entered into by Premier, as Trustor,
Stratton Bull, as Real Estate Trustee, and
Trustee, as Beneficiary; and (b) that
certain Ship Mortgage with respect to the
barge casino to be entered into by Premier,
as Grantor, and Trustee, as
Beneficiary.
"DEFAULT" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or
the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event
of Default.
"DISBURSEMENT" means (a) a release of funds from the
Construction
Disbursement Account to the Issuer's
Payment Account or directly to any
Contractor or to Premier to pay Project
Costs; (b) a release of funds from the
Construction Disbursement Account to the
PFC Payment Account to enable PFC to
purchase Bonds as permitted under SECTIONS
4.2.1(b); (c) a release of funds from
the Interest Reserve Account to pay Debt
Financing
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Costs on the First Mortgage Notes as
provided in SECTION 4.4(a); or (d) a
release of funds from the Tidelands Lease
Account as provided in SECTION 4.8; in
each case, made pursuant to Article 4 of
the Disbursement Agreement and the
Indenture.
"DISPUTED
AMOUNTS" means payments for work, services or materials
which are being disputed in good faith by
the Issuer under the Construction
Contracts so long as (1) such disputes do
not involve any substantial danger of
the sale, forfeiture or loss of the
Facility or the Collateral, title thereto or
any interest therein and shall not
interfere in any material respect with the
construction or operation of the Facility;
(2) adequate cash reserves have been
provided therefor (except to the extent of
any Advance Construction Disbursement
that has been Disbursed to the Title
Insurer, to the General Contractor, or to
an escrow agent pursuant to SECTIONS 12.1
or 13.9 of the GMP Contract), to
secure Premier's obligation to pay for such
work, services or materials, in each
case, through an allocation in the cost
report attached as Schedule 1 to the
most recent Construction Disbursement
Request; and (3) sufficient funds remain
available under the applicable line item in
the Project Budget to pay such
disputed amount in full should Premier be
obligated to make such payment under
the terms of the applicable Construction
Contract.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means the occurrence of any of the following
specified events:
(a)
the occurrence and existence of an "Event of Default"
under the Indenture; and
(b)
the failure of the Issuer to deliver any documents
required to be delivered by the Issuer
pursuant to this Agreement and any such
failure continues for 30 days after written
notice thereof without being cured.
"EVENT OF LOSS" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"EVENT OF LOSS OFFER" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"FF&E" means furniture, fixtures and equipment that is or will
be
installed in the Facility.
"FF&E COLLATERAL" means FF&E in respect of which the
lenders under the
FF&E Financing have advanced funds and
which are not subject to a Lien in favor
of the Trustee in accordance SECTION 4.09
of the Indenture.
"FF&E FINANCING" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"FINAL PLANS" means, with respect to any particular work or
improvement that constitutes a portion of
the Facility:
(a)
the Plans for such work or improvement, if any, that
are described on EXHIBIT 5 to the Issuer's
Closing Certification; and
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(b)
to the extent Plans for such work or improvement are
not described on EXHIBIT 5 to the Issuer's
Closing Certification, the Plans for
such work or improvement to the extent such
Plans:
(i) have
received all approvals from all
governmental authorities required to
approve such Plans that are necessary to
commence construction of such work or
improvements, if any;
(ii) contain
sufficient specificity to permit the
completion of such work or improvement;
(iii) are consistent
with constructing the Facility to
include the Minimum Facilities;
(iv) have been
signed by an architect licensed to
practice architecture in the State of
Mississippi;
(v) call
for construction of the Facility in a
manner consistent with the Initial
Operating Date occurring on or prior to the
Operating Deadline;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Final Plans may
be modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.
"FINAL PLANS AMENDMENT CERTIFICATE" means an Officer's
Certificate
from the Issuer in the form attached hereto
as EXHIBIT J, together with the
General Contractor's, Independent
Construction Consultant's and Architect's
certificates as provided in EXHIBITS 1, 2
AND 3 and attached thereto.
"FINISHES" means the following Hard Costs with respect to the
Facility: flooring, bathroom fixtures and
accessories, decorative metals,
decorative light fixtures and mill work,
countertops, artwork, mirrors, water
and other special effects, paint, ceiling
finishes and wall coverings, all of
which items are included in the line items
set forth on EXHIBIT D-3 attached
hereto.
"FIRST MORTGAGE NOTE OBLIGATIONS" means any principal,
interest,
premium (if any), liquidated damages (if
any), penalties, fees, indemnification,
reimbursements, damages and other
liabilities payable with respect to the First
Mortgage Notes pursuant to the Indenture
and any other obligations of the Issuer
pursuant to the Indenture or the Collateral
Documents.
"GENERAL CONTRACTOR" means Roy Anderson Corp, a Mississippi
corporation.
"GMP CONTRACT" means that certain Owner-Contractor Agreement dated
as
of December 24, 2003 between Premier and
the General Contractor, as amended by
that certain First Amendment to Agreement
between Owner and Contractor dated as
of January 22, 2004.
"GOVERNMENT SECURITIES" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"GOVERNMENTAL ACTION" means any resolution, ordinance, statute,
regulation, order or decision regardless of
how constituted having the force of
law.
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"HARD COSTS" means the costs and expenses in respect of
supplying
goods, materials and labor for the
construction of improvements relating to the
Facility or other amounts payable pursuant
to a Construction Contract,
including, among other things, the
Permitted Land-Based Project Costs.
"INDENTURE" means the Indenture dated as of the date hereof, among
the
Issuer and the Trustee, relating to the
First Mortgage Notes (as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time).
"INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT" means Professional
Associates
Construction Services, Inc. and its
successors and replacements, as designated
by the Trustee.
"INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT'S ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT"
means
that certain Professional Services
Agreement dated October 30, 2003 between the
Independent Construction Consultant and the
Issuer.
"INITIAL
DISBURSEMENTS CERTIFICATE" means the Officer's Certificate
signed by Premier on behalf of the Issuer
in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT
A.
"INITIAL OPERATING DATE" has the meaning ascribed thereto in
the
Indenture.
"INITIAL PROJECT BUDGET" means the itemized schedules setting forth
on
a line item basis all of the estimated
Project Costs attached hereto as EXHIBIT
I (except that the Initial Project Budget
shall not include the Issuance Fees
and Expenses).
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" has the meaning ascribed thereto in
the
Indenture.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"ISSUANCE DATE" means the date of the Indenture.
"ISSUANCE FEES AND EXPENSES" means fees and expenses (a) incurred
by
the Issuer or AA Capital Equity Fund, L.P.
(one of its members), in connection
with the raising of debt to finance the
Facility that is evidenced by the First
Mortgage Notes and the Junior Subordinated
Note and (b) paid on or before the
Issuance Date. The Issuance Fees and
Expenses are identified on EXHIBIT 1 to the
Issuer's Closing Certification as
"Transaction Fees and Expenses."
"ISSUER'S CLOSING CERTIFICATION" means an Officer's Certificate
signed
by Premier on behalf of the Issuer in the
form attached hereto as EXHIBIT B-1.
"ISSUING AGENT" means Balch & Bingham, LLP, in its capacity as
issuing
agent for the Title Company, together with
any successor issuing agent
designated from time to time by the Title
Company in a written notice to the
Disbursement Agent.
"JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE" means that certain $10,000,000
junior
subordinated unsecured note evidencing the
unsecured subordinated loans made by
Rank to the Issuer under the Junior
Subordinated Note Investment Agreement.
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"JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT" means that
certain
Investment Agreement dated as of January
13, 2004, entered into among the Issuer
and Rank.
"KNOWLEDGE" of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Disbursement Agent,
the
Architect, the General Contractor or the
Independent Construction Consultant,
means the actual knowledge of any officer,
director or management employee of
such Person.
"LIEN" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT" means each Construction
Contract
identified by the Issuer to be material to
the Facility (which the Issuer agrees
shall include the GMP Contract and all
other Construction Contracts with an
individual contract amount in excess of
$500,000).
"MINIMUM FACILITIES" means, with respect to the Hard Rock Hotel
&
Casino Biloxi, a casino with at least 1,350
slot machines and 45 table games, a
hotel with at least 275 hotel rooms, three
restaurants with seating for at least
1,000 people (including, without
limitation, a Hard Rock Cafe), three bars
(including, without limitation, the rooftop
bar), a 900 person capacity Hard
Rock Live! branded entertainment venue and
a parking structure for at least 1440
vehicles.
"NEW YORK UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may,
from
time to time, be in effect in the State of
New York.
"NOTEHOLDERS" means holders from time to time of the First
Mortgage
Notes.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means: (i) prior to the Initial
Operating
Date, a certificate of Premier signed by
one officer of Premier who must be the
principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, the treasurer or
the principal accounting officer of
Premier; and (ii) on or after the Initial
Operating Date, a certificate of Premier
signed by two officers of Premier, one
of whom must be the principal executive
officer, the principal financial
officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of Premier; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER that if amounts are requested to be
Disbursed to the PFC Payment
Account, such certificate must also be
signed by one officer of PFC whom must be
the principal executive officer, the
principal financial officer, the treasurer
or the principal accounting officer of
PFC.
"OPERATING" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"OPERATING PERIOD" means the period commencing on the Initial
Operating Date of the Facility and
continuing until the date of termination of
this Agreement under SECTION 8.
"OPERATING DEADLINE" means December 31, 2005.
"ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION ALLOCATION" means: (a) the total amount of
the
Proceeds plus (b) the initial equity that
is deposited into the Construction
Disbursement Account pursuant to SECTION
4.1(b), LESS (w) the Initial
Disbursements listed in Paragraphs (a)
through (o) of the Initial Disbursements
Certificate, (x) the difference of (i) the
portion of the Proceeds that has been
deposited into the Interest Reserve Account
LESS (ii) the portion of such
Proceeds that is transferred into the
Construction Disbursement Account pursuant
to SECTION 4.4(b), and (y) the
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$1,031,900 deposited in the Tidelands Lease
Account pursuant to SECTION 6.1, and
(z) to the extent not otherwise excluded
from the definition of "Proceeds", the
Issuance Fees and Expenses.
"OTHER PROJECT COSTS" shall mean all Project Costs (other than
the
Permitted Land-Based Project Costs).
"PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES" means the exceptions set forth on EXHIBIT
L
and a standard A.L.T.A. exception for
mechanics liens; provided that any
mechanic's or materialman's lien that has
actually been filed or recorded shall
not constitute a Permitted Encumbrance.
"PERMITTED AMOUNTS" means, without duplication, (a) uncompleted
Punchlist Items with an aggregate Punchlist
Completion Amount (as reasonably
determined by the Independent Construction
Consultant) of less than $800,000;
(b) Disputed Amounts with an aggregate
value (as reasonably determined by the
Independent Construction Consultant) of
less than $2,000,000; and (c) the
Retainage Amounts with an aggregate value
(as reasonably determined by the
Independent Construction Consultant) of
less than $5,000,000.
"PERMITTED LAND-BASED PROJECT COSTS" shall mean those Project Costs
in
the aggregate amount not to exceed
$60,000,000 that constitute "Costs" (as such
term is defined in the Bond Loan Agreement)
permitted to be financed with the
proceeds of the Bonds pursuant to the Bond
Financing Documents.
"PERMITTED LIENS" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"PERSON" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"PFC" means Premier Finance Biloxi Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
"PLANS" means all drawings, plans and specifications prepared by or
on
behalf of Premier, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance
with this Agreement, and, if required,
submitted to and approved by the
appropriate regulatory authorities, which
describe and show the Facility and the
labor and materials necessary for the
construction thereof.
"PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT" means that certain Pledge and
Security
Agreement dated as of the date hereof,
among Premier, PFC and the Trustee, for
the benefit of the Noteholders (as the same
may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time).
"PRE-ISSUANCE EXPENSES" means, collectively, (a) any expenses paid
by
the Issuer or AA Capital Equity Fund, L.P.
(one of its members), in connection
with the Facility prior to the Issuance
Date, and (b) to the extent not included
within clause (a), any expenses paid
pursuant to Paragraphs (a) through (o) of
the Initial Disbursements Certificate.
"PRELIMINARY PLANS" means, with respect to any particular work
or
improvement, the Plans for such work or
improvement, if any, that are described
on EXHIBIT 4 to the Issuer's Closing
Certification.
"PRE-OPENING EXPENSES" means expenses of the Issuer related to
the
preparation of the Facility for opening and
operation (other than expenses
directly related to the construction
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of the Facility) to be incurred prior to
the Initial Operating Date as set forth
in the Project Budget, excluding, however,
(i) any Debt Financing Costs and (ii)
any Pre-Issuance Expenses (except
Pre-Opening Expenses may include
$804,039 of Pre-Issuance Expenses).
"PROJECT BUDGET" means the Initial Project Budget as the
Initial
Project Budget may be amended from time to
time in accordance with this
Agreement.
"PROJECT COST SCHEDULE" means an itemized schedule in the form
attached as SCHEDULE 1 to EXHIBIT D-2
hereto.
"PROJECT COSTS" means the costs to be incurred in connection with
the
acquisition, financing, design,
development, construction, equipping and opening
of the Facility, including all Construction
Expenses, Debt Financing Costs and
Pre-Opening Expenses.
"PUNCHLIST COMPLETION AMOUNT" means, from time to time from and
after
the Initial Operating Date, the estimated
cost to complete all remaining
Punchlist Items if the owner of the
Facility were to engage independent,
reputable and appropriately experienced and
licensed contractor(s) to complete
such work and no other work (certified by
the Issuer and the Independent
Construction Consultant with respect to
each Disbursement from and after the
Initial Operating Date in their respective
certificates in the form of EXHIBIT
C-1 and EXHIBIT 2 TO EXHIBIT C-1).
"PUNCHLIST ITEMS" means minor or insubstantial details of
construction
or mechanical adjustment, the
non-completion of which, when all such items are
taken together, will not interfere in any
material respect with the use or
occupancy of the Facility for its intended
purposes or the ability of the owner
or lessee, as applicable, of any portion of
the Facility (or any tenant thereof)
to perform work that is necessary or
desirable to prepare such portion of the
Facility for such use or occupancy;
PROVIDED that, in all events, "Punchlist
Items" shall include (to the extent not
already completed), without limitation,
the items set forth in the punchlist to be
delivered by the General Contractor
in connection with "Substantial Completion"
under the GMP Contract and all items
that are listed on the "punchlists"
furnished by the Harrison County Building
Department, the Mississippi Department of
Transportation or the Harrison County
Department of Public Works in connection
with, or after, the issuance of the
temporary certificate of occupancy as those
that must be completed in order for
the Harrison County Building Department to
issue a permanent certificate of
occupancy for the Facility.
"REALIZED SAVINGS" means, with respect to any line item in the
Project
Budget, the excess of the Remaining
Budgeted Amount for such line item over the
amount of funds expended or to be expended
by the Issuer after the Issuance Date
to complete the tasks set forth in such
line item and for the materials and
services used to complete such tasks;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Realized Savings
for any line item shall be deemed to be
zero unless and until the Issuer has
delivered an executed Project Budget
Amendment Certificate (together with all
exhibits thereto) which includes such
Realized Savings; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that
no Realized Savings shall be obtainable
with respect to the "working capital and
machine loads" or "contingency" line items
under the Project Budget; PROVIDED,
STILL FURTHER, that the Realized Savings
for the "GMP Contract" line item shall
be deemed to be zero until all work or
improvements contemplated by such line
item are not subject to any allowances
under the GMP
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Contract and Final Plans have been
completed with respect to such work or
improvements as evidenced by a Final Plans
Amendment Certificate delivered in
accordance with SECTION 5.6.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" has the meaning ascribed thereto
in
the Indenture.
"REMAINING BUDGETED AMOUNT" for any line item on the Project
Budget
means the Total Budgeted Amount for such
line item in the Project Budget less
the amount of Pre-Issuance Expenses with
respect to such line item.
"REMAINING COSTS" means, at any given time, the amount of
Construction
Expenses (including Retainage Amounts) and
Pre-Opening Expenses set forth in the
Project Budget that remain unpaid at such
time (including amounts that have not
yet accrued at such time).
"RETAINAGE AMOUNTS" means, at any given time, amounts that have
accrued and are owing under the terms of a
Construction Contract for work or
services to the Issuer already provided but
which at such time (in accordance
with the terms of the Construction
Contract) are being withheld from payment to
the Contractor thereunder until certain
subsequent events (e.g., completion
benchmarks) have been achieved.
"SECURITIES ACCOUNTS" means the Construction Period Accounts and
the
Tidelands Lease Account, each as defined in
SECTION 2.2.
"SERIES 2004 NOTE" shall have the meaning assigned to the term
"Series
2004 Note" in the Bond Indenture.
"SHIP MORTGAGE" means that certain First Preferred Ship Mortgage
dated
as of the date hereof, between Premier and
the Trustee.
"SOFT COSTS" means all costs and expenses (other than Hard Costs)
set
forth in the Project Budget, including,
without limitation, Pre-Opening
Expenses.
"TIDELANDS LEASE" means that certain Public Trust Tidelands
Lease
dated as of October 27, 2003 between
Premier and the Secretary of State, with
the approval of the Governor, for and on
behalf of the State of Mississippi.
"TIDELANDS LEASE REQUIRED PAYMENT AMOUNT" means, as of any time
of
calculation, the total amount of money
(including rent) that Premier reasonably
anticipates will be due and owing to the
State of Mississippi under the
Tidelands Lease during the 60 days
immediately following the date of
calculation.
"TIDELANDS LEASE SHORTAGE AMOUNT" means, as of any time of
calculation, the excess of the Tidelands
Lease Required Payment Amount over the
balance then on deposit in the Tidelands
Lease Account.
"TITLE INSURER" means First American Title Insurance Company.
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"TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT" with respect to any line item in the
Project
Budget at any given time means the total
amount budgeted for such line item in
the Project Budget at such time.
"TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" means each of this Agreement, the
Indenture,
the First Mortgage Notes, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Junior
Subordinated Note Investment Agreement, the
Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Deeds of Trust, each other Collateral
Document, the Construction Contracts, the
Bond Financing Documents, the Hard Rock
Cafe Lease, the Hard Rock License
Agreement, the Hard Rock Memorabilia Lease,
the Hard Rock Retail Store Lease,
the Tidelands Lease, and the City of Biloxi
Lease (each as defined in the
Indenture).
"TRUSTEE'S CLOSING CERTIFICATE" means a closing certificate from
the
Trustee in the form of EXHIBIT B-2 attached
hereto.
"TRUSTEE'S TITLE POLICIES" means: (i) the policy of title
insurance
with respect to the real property issued by
the Title Insurer as of the Issuance
Date as provided in SECTION 4.25 of the
Indenture; and (ii) from and after the
date the Ship Mortgage is required under
SECTION 4.24 of the Indenture, the
policy of title insurance with respect to
the Ship Mortgage to be issued by the
Title Insurer as provided in SECTION 4.24
of the Indenture.
"UCC" means: (a) with respect to the creation and attachment of
any
security interest, the New York UCC and (b)
with respect to the perfection, the
effect of perfection or non-perfection and
priority of the security interest,
the Uniform Commercial Code of the
jurisdiction specified by the mandatory
choice of law rules set forth in the New
York UCC.
1.2 INDEX
OF ADDITIONAL DEFINED TERMS. In addition, the terms
listed in the left column below shall have
the respective meanings assigned to
such terms in the Section of this Agreement
listed opposite such terms in the
right column below:
<Table>
<Caption>
DEFINED TERM
SECTION
------------
-------
<S>
<C>
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
CERTIFICATE....................................5.3
ADDITIONAL
NOTES......................................................E of
Recitals
ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT
REQUEST.......................................4.3
AGREEMENT..............................................................Introduction
APPLICABLE
COURTS.............................................................13.12
AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS
CERTIFICATE........................................5.4
BOND
FINANCING........................................................F
of Recitals
BONDS.................................................................F
of Recitals
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMENDMENT
CERTIFICATE.....................................5.2
CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT
ACCOUNT.............................................2.2.1
CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT REQUEST
.........................................4.2.1(a)
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
ACCOUNTS..................................................2.2.1
DISBURSEMENT
AGENT.....................................................Introduction
DISBURSEMENT
REQUEST..........................................................4.2.1
ENTITLEMENT
ORDER...............................................................2.4
EXPECTED INTEREST RESERVE INCOME
AMOUNT......................................4.4(b)
</Table>
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<Table>
<S>
<C>
FACILITY..............................................................A
of Recitals
FF&E
AGENT............................................................D
of Recitals
FINANCIAL
ASSETS................................................................2.4
FIRST MORTGAGE
NOTES..................................................B of
Recitals
IDB
ACT...............................................................F
of Recitals
INDENTURE.............................................................A
of Recitals
INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANT....................................Introduction
INITIAL
DISBURSEMENTS...........................................................4.1
INITIAL DISBURSEMENTS CERTIFICATE
..............................................4.1
INITIAL INTEREST RESERVE ACCOUNT
TARGET......................................4.4(b)
INTEREST RESERVE
ACCOUNT......................................................2.2.1
INTEREST RESERVE INCOME
REQUIREMENT..........................................4.4(b)
ISSUER.................................................................Introduction
ISSUER'S PAYMENT
ACCOUNT......................................................2.2.2
ISSUER'S PAYMENT ACCOUNT
ORDER..................................................2.5
LOSS
PROCEEDS..................................................................5.10
MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
AMENDMENT........................................5.2
MBFC..................................................................F
of Recitals
OBLIGATIONS.....................................................................2.3
OUTSTANDING
RELEASES............................................................4.3
PFC....................................................................Introduction
PFC PAYMENT
ACCOUNT...........................................................2.2.4
PFC PAYMENT ACCOUNT
ORDER.......................................................2.6
PRE-OPENING DISBURSEMENT
REQUEST..............................................4.2.1
PREMIER................................................................Introduction
PROCEEDS..............................................................H
of Recitals
PROJECT BUDGET AMENDMENT
CERTIFICATE..........................................5.1.3
PROJECT COST SCHEDULE
CERTIFICATE...............................................5.5
RANK..................................................................C
of Recitals
RESERVED
AMOUNT.................................................................4.6
SITE..................................................................B
of Recitals
SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS
..........................................................2.4
TIDELANDS LEASE
ACCOUNT.......................................................2.2.3
TIDELANDS LEASE
CERTIFICATE..................................................6.1(a)
TRUSTEE................................................................Introduction
UNINCORPORATED
MATERIALS...................................................4.2.2(e)
UPDATE
ENDORSEMENT.........................................................4.2.2(d)
</Table>
2. APPOINTMENT OF DISBURSEMENT AGENT;
ESTABLISHMENT OF SECURITIES ACCOUNTS;
RELATED PROVISIONS.
2.1
APPOINTMENT OF THE DISBURSEMENT AGENT. The Disbursement Agent
is hereby appointed by the Issuer and the
Trustee as disbursement agent
hereunder, and the Disbursement Agent
hereby agrees to act as such and to accept
all cash, payments, other amounts and Cash
Equivalents to be delivered to or
held by the Disbursement Agent pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement. The
Disbursement Agent shall hold and safeguard
the Securities Accounts , the
Issuer's Payment Account and the PFC
Payment Account (and the cash, instruments
and
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securities on deposit therein) during the
term of this Agreement and shall
treat the Securities Accounts, the Issuer's
Payment Account, and the PFC Payment
Account and the cash, instruments, and
securities in the Securities Account, the
Issuer's Payment Account and the PFC
Payment Account, as funds, instruments and
securities pledged by Premier to the
Trustee for the ratable benefit of the
Noteholders to be held in accordance with
the provisions hereof.
2.2
ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
2.2.1
ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ACCOUNTS. The
Disbursement Agent hereby establishes at
its offices located at 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-2292, the
following accounts, each of which shall be
maintained as special, segregated
securities account at all times until such
accounts are closed as set forth in SECTION
4.7, unless earlier termination is
otherwise provided for herein:
<Table>
<Caption>
ACCOUNT:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
<S>
<C>
Construction Disbursement Account
744829001
Interest Reserve Account
744829002
</Table>
The terms set forth in the left column
above, as used in this Agreement, shall
be deemed to refer to the accounts having
the account numbers listed in the
right column above or any substitute
account selected in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. The Construction
Disbursement Account and the Interest
Reserve Account are sometimes referred to
collectively herein as the
"CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ACCOUNTS."
2.2.2
ESTABLISHMENT OF ISSUER'S PAYMENT ACCOUNT. The
Disbursement Agent hereby establishes at
its offices located at 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-2292, the
following special, segregated and
irrevocable collateral account for deposits
and checking which shall be
maintained at all times until the
termination of this Agreement, unless earlier
termination is otherwise provided for
herein:
<Table>
<Caption>
ACCOUNT:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
<S>
<C>
Issuer's Payment Account
744829003
</Table>
The term set forth in the left column
above, as used in this Agreement, shall be
deemed to refer to the account having the
account number listed in the right
column above or any substitute account
selected in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
2.2.3
ESTABLISHMENT OF TIDELAND'S LEASE ACCOUNT. The
Disbursement Agent hereby establishes at
its offices located at 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-2292, the
following special, segregated and
irrevocable securities account which shall
be maintained at all times until the
termination of this Agreement, unless
earlier termination is otherwise provided
for herein:
<Table>
<Caption>
ACCOUNT:
ACCOUNT
NUMBER:
<S>
<C>
Tidelands Lease Account
744829005
</Table>
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The term set forth in the left column
above, as used in this Agreement, shall be
deemed to refer to the account having the
account number listed in the right
column above or any substitute account
selected in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
2.2.4
ESTABLISHMENT OF PFC PAYMENT ACCOUNT. The Disbursement
Agent hereby establishes at its offices
located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St.
Paul, MN 55107-2292, the following special,
segregated and irrevocable
collateral account for deposits and
checking with PFC as the account holder,
which shall be maintained at all times
until the termination of this Agreement,
unless earlier termination is otherwise
provided for herein:
<Table>
<Caption>
ACCOUNT:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
<S>
<C>
PFC Payment Account
744829004
</Table>
The term set forth in the left column
above, as used in this Agreement, shall be
deemed to refer to the account having the
account number listed in the right
column above or any substitute account
selected in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
2.3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTROL. Pursuant to the
Pledge and Security Agreement, in order to
secure the payment and performance of
all covenants, agreements and payment and
other obligations of the Issuer under
the Indenture and the Collateral Documents
(the "OBLIGATIONS"), the Issuer has
pledged to and created in favor of the
Trustee a security interest in and to,
the Securities Accounts, the Issuer's
Payment Account, the PFC Payment Account,
all cash, Cash Equivalents, instruments,
investments, securities entitlements
and other securities at any time on deposit
in the Securities Accounts, the
Issuer's Payment Account, and the PFC
Payment Account, and all proceeds of any
of the foregoing. All moneys, Cash
Equivalents, instruments, investments and
securities at any time on deposit in any of
the Securities Accounts, the
Issuer's Payment Account, or the PFC
Payment Account shall constitute collateral
security for the payment and performance by
the Issuer of its obligations and
shall at all times be subject to the
control of the Trustee, and shall be held
in the custody of the Disbursement Agent in
trust for the purposes of, and on
the terms set forth in, this Agreement.
2.4
CONTROL OF SECURITIES ACCOUNTS. The Disbursement Agent hereby
agrees and confirms that it has established
the Securities Accounts as set forth
and defined in this Agreement. The
Disbursement Agent and the Issuer agree that
(a) the Disbursement Agent is acting as a
"securities intermediary" (within the
meaning of SECTION 8-102(14) of the UCC)
with respect to the Securities Accounts
and the "financial assets" (within the
meaning of SECTION 8-102(a)(9) of the
UCC, the "FINANCIAL ASSETS") credited to
the Securities Accounts; (b) each such
Securities Account established by the
Disbursement Agent is and will be
maintained as a "securities account"
(within the meaning of SECTION 8-501 of the
UCC); (c) the Issuer is an "entitlement
holder" (within the meaning of SECTION
8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) in respect of the
Financial Assets credited to such
Securities Accounts and with respect to
such Securities Accounts and the
Disbursement Agent shall so note in its
records pertaining to such Financial
Assets and Securities Accounts; and (d) all
Financial Assets in registered form
or payable to or to the order of and
credited to any such Securities Account
shall be registered in the name of,
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payable to or to the order of, or specially
endorsed to, the Disbursement Agent,
or in blank, or credited to another
securities account maintained in the name of
the Disbursement Agent, as applicable, and
in no case will any Financial Asset
credited to any such Securities Account be
registered in the name of, payable to
or to the order of, or endorsed to, the
Issuer except to the extent the
foregoing have been subsequently endorsed
by the Issuer to the Disbursement
Agent or in blank. Each item of property
(including a security, security
entitlement, investment property,
instrument or obligation, share,
participation, interest or other property
whatsoever) credited to any Securities
Account shall be treated as a Financial
Asset. Until this Agreement terminates
in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Trustee shall have "control" (within
the meaning of SECTION 8-106(d)(2) of the
UCC) of the Issuer's "security
entitlements" (within the meaning of
SECTION 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC, "SECURITY
ENTITLEMENTS") with respect to the
Securities Accounts and the Financial Assets
credited to the Securities Accounts. All
property delivered to the Disbursement
Agent by or on behalf of the Issuer
pursuant to this Agreement will be promptly
credited to the Securities Accounts and
shall be treated as Financial Assets. If
at any time the Disbursement Agent shall
receive from the Trustee any
"entitlement order" (within the meaning of
SECTION 8-102(8) of the UCC, an
"ENTITLEMENT ORDER") relating to the
Securities Accounts or Financial Assets
credited to the Securities Accounts, the
Disbursement Agent shall comply with
such Entitlement Order without further
consent by the Issuer or any other
Person. In the event that the Disbursement
Agent receives conflicting
Entitlement Orders relating to the
Securities Accounts or Financial Assets
credited to the Securities Accounts from
the Trustee and any other Person
(including, without limitation, the
Issuer), the Disbursement Agent shall comply
with the Entitlement Orders originated by
the Trustee. Each of the Issuer and
the Disbursement Agent agrees that it has
not and will not execute and deliver,
or otherwise become bound by, any agreement
under which it agrees with any
Person other than the Trustee (and, to the
extent provided herein, the Issuer)
to comply with Entitlement Orders
originated by such Person relating to the
Securities Accounts or Financial Assets
credited to the Securities Accounts.
Except for the claims and interests of the
Trustee and the Issuer in the
Securities Accounts and the Financial
Assets credited to the Securities
Accounts, neither the Disbursement Agent
nor the Issuer has Knowledge of any
claim to, or interest in, any Securities
Account or Financial Assets credited to
the Securities Accounts. If the
Disbursement Agent or the Issuer obtains
Knowledge that any Person has asserted a
lien, encumbrance or adverse claim
against any of the Securities Accounts or
Financial Assets credited to the
Securities Accounts, such party will
promptly notify the Trustee thereof. In the
event that the Disbursement Agent has or
subsequently obtains by agreement,
operation of law or otherwise a lien or
security interest in any Securities
Account, any Security Entitlement carried
therein or credited thereto or any
Financial Asset that is the subject of any
such Security Entitlement, the
Disbursement Agent agrees that such lien or
security interest shall be
subordinate to the lien and security
interest of the Trustee. The Financial
Assets standing to the credit of the
Securities Accounts will not be subject to
deduction, set-off, banker's lien or any
other right, and the Disbursement Agent
shall not grant, permit or consent to any
other right or interest in such
Financial Assets, in favor of any Person
(including the Disbursement Agent)
other than the Trustee. Regardless of any
provision in any other agreement, for
purposes of the UCC, the State of New York
shall be deemed to be the
Disbursement Agent's jurisdiction (within
the meaning of SECTION 8-110 of the
UCC). The Securities Accounts shall be
governed by the laws of the State of New
York except as specified in SECTION
13.12.
2.5
CONTROL OF ISSUER'S PAYMENT ACCOUNT. The Disbursement Agent
hereby agrees and confirms that it has
established the Issuer's Payment Account
as set forth and defined
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in this Agreement. For so long as this
Agreement remains in effect, the
Disbursement Agent waives its rights of
chargeback, setoff (including such right
of setoff as set forth in SECTION 9-340 of
the UCC) and/or banker's lien against
the Issuer's Payment Account. Until this
Agreement terminates in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Trustee shall have
"control" (within the meaning of
SECTION 9-104 of the UCC) of the Issuer's
Payment Account. If at any time the
Disbursement Agent shall receive from the
Trustee any instruction directing
disposition of any funds in the Issuer's
Payment Account (a "ISSUER'S PAYMENT
ACCOUNT ORDER"), the Disbursement Agent
shall comply with such Issuer's Payment
Account Order without further consent by
the Issuer or any other Person. In the
event that the Disbursement Agent receives
conflicting Issuer's Payment Account
Orders relating to the Issuer's Payment
Account, the Disbursement Agent shall
comply with the Issuer's Payment Account
Orders originated by the Trustee. Each
of the Issuer and the Disbursement Agent
agrees that it has not and will not
execute and deliver, or otherwise become
bound by, any agreement under which it
agrees with any Person other than the
Trustee to comply with Issuer's Payment
Account Orders originated by such Person
relating to the Issuer's Payment
Account. If the Disbursement Agent or the
Issuer obtains Knowledge that any
Person has asserted a lien, encumbrance or
adverse claim against the Issuer's
Payment Account, such party will promptly
notify the Trustee thereof. In the
event that the Disbursement Agent has or
subsequently obtains by agreement,
operation of law or otherwise a lien or
security interest in the Issuer's
Payment Account, the Disbursement Agent
agrees that such lien or security
interest shall be subordinate to the lien
and security interest of the Trustee.
Regardless of any provision in any other
agreement, for purposes of the UCC, the
State of New York shall be deemed to be the
Disbursement Agent's jurisdiction
(within the meaning of SECTION 9-304 of the
UCC). The Issuer's Payment Account
shall be governed by the laws of the State
of New York except as specified in
SECTION 13.12.
2.6
CONTROL OF PFC PAYMENT ACCOUNT. The Disbursement Agent hereby
agrees and confirms that it has established
the PFC Payment Account as set forth
and defined in this Agreement. For so long
as this Agreement remains in effect,
the Disbursement Agent waives its rights of
chargeback, setoff (including such
right of setoff as set forth in SECTION
9-340 of the UCC) and/or banker's lien
against the PFC Payment Account. Until this
Agreement terminates in accordance
with the terms hereof, the Trustee shall
have "control" (within the meaning of
SECTION 9-104 of the UCC) of the PFC
Payment Account. If at any time the
Disbursement Agent shall receive from the
Trustee any instruction directing
disposition of any funds in the PFC Payment
Account (a "PFC PAYMENT ACCOUNT
ORDER"), the Disbursement Agent shall
comply with such PFC Payment Account Order
without further consent by PFC or any other
Person. In the event that the
Disbursement Agent receives conflicting PFC
Payment Account Orders relating to
the PFC Payment Account, the Disbursement
Agent shall comply with the PFC
Payment Account Orders originated by the
Trustee. Each of PFC and the
Disbursement Agent agrees that it has not
and will not execute and deliver, or
otherwise become bound by, any agreement
under which it agrees with any Person
other than the Trustee to comply with PFC
Payment Account Orders originated by
such Person relating to the PFC Payment
Account. If the Disbursement Agent or
PFC obtains Knowledge that any Person has
asserted a lien, encumbrance or
adverse claim against the PFC Payment
Account, such party will promptly notify
the Trustee thereof. In the event that the
Disbursement Agent has or
subsequently obtains by agreement,
operation of law or otherwise a lien or
security interest in the PFC Payment
Account, the Disbursement Agent agrees that
such lien or security interest shall be
subordinate to the lien and security
interest of the Trustee. Regardless of any
provision in any other agreement, for
purposes of the UCC, the State of New York
shall be deemed to be the
Disbursement Agent's
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jurisdiction (within the meaning of SECTION
9-304 of the UCC). The PFC Payment
Account shall be governed by the laws of
the State of New York except as
specified in SECTION 13.12.
2.7 THE
ISSUER'S RIGHTS. The Issuer shall not have any rights or
powers with respect to any amounts in the
Securities Accounts, the Issuer's
Payment Account, or the PFC Payment Account
or any part thereof except (a) as
provided in SECTION 2.8 and (b) the right
to have such amounts applied in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
2.8 CASH
EQUIVALENTS. Subject to the last sentence of this
SECTION 2.8, the Disbursement Agent shall
invest any money held in any
Securities Account other than in the
Interest Reserve Account, in such Cash
Equivalents, and in the case of the
Interest Reserve Account, in such Government
Securities, in each case, as directed in
writing by the Issuer from time to
time. In the event that the Disbursement
Agent has not received any such written
directions, the Disbursement Agent shall be
under no obligation to invest any
such money. Any income or gain realized as
a result of any such investment shall
be held as part of the applicable
Securities Account and reinvested as provided
in this Agreement until released in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
Any income tax payable on account of any
such income or gain shall be paid by
the Issuer. The Disbursement Agent shall
have no liability for any loss
resulting from any such investment other
than solely by reason of its willful
misconduct or gross negligence or bad faith
or from failure to exercise such
care in the custody of any such investments
as it does for accounts held by
other customers or in the custody of its
own investments. Any such investment
may be sold (without regard to maturity
date) by the Disbursement Agent as
directed in writing by the Issuer to make
any distribution required by this
Agreement. In addition, if an Event of
Default exists, the Disbursement Agent
shall liquidate and sell any investment if
so directed in writing by the
Trustee, and shall invest any money held in
any Securities Account only as
directed by the Trustee. The Issuer shall
direct the Disbursement Agent to
invest any money held in the Interest
Reserve Account only in such Permitted
Investments, as defined in, and in
accordance with, the Indenture, that will
mature approximately on, but not later
than, any of the first four Interest
Payment Dates, and with respect to each
such Interest Payment Date, that will
mature in such amounts as will be
sufficient to pay the interest that is due on
the First Mortgage Notes on such Interest
Payment Date.
2.9
REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in addition to the rights
provided hereunder and at law or in equity
and to any rights and remedies provided in
the Collateral Documents, upon an
Event of Default and for so long as such
Event of Default exists, the
Disbursement Agent shall disburse funds
from the Securities Accounts only as
directed by the Trustee, and the Trustee
may exercise any or all of the
following remedies, successively or
concurrently and in such order as the
Trustee elects:
(a)
The Trustee may deliver some or all of the notices
contemplated by SECTIONS 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, and
2.8.
(b)
Any cash that is Collateral held by the Disbursement
Agent and all cash proceeds received by the
Disbursement Agent in respect of any
sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon all or any part of the
Collateral shall be applied (after payment
of any and all amounts payable to the
Disbursement Agent pursuant to the
Collateral Documents) against the Obligations
for the benefit of the Trustee. Any surplus
of such cash or cash proceeds held
by the Disbursement Agent and remaining
after payment in full of all the
Obligations shall be paid
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over to the Issuer or to whomsoever may be
lawfully entitled to receive such
surplus or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.
(c)
The Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints the Trustee as
its attorney-in-fact effective upon and
during the existence of an Event of
Default with full power of substitution to
do any act which the Issuer is
obligated hereby to do, to exercise such
rights as the Issuer might exercise
with respect to the Collateral and to
execute and file in the Issuer's name any
financing statements and amendments thereto
required or advisable to protect the
Trustee's rights or security interest
hereunder and under any other Collateral
Documents. Such appointment and power of
attorney shall be irrevocable and
coupled with an interest. The Trustee shall
exercise all remedies under this
SECTION 2.9 in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
2.10 WAIVER OF
SET-OFF RIGHTS. The Disbursement Agent hereby
acknowledges the Trustee's security
interests as set forth above and under any
other Collateral Documents and waives any
security interest or other lien in the
Collateral and further waives any right to
set-off the Collateral now or in the
future against any indebtedness of the
Issuer. The waivers set forth in this
SECTION 2.10 are of rights which may exist
now or hereafter in favor of the
Disbursement Agent in its individual
capacity, and not of any such rights which
may exist now or hereafter in favor of the
Disbursement Agent in its capacity as
Disbursement Agent for the Trustee. Nothing
in this SECTION 2.10 shall be
construed as waiving, limiting or
diminishing any rights of the Trustee
vis-a-vis the Issuer.
2.11
COOPERATION. The Disbursement Agent is hereby directed to
cooperate with the Trustee in the exercise
of its rights in the Collateral
provided for herein. The Trustee may take
all necessary action to preserve and
protect the security interests created
hereby and by the other Collateral
Documents as a lien and encumbrance upon
such Collateral and, upon demand, the
Issuer and the Disbursement Agent will
execute and deliver to the Trustee such
instruments and documents as the Trustee
may reasonably deem necessary or
advisable to confirm or perfect the rights
of the Trustee under this Agreement
and the Trustee's interest in the
Collateral.
2.12 FUNDING
MECHANICS FOR FF&E COSTS. The parties hereto
acknowledge that funds for the costs of
acquisition and installation of the
Additional Funding FF&E will be made
available to the Issuer through the FF&E
Financing or through the issuance of
Additional Notes. Advances of funds under
the FF&E Financing, if any, will not be
made pursuant to this Agreement but,
instead, will be made pursuant to separate
agreements entered into between the
Issuer and the providers of FF&E
Financing. In order to account for such FF&E
Financing for purposes of tracking the
progress and status of the Facility
hereunder, including the amount of
Available Construction Funds from time to
time, (i) the Issuer has represented that
the Project Budget, Construction
Schedule and Plans include and reflect the
work to be performed in connection
with the Additional Funding FF&E, (ii)
the Disbursement Requests to be submitted
by the Issuer hereunder require the Issuer
to, among other things, certify as to
the Project Costs incurred and work from
time to time performed in connection
with the Additional Funding FF&E and
the amounts drawn and amounts available to
be drawn under the FF&E Financing, and
(iii) the Independent Construction
Consultant will confirm the Issuer's
certifications and representations to the
extent set forth in the certificates to be
submitted by the Independent
Construction Consultant hereunder from time
to time unless the Independent
Construction
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Consultant has a good faith basis, in its
professional judgment, for withholding
its confirmation. Upon request by the
Disbursement Agent or the Independent
Construction Consultant, the Issuer shall
cause the providers of such FF&E
Financing to confirm the amounts drawn and
the amounts available to be drawn
under such FF&E Financing (including
interest or fees due and payable
thereunder). The Issuer shall cause the
proceeds of any Additional Notes issued
before the Initial Operating Date to be
deposited into the Construction
Disbursement Account and such proceeds will
be advanced pursuant to this
Agreement.
2.13 FUNDING
MECHANICS FOR BOND FINANCING. The parties hereto
acknowledge that funds for the costs of
acquisition, construction and
installation of certain land-based
improvements and equipment will be disbursed
pursuant to both this Agreement and the
Bond Financing Documents.
(a)
Construction Disbursement Requests submitted by the
Issuer may from time to time: (i) include
as an attachment a copy of a completed
Bond Requisition (substantially in the form
of Exhibit D to the Bond Loan
Agreement) signed by Premier and request
that amounts be Disbursed from the
Construction Disbursement Account to the
PFC Payment Account in an amount equal
to the total Permitted Land-Based Project
Costs shown on the attached copy of
the completed Bond Requisition or (ii)
request that amounts be Disbursed from
the Construction Disbursement Account to
the PFC Payment Account to fund or
replenish the Company's Direct Payment
Account in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(b)
All amounts transferred from the Construction
Disbursement Account to the PFC Payment
Account upon satisfaction of the
conditions precedent to Disbursements set
forth in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be an equity contribution by
Premier to PFC.
(c)
In each such Construction Disbursement Request which
includes a request that amounts be
Disbursed to the PFC Payment Account, PFC
will also:
(i)
confirm that the conditions precedent set forth
in SECTION 8 of the Bond Purchase Agreement
have been satisfied or waived; and
(ii) (1) in the
case of clause (a)(i), instruct the
Disbursement Agent to immediately transfer
such funds from the PFC Payment
Account to the Bond Trustee's Construction
Disbursement Account to effect the
purchase of the Bonds and (2) in the case
of clause (a)(ii), instruct the
Disbursement Agent to immediately transfer
such funds from the PFC Payment
Account to the Company's Direct
Disbursement Account to effect the purchase of
the Bonds. The Independent Construction
Consultant shall review each such
Construction Disbursement Request
(including those Project Costs separately
identified on the copy of the Bond
Requisition submitted therewith) as part of
the conditions precedent to Disbursements
in accordance with the requirements of
this Agreement. The Disbursement Agent's
transfer of funds from the Construction
Disbursement Account to the PFC Payment
Account and thereafter to the Bond
Trustee's Construction Disbursement Account
or the Company's Direct Disbursement
Account, as instructed in such Construction
Disbursement Request, shall make
funds available from time to time for PFC
to purchase the Bonds and for loans to
be made to Premier to pay Permitted
Land-Based Project Costs in accordance with
the Bond Financing Documents and SECTION
5.9 hereof.
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3. CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF
DISBURSEMENT AGENT AND INDEPENDENT
CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT.
3.1
DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS. Prior to making a
Disbursement, the Disbursement Agent shall
telephone or email the Issuing Agent
for the Title Insurer on the requested
disbursement date to confirm that the
Title Insurer is prepared to issue the
Update Endorsement if an Update
Endorsement is required under SECTIONS
4.2.2(d), 4.6.1(a)(iii), 4.6.2(b) OR 4.7
(d), as applicable. The Disbursement Agent
shall disburse funds from the
Securities Accounts, and the PFC Payment
Account only upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions to disbursement set
forth herein. Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions to disbursement set
forth herein, the Disbursement Agent
shall disburse funds from the applicable
Securities Account and the PFC Payment
Account as specified in the applicable
disbursement request or certificate.
3.2
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AT DIRECTION OF TRUSTEE. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
from and after the date the
Disbursement Agent receives written notice
from the Trustee or the Issuer that
an Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture) exists until such time as the
Disbursement Agent receives written notice
from the Trustee that such Event of
Default no longer exists, the Disbursement
Agent shall only withdraw or transfer
amounts in any Securities Account and the
PFC Payment Account at the direction
of the Trustee.
3.3
PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.
3.3.1
COMPENSATION. On the first Business Day of each year
during the Construction Period (except for
the initial payment, which shall be
disbursed as set forth in SECTION 4.1
below), the Disbursement Agent shall
disburse $6,000.00 from the Construction
Disbursement Account to U.S. Bank
National Association, which amount shall
constitute compensation for services to
be performed by it in its capacity as
Disbursement Agent, Trustee and Bond
Trustee during such year. On the first
Business Day of each year during the
Operating Period, the Issuer shall pay
$6,000.00 to U.S. Bank National
Association, which amount shall constitute
compensation for services to be
performed by Disbursement Agent, Trustee
and Bond Trustee under the Transaction
Documents during such year.
3.3.2
INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT'S COMPENSATION. The
Independent Construction Consultant shall
deliver to the Disbursement Agent, on
or prior to the last Business Day of each
month during the Construction Period,
an invoice setting forth the amounts owed
to it as compensation for its services
during such month and reasonable
documentation of its out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with such services
as provided in the Independent
Construction Consultant's Engagement
Agreement. On the first Business Day of
each month during the Construction Period
(except for the initial payment, which
shall be disbursed as set forth below), the
Disbursement Agent shall disburse
funds to the Independent Construction
Consultant from the Construction
Disbursement Account as compensation for
services performed by the Independent
Construction Consultant during the previous
month, as set forth on such invoice
(which amount shall not exceed a total of
$20,000 during any calendar quarter),
plus the total amount of all out-of-pocket
expenses of the Independent
Construction Consultant incurred in
connection with the performance of its
duties hereunder during such month, unless
the Trustee or Premier notifies the
Disbursement Agent and the Independent
Construction Consultant that the
Independent Construction Consultant is in
default. Until such time as the
Trustee provides written notice to the
contrary to the
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Disbursement Agent and the Independent
Construction Consultant in accordance
with the terms hereof, all amounts payable
to the Independent Construction
Consultant shall be applied to the "working
capital and machine loads" line item
in the Project Budget.
3.3.3 PROCEDURE.
The payments contemplated by this
SECTION 3.3 shall be made without the
requirement of obtaining any further
consent or action on the part of the Issuer
with respect to such payments.
Disbursements for each subsequent calendar
month shall be made on the first day
of each such subsequent calendar month. The
final payments pursuant to this
SECTION 3.3 shall also be prorated if for a
partial month.
3.4
PERIODIC REVIEW.
3.4.1 REVIEW BY
DISBURSEMENT AGENT. The Disbursement Agent
shall exercise commercially reasonable
efforts and utilize commercially prudent
practices in the performance of its duties
hereunder consistent with those of
similar institutions holding similar
collateral and disbursing similar
disbursement control funds. Commencing upon
execution and delivery hereof, the
Disbursement Agent shall have the right,
but shall have no obligation, to meet
periodically at reasonable times upon
reasonable advance notice with
representatives of the Trustee, the Issuer,
the Independent Construction
Consultant and such other employees,
consultants or agents as the Disbursement
Agent shall reasonably request to be
present for such meetings. In addition, the
Disbursement Agent shall have the right,
but shall have no obligation, at
reasonable times during customary business
hours and at reasonable intervals
upon prior notice to review, to the extent
it deems reasonably necessary or
appropriate to permit it to perform its
duties hereunder, all information
(including Construction Contracts)
supporting any Disbursement Request and any
certificates in support of any of the
foregoing. The Disbursement Agent shall be
entitled to examine, copy and make extracts
of the books, records, accounting
data and other documents of the Issuer
which are reasonably necessary or
appropriate to permit it to perform its
duties hereunder, including, without
limitation, bills of sale, statements,
receipts, contracts or agreements, which
relate to any materials, fixtures or
articles incorporated into the Facility.
The rights of the Disbursement Agent under
this SECTION 3.4 shall not be
construed as an obligation, it being
understood that the Disbursement Agent's
duty is solely limited to act upon
certificates and draw requests submitted by
the Issuer and the Trustee hereunder.
3.5 REVIEW
BY INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT. The Independent
Construction Consultant shall exercise
commercially reasonable efforts and
utilize commercially prudent practices in
the performance of its duties
hereunder consistent with those of similar
institutions disbursing disbursement
control funds and reviewing construction
progress. Commencing upon execution and
delivery hereof, the Independent
Construction Consultant shall have the right to
meet periodically at reasonable times
during customary business hours and at
reasonable intervals, however no less
frequently than monthly, with
representatives of the Issuer, the General
Contractor, the Architect and such
other employees, consultants or agents as
the Independent Construction
Consultant shall reasonably request to be
present for such meetings. The
Independent Construction Consultant may
perform such inspections of the Site and
the Facility as it deems reasonably
necessary or appropriate in the performance
of its duties hereunder, however no less
frequently than monthly. In addition,
the Independent Construction Consultant
shall have the right at reasonable times
during customary business hours upon prior
notice to review, to the extent it
deems reasonably necessary or appropriate
to permit it to perform its duties
hereunder, all information (including
Construction Contracts) supporting the
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amendments to the Project Budget,
amendments to any Construction Contracts, any
Construction Disbursement Request and any
certificates in support of any of the
foregoing, to inspect materials stored on
the Site and the Facility, at off-site
facilities where materials designated for
use in the Facility are stored, to
review the insurance required pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture, and to
examine the Plans and all shop drawings
relating to the Facility. The
Independent Construction Consultant is
authorized to contact any payee for
purposes of confirming receipt of progress
payments. The Independent
Construction Consultant shall be entitled
to examine, copy and make extracts of
the books, records, accounting data and
other documents of the Issuer relating
to the construction of the Facility,
including, without limitation, bills of
sale, statements, receipts, lien releases
and affidavits, contracts or
agreements, which relate to any materials,
fixtures or articles incorporated
into the Facility. From time to time, at
the request of the Independent
Construction Consultant, the Issuer shall
make available to the Independent
Construction Consultant a Project Cost
Schedule and/or the Construction Schedule
for the Facility. The Issuer agrees to
reasonably cooperate, shall cause the
General Contractor and each other
Contractor to reasonably cooperate, with the
Independent Construction Consultant in
assisting the Independent Construction
Consultant to perform its duties hereunder
and to take such further steps as the
Independent Construction Consultant
reasonably may request in order to
facilitate the Independent Construction
Consultant's performance of its
obligations hereunder. The Independent
Construction Consultant will confirm the
Issuer's certifications and representations
to the extent set forth in the
certificates to be submitted by the
Independent Construction Consultant
hereunder from time to time, and shall
timely execute and deliver all
certificates provided for under this
Agreement, in the form required by the
exhibits attached hereto, unless the
Independent Construction Consultant has a
good faith basis, in its professional
judgment, for withholding its
confirmation.
3.6 THE
SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR UNPAID CONTRACTORS. The Issuer
agrees that the Disbursement Agent may make
advances and transfer any or all
sums in the Construction Disbursement
Account directly into the account of (a)
any Contractor for amounts due and owing to
such Contractor under the relevant
Construction Contract or (b) any other
subcontractors, vendors or materialsmen,
in each case in payment of amounts due and
owing to such parties from the Issuer
without further authorization from the
Issuer and the Issuer hereby constitutes
and appoints the Disbursement Agent its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to make
such direct payments and this power of
attorney shall be deemed to be a power
coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable; provided that, the
Disbursement Agent shall not exercise its
rights under this power of attorney
except to make payments (a) as directed by
the Issuer pursuant to a Disbursement
Request or (b) upon the occurrence and
continuation of an Event of Default. No
further direction or authorization from the
Issuer shall be necessary to warrant
or permit the Disbursement Agent to make
such advances in accordance with the
foregoing sentence.
4. DISBURSEMENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION
PERIOD.
4.1
INITIAL DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT
ACCOUNT. Upon satisfaction of the
conditions described below in this SECTION
4.1, the Disbursement Agent shall make the
disbursements (the "INITIAL
DISBURSEMENTS") described in the Initial
Disbursements Certificate attached
hereto as EXHIBIT A (the "INITIAL
DISBURSEMENTS CERTIFICATE") from the
Construction Disbursement Account. The
conditions to the Initial Disbursements
shall consist of the following:
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(a)
(i) $33,100,000.00 of the Proceeds shall have been
deposited into the Interest Reserve
Account, (ii) $1,031,900.00 of the Proceeds
shall have been deposited into the
Tidelands Lease Account, and (iii) the
remaining Proceeds (in the amount of
$128,962,500.00) shall have been deposited
into the Construction Disbursement
Account;
(b)
(i) $34,819,190.29 of equity shall have been
irrevocably and unconditionally contributed
to Premier on or prior to the
Issuance Date, and (ii) $15,180,809.71 of
equity shall have been irrevocably and
unconditionally contributed to Premier and
deposited contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement into the
Construction Disbursement Account;
(c)
the Disbursement Agent shall have received the Issuer's
Closing Certificate and the Trustee's
Closing Certificate; and
(d)
the Title Company shall have issued the Trustee's real
property title policy (or an irrevocable
commitment to issue such title policy
conditioned only upon payment of
[$381,636.45] for recording fees, title
premiums and real property taxes and the
recordation of the Deeds of Trust and
the subordination nondisturbance and
attornment agreements with Hard Rock Cafe
International (STP), Inc., a New York
corporation, with respect to the Cafe
Lease and Retail Store Lease) in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee on the date specified in the
Trustee's Closing Certificate.
4.2
SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT
ACCOUNT.
4.2.1
DISBURSEMENT REQUESTS.
(a)
The Issuer shall have the right from time to time
during the Construction Period to submit to
the Disbursement Agent a request for
the disbursement of funds from the
Construction Disbursement Account
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT C-1
hereto (a "CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT
REQUEST") or in the form of EXHIBIT C-2
hereto (a "PRE-OPENING DISBURSEMENT
REQUEST" and, together with a Construction
Disbursement Request, each a
"DISBURSEMENT REQUEST"), together with the
exhibits attached thereto, as further
described below. The Disbursement Agent
shall comply with any Disbursement
Request that satisfies each of the
conditions set forth in SECTION 4.2.2. The
Disbursement Agent shall notify the Issuer
and the Trustee in writing as soon as
reasonably possible (and in any event: (i)
within two (2) Business Days after
the Disbursement Agent receives a
Disbursement Request relating solely to the
Barge Construction Contract; or (ii) within
five (5) Business Days after the
Disbursement Agent receives any other
Disbursement Request) if any Disbursement
Request fails to satisfy any such condition
which notice shall describe the
nature of such failure in reasonable
detail. The Issuer may submit Construction
Disbursement Requests no more often than
weekly. The Issuer may submit
Pre-Opening Disbursement Requests no more
often than weekly. The Issuer shall
have the right from time to time during the
Construction Period to submit to the
Disbursement Agent a preliminary
Disbursement Request requesting that a
Disbursement be made meeting the
requirements set forth in this SECTION 4.2. The
Disbursement Agent and the Independent
Construction Consultant shall promptly
review the preliminary Disbursement Request
and advise the Issuer of any
discrepancies, disputes or missing or
incomplete information with respect
thereto necessary to make the preliminary
Disbursement Request a conforming
Disbursement Request. The Issuer shall not
be entitled to any Disbursement
unless and until a final, executed
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Disbursement Request, with all exhibits and
attachments thereto, has been
properly completed and submitted to the
Disbursement Agent and the Independent
Construction Consultant in accordance with
this SECTION 4.2. Each preliminary
Disbursement Request shall be clearly
labeled as such with the phrase
"PRELIMINARY DISBURSEMENT REQUEST" at the
top of the first page, and in lieu of
Premier's signature.
(b)
Provided that a Disbursement Request satisfies the
requirements of SECTION 4.2.2, within: (i)
two (2) Business Days following
submission of a Disbursement Request
relating solely to the Barge Construction
Contract; or (ii) five (5) Business Days
following submission of any other
Disbursement Request:
(i) the
Disbursement Agent shall distribute checks
drawn on (or wire transfers from) the
Construction Disbursement Account to the
parties identified in such Disbursement
Request to pay Other Project Costs in
the respective amounts listed for such
parties in such Disbursement Request;
(ii) the
Disbursement Agent shall transfer from the
Construction Disbursement Account to the
Issuer's Payment Account funds in the
amount specified in such Disbursement
Request;
(iii) solely with
respect to Construction Disbursement
Requests, the Disbursement Agent shall
transfer from the Construction
Disbursement Account to the PFC Payment
Account funds in the amount specified in
such Disbursement Request (which shall be
deemed to be an equity contribution to
PFC); and
(iv) immediately
after such funds have been
transferred into the PFC Payment Account as
described in clause (iii) above, the
Disbursement Agent shall disburse such
funds from the PFC Payment Account to the
Bond Trustee's Construction Disbursement
Account and the Company's Direct
Disbursement Account in the amounts
specified in such Disbursement Request.
The Issuer shall withdraw funds from and
write checks on the Issuer's Payment
Account solely for the purpose of paying
Construction Expenses and Pre-Opening
Expenses, as the case may be, identified on
such Disbursement Request; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Contractors or other
parties in direct contractual privity
with Premier and scheduled to be paid
Project Costs in excess of $100,000 shall
be listed in any particular Disbursement
Request as a party to be paid directly
by the Disbursement Agent under clause (i)
above (or, in the case of Permitted
Land-Based Project Costs, by the Bond
Trustee under the Bond Financing
Documents) and may not be paid from the
Issuer's Payment Account. The Issuer
shall use the amounts disbursed from the
PFC Payment Account to the Bond
Trustee's Construction Disbursement Account
solely for the purposes of
purchasing Bonds and paying Permitted
Land-Based Project Costs as identified on
the copy of the Bond Requisition attached
to such Disbursement Request. The
Issuer shall use the amounts disbursed from
the PFC Payment Account to the
Company's Direct Disbursement Account
solely for the purposes of purchasing
Bonds and paying, from time to time,
Permitted Land-Based Project Costs.
(c)
The Trustee may waive any condition to a disbursement
requested in a Disbursement Request.
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4.2.2 ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS TO SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENTS FROM
THE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. The
Disbursement Agent's compliance with
a Disbursement Request from the
Construction Disbursement Account, other than
the Initial Disbursements, shall be subject
to the following conditions in
addition to the conditions set forth in
SECTION 4.2.1 above. Upon satisfaction
of the conditions described below, the
Disbursement Agent shall make the
disbursements specified in the
corresponding Disbursement Request in accordance
with SECTION 4.2.1(b):
(a)
With respect to the Construction Disbursement Request,
the Issuer shall have submitted to the
Disbursement Agent a Construction
Disbursement Request as provided for herein
pertaining to the amounts requested
for disbursement, together with (i)
completed SCHEDULES 1 AND 3 thereto
substantially in the form contemplated
thereby, (ii) a completed SCHEDULE 2
thereto substantially in the form
contemplated, (iii) all lien releases,
affidavits and agreements required to be
attached under clause (c) of such
Construction Disbursement Request; (iv) the
commitment from the Title Insurer to
issue an Update Endorsement if an Update
Endorsement is required to be attached
pursuant to SECTION 4.2.2(d); and (v) the
certifications of the General
Contractor, the Independent Construction
Consultant and the Architect
substantially in the form of EXHIBITS 1, 2,
and 3 to the Construction
Disbursement Request; to the extent
required pursuant to the terms of the
Construction Disbursement Request;
(b)
With respect to any Pre-Opening Disbursement Request,
the Issuer shall have submitted to the
Disbursement Agent a Pre-Opening
Disbursement Request as provided for herein
pertaining to the amounts requested
for disbursement, together with a completed
SCHEDULE 1 thereto substantially in
the form contemplated thereby;
(c)
The Trustee and the Independent Construction Consultant
shall have received copies of all
Construction Contracts executed as of the date
of any Construction Disbursement Request
and, with respect to each Material
Construction Contract executed on or before
the date of such Construction
Disbursement Request: (i) a consent signed
by the counterparty to such Material
Construction Contract if and to the extent
required under SECTION 5.3; and (ii)
copies of any performance and payment bonds
required pursuant to such Material
Construction Contract. Such bonds shall
name the Issuer and the Trustee as
co-obligees and shall be in full force and
effect;
(d)
Until such time as the aggregate amount of all prior
Disbursements equals or exceeds the
aggregate principal amount of the First
Mortgage Notes then outstanding, the Issuer
shall have caused the Title Insurer
to have delivered to the Independent
Construction Consultant a commitment from
the Title Insurer in the form of EXHIBIT
N-1 to issue an endorsement to the
Trustee's Title Policies increasing the
coverage under the disbursement clause
of the Trustee's Title Insurance Policies
by the amount of the requested
Disbursement (without adding any additional
exclusions or exceptions to
coverage) (an "UPDATE ENDORSEMENT"),
conditioned solely upon the making of the
Disbursement within five (5) Business Days
after the issuance of such
commitment. The Issuer shall cause the
Title Insurer to deliver each required
Update Endorsement to the Trustee (with a
copy to the Independent Construction
Consultant) within five (5) Business Days
after the making of such Disbursement;
(e)
The Issuer shall have delivered to the Independent
Construction Consultant a written inventory
substantially in the form of
SCHEDULE 3 to the Issuer's
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Disbursement Request identifying all
materials, machinery, fixtures, furniture,
equipment or other items purchased or
manufactured for incorporation into the
Facility but which, at the time of the
Disbursement Request, (x) are not located
at the Site and for which the Issuer has
paid or intends to pay with the
proceeds of the Disbursement all or a
portion of the purchase price, or (y) are
located at the Site but are not expected to
be incorporated into the Facility
within ninety (90) days after such
Disbursement Request (such materials, the
"UNINCORPORATED MATERIALS") and including
the value thereof, together with
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Independent Construction Consultant that
the following conditions have been
satisfied with respect to such Unincorporated
Materials:
(i) all
Unincorporated Materials for which full
payment has previously been made or is
being made with the proceeds of the
Disbursement to be disbursed are, or will
be upon full payment, owned by the
Issuer, as evidenced by the bills of sale,
certificates of title or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Independent Construction Consultant, and
all lien rights or claims of the supplier
has been or will be released
simultaneously with such full payment and
all amounts, if any, required to be
paid to the supplier thereof with respect
to the installation of such
Unincorporated Materials (including any
Retainage Amounts) (PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that lien releases, affidavits and
agreements need not be provided for
Unincorporated Materials from a single
supplier with a contract price (or
expected aggregate amount to be paid in the
case of "cost plus" contracts) of
less than $100,000);
(ii) the Issuer
believes that the Unincorporated
Materials are consistent with the Final
Plans;
(iii) all
Unincorporated Materials are properly
inventoried, securely stored, protected
against theft and damage at the Site or
at such other location which has been
specifically identified by its complete
address to the Independent Construction
Consultant (or if the Issuer cannot
provide the complete address of the current
storage location, the Issuer shall
list the name and complete address of the
applicable contracting party supplying
or manufacturing such Unincorporated
Materials);
(iv) are insured
against casualty, loss and theft for
an amount equal to their replacement costs
in accordance with the Indenture;
(v) the
amounts paid by the Issuer in respect of
Unincorporated Materials not at the Site
(other than those related to the Barge
Construction Contract) are not more than
$2,000,000 at any one time;
(vi) the amounts
paid by the Issuer in respect of
Unincorporated Materials not at the Site
and related to the Barge Construction
Contract are not more than $9,000,000 at
any one time;
(vii) the Independent
Construction Consultant shall
have confirmed the accuracy of the
certification required in subparagraph (iii)
above, and in connection therewith the
Independent Construction Consultant may,
but shall not be required to, visit the
site of and inspect the Unincorporated
Materials at the Issuer's expense; and
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(viii) The Independent Construction Consultant, at the
request of the Issuer, may from time to
time agree to increase the thresholds
set forth in clauses (v) and (vi)
above;
(f)
The following condition only applies to the first
Disbursement made after January 31, 2005:
The Issuer shall have caused the Title
Insurer to have delivered to the Trustee
(with a copy to the Independent
Construction Consultant) an updated
separate tax lot endorsement to the
Trustee's Title Policies. The updated
separate tax lot shall: (i) be in the form
of EXHIBIT N-2; (ii) insure that Parcels 2,
3, 4, 5, and 6 consist of separate
tax parcels; and (iii) shall be delivered
prior to January 31, 2005;
(g)
The Disbursement Request on its face has been completed
as to the information required therein and
the required attachments, if any, are
attached;
(h)
The Disbursement Agent shall not have Knowledge of any
material error, inaccuracy, misstatement or
omission of material fact in any
Disbursement Request or an exhibit or
attachment thereto or information provided
by the Issuer upon the request of the
Disbursement Agent;
(i)
The Disbursement Agent does not have Knowledge (solely
from the facts set forth in any
Disbursement Request or any certificate from the
General Contractor, the Independent
Construction Consultant or the Architect or
any written notice from the Trustee or the
Issuer) that an Event of Default
exists;
(j)
The Disbursement Agent shall have telephoned or emailed
the Issuing Agent for the Title Insurer on
the requested disbursement date and
prior to making the requested Disbursement
and confirmed that the Title Insurer
is prepared to issue the Update Endorsement
if an Update Endorsement is required
under clause (d) above;
(k)
The Disbursement Agent shall be entitled to rely upon
the certification of the Issuer, the
General Contractor, the Architect and the
Independent Construction Consultant in the
relevant Disbursement Request in
determining that the conditions specified
in SECTIONS 4.2.2(a) THROUGH 4.2.2(f)
have been satisfied unless the Disbursement
Agent shall have Knowledge that such
certifications are inaccurate; and
(l)
Concurrently with the submission of the Construction
Disbursement Request, the Issuer shall
submit an Available Construction Funds
Certificate to the Disbursement Agent, the
Trustee and the Independent
Construction Consultant in accordance with
SECTION 5.4 and, if applicable, a
Tidelands Lease Certificate to the
Disbursement Agent in accordance with SECTION
6.1.
4.2.3
NON-SATISFACTION OF CONDITIONS. In the event that the
Disbursement Agent determines that any
conditions of SECTION 4.2.2 described
above has not been satisfied in respect of
any Construction Disbursement Request
and so long as such conditions are not
satisfied, the Disbursement Agent shall
not authorize any disbursement of funds
from the Construction Disbursement
Account pursuant to a Construction
Disbursement Request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the
following payments may be made by the
Disbursement Agent:
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(a)
if all other conditions in SECTION 4.1 and
SECTION 4.2.2 hereof are met (except for
SECTION 4.2.2(i), payments for work
completed or materials purchased on or
prior to the date that the Disbursement
Agent determined that condition (i) of
SECTION 4.2.2 was not satisfied and has
so notified the Issuer in writing;
(b)
payments not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate to
prevent the condition of the Facility from
deteriorating or to preserve any work
completed as certified to be reasonably
necessary or advisable by the Issuer (in
writing); and
(c)
if such condition continues for a period of three
consecutive months or more, at the request
of the Issuer, Retainage Amounts for
the portion of the Facility completed;
provided that the Issuer certifies that
the conditions for paying such amounts
(other than completion of the Facility)
are met.
4.3
ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS.
(a)
In addition to the payments permitted by SECTION 4.2.3,
the Issuer shall have the right from time
to time (but no more frequently than
once per calendar month, unless otherwise
permitted by the Disbursement Agent)
to deliver to the Disbursement Agent an
Advance Construction Disbursement
Request in the form of EXHIBIT C-3 (an
"ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENT
REQUEST"), which Advance Construction
Disbursement Request shall not be required
to include or attach the supporting
documentation required for all other
Construction Disbursement Requests;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event a
Default or Event of Default subsequently
exists (in addition to any other rights
and remedies hereunder or permitted by
law), the Issuer shall promptly take all
action reasonably required to cause to be
delivered to the Independent
Construction Consultant all supporting
documentation with respect thereto that
would otherwise be required for a
Construction Disbursement Request.
(b)
In any Advance Construction Disbursement Request, the
Issuer may request payment to any
Contractor of Disputed Amounts so long as the
Available Advance Construction Disbursement
Amount minus the aggregate amount
requested to be disbursed in such Advance
Construction Disbursement submitted
under this SECTION 4.3 is greater than
zero.
(c)
In addition, in any Advance Construction Disbursement
Request, the Issuer may request a
disbursement to the PFC Payment Account to
enable PFC to purchase Bonds the proceeds
from which will not be immediately
disbursed by the Bond Trustee to pay
Permitted Land-Based Project Costs. In such
event, PFC may instruct the Disbursement
Agent to transfer such funds from the
PFC Payment Account to the Company's Direct
Disbursement Account to write checks
against from time to time (rather than
being disbursed by the Bond Trustee
directly to Contractors for payment of
Project Costs as set forth in a Bond
Requisition). The aggregate amount then
outstanding with respect to all Advance
Construction Disbursements submitted under
this clause (c) which have not been
documented as required in this Agreement
for other Disbursements shall not
exceed $500,000.
(d)
The Disbursement Agent shall comply with any Advance
Construction Disbursement Request, so long
as (i) the Advance Construction
Disbursement Request on its face has been
completed as to substantially all the
information required therein; (ii) the
Disbursement Agent shall not have
received written notice by any party hereto
that a
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Default or an Event of Default exists; and
(iii) the Issuer and the Independent
Construction Consultant certify that the
Available Advance Construction
Disbursement Amount MINUS the amount of the
then requested Advance Construction
Disbursement shall be greater than
zero.
4.4
INTEREST RESERVE ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS.
(a)
At least five (5) Business Days prior to each Interest
Payment Date during the Construction
Period, the Issuer shall deliver to the
Disbursement Agent a certificate in the
form of EXHIBIT C-4 certifying as to the
amount required to be paid with respect to
the First Mortgage Notes under the
Indenture on such Interest Payment Date and
the calculation of such amount. On
each such Interest Payment Date,
Disbursement Agent shall liquidate securities
held in the Interest Reserve Account (to
the extent required) and pay over to
the Trustee the amounts due with respect to
the First Mortgage Notes, as
specified in such certificate, from the
Interest Reserve Account. In the event
that the Issuer fails to deliver the
certificate required by the first sentence
of this paragraph (or sets forth in such
certificate an incorrect calculation of
the amount required to be paid with respect
to the First Mortgage Notes under
the Indenture on such Interest Payment
Date), the Trustee may direct the
Disbursement Agent to liquidate such
securities (to the extent required), and
disburse to the Trustee the amounts
necessary to pay the amounts due with
respect to the First Mortgage Notes. In the
event there are insufficient funds
in the Interest Reserve Account to pay any
amount due pursuant to such
certificate or direction so given by the
Trustee, the Issuer shall, prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date, deposit
in cash into the Interest Reserve
Account an amount equal to such deficiency;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
shall direct the Disbursement Agent to
disburse an amount equal to such
deficiency from the Construction
Disbursement Account to the Interest Reserve
Account in the event such amounts are not
received from the Issuer on a timely
basis. The Issuer acknowledges that any
failure by the Issuer to provide notice
or deposit funds referenced in this SECTION
4.4(a) shall not in any way
exonerate or diminish its obligation to
make all payments under the Indenture as
and when due.
(b)
The parties generally intend that the portion of the
Proceeds that will be held in the Interest
Reserve Account will equal the
difference (the "INITIAL INTEREST RESERVE
ACCOUNT TARGET") of (a) the aggregate
amount of the interest payments that will
be due on the First Mortgage Notes on
each of the first four Interest Payment
Dates (the "INTEREST RESERVE INCOME
REQUIREMENT") less (b) the amount of
interest and other income that the Issuer
reasonably expects to earn on amounts held
in the Interest Reserve Account (the
"EXPECTED INTEREST RESERVE INCOME AMOUNT").
The portion of the Proceeds that
will be deposited into the Interest Reserve
Account contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement may exceed the
Initial Interest Reserve Account
Target since the Expected Interest Reserve
Income Amount will be established
with greater clarity after the Issuer
directs the Disbursement Agent in writing
to invest such Proceeds. As such, within
five (5) Business Days after the date
hereof, the Issuer shall deliver to the
Disbursement Agent a request for the
disbursement of such excess funds from the
Interest Reserve Account to the
Construction Disbursement Account in the
form of EXHIBIT C-5 hereto. The
Disbursement Agent shall, after receiving
such request, transfer such amounts
specified on such request to the
Construction Disbursement Account. On the
second (2nd) Business Day after the
Disbursement Agent's receipt of written
confirmation from the Trustee that each of
the four interest payments with
respect to the First Mortgage Notes
required to be made to the Trustee under
this Section have been received by the
Trustee and provided that the
Disbursement Agent has not received written
notice from the Trustee or the
Issuer that
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an Event of Default exists, the
Disbursement Agent shall release all remaining
funds in the Interest Reserve Account to
(A) the Construction Disbursement
Account if the release of funds therefrom
permitted under SECTION 4.6 shall have
not yet occurred; and (B) an account
designated by the Issuer, if the release of
funds permitted under SECTION 4.6 has
occurred.
4.5
ISSUER'S REIMBURSEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECT COSTS. If,
at any time and from time to time, the
Issuer shall be unable to satisfy the
conditions precedent to any disbursement
set forth in this Article, the Issuer
shall be entitled to pay Project Costs then
due and owing and to later seek
reimbursement of such Project Costs from
the Construction Disbursement Account
as part of a Disbursement Request as and
when permitted in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement at the time (if
any) that the Issuer is able to satisfy
the conditions precedent to disbursement
set forth in this Article.
4.6
DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS IN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ACCOUNTS FOLLOWING
THE INITIAL OPERATING DATE.
4.6.1 IF THE
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSES (a), (b) AND (c)
BELOW ARE SATISFIED:
(a)
The Issuer provides to the Disbursement Agent (with a
copy to the Independent Construction
Consultant and the General Contractor):
(i) an
Officer's Certificate in the form of EXHIBIT
G-1 attached hereto certifying that:
(A) the Facility is
Operating and has been
Operating uninterrupted for at least ten
(10) days prior to the date of the
certification;
(B) all amounts
required to be paid to
Contractors in connection with causing the
Facility to become Operating have
been paid, other than Permitted Amounts, so
long as: (1) 175% of the Punchlist
Completion Amount for such uncompleted
Punchlist Items shall have been reserved
in the Construction Disbursement Account;
(2) 125% of the Disputed Amounts with
respect to the GMP Contract shall have been
reserved in the Construction
Disbursement Account; (3) 200% of the
Disputed Amounts for any Construction
Contract other than the GMP Contract shall
have been reserved in the
Construction Disbursement Account; and (4)
100% of the Retainage Amounts shall
have been reserved in the Construction
Disbursement Account (this clause (4),
collectively with amounts under clauses
(1), (2) and (3) the "RESERVED AMOUNT");
(C) the Issuer has
received lien releases,
affidavits and agreements from Premier and
each Contractor in the form of
EXHIBIT M-1, M-2 OR M-3, as applicable
(other than (1) with respect to Permitted
Amounts described in clause (B) above and
(2) from a single Contractor with a
contract price (or expected aggregate
amount to be paid in the case of "cost
plus" contracts) of less than $100,000);
and
(D) there are no
mechanic's liens or other
liens, charges or orders filed against the
Facility or any portion thereof by
any Contractor or any other party that have
not been discharged of record or
bonded, other than Permitted Liens;
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(ii) a
certificate of the Independent Construction
Consultant confirming the factual
certification described in clause (i) above;
and
(iii) unless at such
time the aggregate amount of all
prior Disbursements equals or exceeds the
aggregate principal amount of the
First Mortgage Notes then outstanding, a
commitment from the Title Insurer in
the form of EXHIBIT N-1 to issue an Update
Endorsement to the Trustee's Title
Policies increasing the coverage under the
disbursement clause of the Trustee's
Title Insurance Policies by the amount of
the requested Disbursement,
conditioned solely upon the making of the
requested Disbursement within five (5)
Business Days after the issuance of such
commitment. The Issuer shall cause the
Title Insurer to deliver the Update
Endorsement to the Trustee (with a copy to
the Independent Construction Consultant)
within five (5) Business Days after the
making of such Disbursement;
(b)
The General Contractor has not delivered an objection
certificate in the form of EXHIBIT G-2 to
the Disbursement Agent, Premier and
the Independent Construction Consultant
objecting to Premier's calculation of
the Permitted Amounts set forth in the
Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant
to clause (a)(i) above within five (5)
Business Days after Premier's delivery
thereof to the Disbursement Agent; and
(c)
The Disbursement Agent shall have telephoned or emailed
the Issuing Agent for the Title Insurer on
the requested disbursement date, and
prior to making the requested Disbursement,
and confirmed that the Title Insurer
is prepared to issue any Update Endorsement
required under clause (a)(iii)
above;
THEN the Disbursement Agent shall, within
five (5) Business Days after the
direction of the Issuer pursuant to the
Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant
to clause (a)(i) above, disburse all funds
on deposit in the Construction
Disbursement Account, if any, excluding the
Reserved Amount set forth in such
Officer's Certificate, to the Issuer's
account specified in such Officer's
Certificate.
4.6.2 If the
General Contractor delivers an objection
certificate in the form of Exhibit G-2 to
the Disbursement Agent, the
Independent Construction Consultant and
Premier within five (5) Business Days
after the date Premier delivers its
Officer's Certificate to the Disbursement
Agent under SECTION 4.6.1(a)(i) above,
THEN:
(a)
the Officer's Certificate, Independent Construction
Consultant's certificate and commitment to
issue the Update Endorsement
previously delivered to the Disbursement
Agent shall be invalid;
(b)
Premier shall revise its Officer's Certificate to
calculate the Reserved Amount based on the
Permitted Amounts set forth in the
objection certificate delivered by the
General Contractor (so long as the
Permitted Amounts set forth in such
objection certificate do not exceed the
various thresholds for Permitted Amounts
set forth in the definition of
"Permitted Amounts" in SECTION 1 hereof)
and re-deliver the same, together with
the items required under CLAUSES (ii) AND
(iii) OF SECTION 4.6.1(a) to the
Disbursement Agent;
(c)
the Disbursement Agent shall have telephoned or emailed
the Issuing Agent for the Title Insurer on
the requested disbursement date and
prior to making the
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requested Disbursement and confirmed that
the Title Insurer is prepared to issue
any Update Endorsement delivered as
required under clause (b) above.
If (i) the Permitted Amounts set forth in
such objection certificate or such
revised Officer's Certificate exceed the
various thresholds for Permitted
Amounts set forth in the definition of
"Permitted Amounts" in SECTION 1 hereof
or (ii) Premier fails to re-deliver the
items required under SECTION 4.6.2(b)
above to the Disbursement Agent or (iii)
the Disbursement Agent is unable to
confirm verbally or by email that the Title
Insurer is prepared to issue any
Update Endorsement delivered as required
SECTION 4.6.2(c) above, THEN no
Disbursement shall be made from the
Construction Disbursement Account until such
time as the conditions set forth in this
SECTION 4.6 shall have been satisfied.
If the conditions set forth in SECTIONS
4.6.2(b)AND (c) above have been
satisfied, then the Disbursement Agent
shall, upon the direction of the Issuer
pursuant to the revised Officer's
Certificate delivered pursuant to SECTION
4.6.2(b), disburse all funds on deposit in
the Construction Period Accounts, if
any, excluding the Reserved Amount set
forth in such revised Officer's
Certificate, to the Issuer's account
specified in such Officer's Certificate.
4.7 FINAL
DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS IN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ACCOUNTS.
If the Issuer provides:
(a)
to the Disbursement Agent an Officer's Certificate in
the form of EXHIBIT
G-3 attached hereto to the effect that (i) the Facility
is Operating and has
been Operating uninterrupted for at least ten (10) days
prior to the date of
the certification, (ii) all amounts required to be paid
to Contractors have
been paid, (iii) the Issuer has received final lien
releases, affidavits
and agreements from Premier and from each Contractor in
the form of EXHIBIT
M-4, M-5 OR M-6, as applicable (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, lien
releases, affidavits
and agreements need not be provided for from a single
Contractor with a
contract price (or expected aggregate amount to be paid in
the case of "cost
plus" contracts) of less than $100,000); and (iv) there
are no mechanic's
liens or other liens, charges or orders filed against the
Facility or any
portion thereof by any Contractor or any other party that
have not been
discharged of record or bonded to other than Permitted Liens;
(b)
a certificate of each of the General Contractor and the
Independent
Construction Consultant confirming the factual certification
described in clause
(a) above;
(c)
unless at such time the aggregate amount of all prior
Disbursements equals
or exceeds the aggregate principal amount of the First
Mortgage Notes then
outstanding, a commitment from the Title Insurer in the
form of EXHIBIT N-1 to
issue an Update Endorsement to the Trustee's Title
Policies increasing
the coverage under the disbursement clause of the
Trustee's Title
Insurance Policies by the amount of the requested
Disbursement,
conditioned solely upon the making of the requested
Disbursement within
five (5) Business Days after the issuance of such
commitment. The Issuer
shall cause the Title Insurer to deliver the Update
Endorsement to the
Trustee (with a copy to the Independent Construction
Consultant) within
five (5) Business Days after the making of such
Disbursement; and
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(d)
The Disbursement Agent shall have telephoned or emailed
the Issuing Agent for
the Title Insurer on the requested disbursement date
and prior to making
the requested Disbursement and confirmed that the Title
Insurer is prepared to
issue any Update Endorsement required under clause
(d) above;
THEN the Disbursement Agent shall, upon the
direction of the Issuer pursuant to
the Officer's Certificate delivered
pursuant to clause (a) above, disburse all
remaining funds in the Construction
Disbursement Account, if any, to the
Issuer's account specified in such
Officer's Certificate.
4.8
TIDELANDS LEASE DISBURSEMENTS. The Disbursement Agent shall
liquidate securities held in the Tidelands
Lease Account (to the extent
required) and disburse such funds from the
Tidelands Lease Account:
(a)
if Premier provides to the Disbursement Agent an
Officer's Certificate in the form of
EXHIBIT G-4 attached hereto: (i) specifying
the name of the payee; (ii) the payment
information of the payee; and (iii)
certifying that the Tidelands Lease
requires Premier to pay such amount to the
payee; or
(b)
as directed by the State of Mississippi upon the
receipt of a written notice from the State
of Mississippi that Premier is in
default under the Tidelands Lease, and that
such default has not been cured by
Premier, and that such default may be cured
by the payment of a liquidated sum
of money to the State of Mississippi.
5. CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
COVENANTS.
The following covenants apply only during the Construction
Period:
5.1
AMENDMENTS TO PROJECT BUDGET. The Project Budget for the
Facility may be amended from time to time
in the manner set forth herein. The
Issuer shall have the right from time to
time to amend the Project Budget
without consent of the Trustee, Independent
Construction Consultant or any other
party to this Agreement to change the
amounts allocated for specific line item
components of the Facility; PROVIDED that,
in any such amendment, the Issuer may
neither modify the description of any line
item nor modify the Pre-Issuance
Expense amount set forth for any such line
item and, for each line item, the
Remaining Budgeted Amount must equal the
difference of the Total Budgeted Amount
for such line item less the amount of
Pre-Issuance Expenses for such line item.
5.1.1 SOURCES OF
FUNDS FOR LINE-ITEM INCREASES. A line item
in the Project Budget may be increased only
if the funds for such increase are
made available in the Project Budget
from:
(a)
an increase in Additional Pre-Operating Revenue to
the extent not previously expended or
dedicated to the payment of items
contained in the Project Budget;
(b)
an increase in Realized Savings from another line item
and a corresponding reduction in the
construction line items related to such
Realized Savings; or
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(c)
the reduction of the "contingency" line item in the
Project Budget, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
"contingency" line item may not be
reduced below Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) until the date that is
forty-five (45) days after the date the
Final Plans have been completed and such
reserved amount shall not be available for
application to any other line item in
the Project Budget unless and until the
Final Plans have been completed.
5.1.2 PROJECT
BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS. Any amendment to the
Project Budget shall be in writing. Any
such amendment shall identify with
particularity the line item to be increased
or decreased, if any, the amount of
the increase or decrease (if any), and in
the event of an increase in a
construction line item, the Realized
Savings, Additional Pre-Operating Revenue,
and/or line item for "contingency" in the
Project Budget permitted to be reduced
pursuant to SECTION 5.1.1 (but not any
Retainage Amounts), which are proposed to
be utilized to pay for the increase; and
(y) in the case of a decrease in a
construction line item, the Realized
Savings in the amount of such decrease. The
parties acknowledge that a portion of any
cost reduction achieved with respect
to the work performed under a Construction
Contract may be payable to the
General Contractor or another Contractor
under such Construction Contract
(subject to the conditions contained in the
GMP Contract or such other
Construction Contract with respect to
application of savings) and that in such
case the entire reduction may not become
Realized Savings. Construction line
items may be reduced only upon obtaining,
and in the amount of, Realized
Savings. The total amount allocated in the
Project Budget for the line items for
Finishes, as such line items are set forth
on EXHIBIT D-3 hereto, may not be
reduced by more than fifteen percent (15%)
of the sum of the amounts allocated
to such line items on EXHIBIT D-3 hereto.
The "pre-opening expenses" line item
on the Project Budget may not be reduced by
more than fifteen percent (15%). The
"contingency" line item on the Project
Budget may be reduced by allocation to
other line items subject to the
restrictions contained in SECTION 5.1.1(c). The
"working capital and machine loads" line
item, the "excess liquidity" line item,
the "owner supplied FF&E" line item,
and the "FF&E" line item on the Project
Budget may not be reduced. Any amounts of
Realized Savings, Additional
Pre-Operating Revenue, contingency amounts
or previously allocated reserves so
identified for use in connection with a
particular line item thenceforth shall
be deemed dedicated to the particular line
item, unless and until the Project
Budget is amended to reduce the amounts
budgeted for the line item of the
Project Budget. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, at any time Soft Costs may be
applied against the "excess liquidity" line
item of the Project Budget;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER that (x) $ 3,000,000.00
constitutes a reserve against which no
Project Costs may be applied and represents
amounts that can only be disbursed
to the Issuer upon satisfaction of the
conditions precedent in Section 4.6, and
(y) $1,031,900.00 shall be deposited
concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement into the Tidelands Lease Reserve
Account and constitutes a reserve
that can only be disbursed upon
satisfaction of the conditions precedent in
Section 4.8.
5.1.3 PROJECT
BUDGET AMENDMENT CERTIFICATE. The Issuer shall
submit the Project Budget amendment to the
Disbursement Agent by an Officer's
Certificate in the form of EXHIBIT E hereto
(an "PROJECT BUDGET AMENDMENT
CERTIFICATE") together with the
certificates of the General Contractor (for Hard
Costs under GMP Contract (including "Direct
Purchase Items" as defined in GMP
Contract) if modified by such Project
Budget amendment), Independent
Construction Consultant and Architect (for
Hard Costs with respect only to Plans
prepared by it) as provided in the form of
EXHIBITS 1 through 3 to the Project
Budget Amendment Certificate. Upon
submission of such Project Budget Amendment
Certificate, together with the
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Exhibits thereto, such amendment shall
become effective hereunder, and the
Project Budget for the Facility shall
thereafter be as so amended.
5.2
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMENDMENT PROCESS. The Issuer shall not
enter into or approve any Construction
Contract Amendment except as set forth in
this SECTION 5.2. The Issuer shall have the
right from time to time to amend any
Construction Contract to change the scope
of work for any portion of the
Facility and/or the Issuer's payment
obligations in connection therewith. Any
Construction Contract Amendment that (i)
results in a cost increase in a
Material Construction Contract in excess of
$250,000, individually (or, with
respect to the GMP Contract only, in excess
of $500,000, individually) or when
taken together with all other Construction
Contract Amendments, results in a
cost increase of $2,000,000 in the
aggregate (or, with respect to the GMP
Contract only, in excess of $5,000,000 in
the aggregate), (ii) when taken
together with all related Construction
Contract Amendments and after giving
effect to any new, related Construction
Contracts, results in a material
lessening of the scope or quality of the
work constituting the design or
construction of the Facility or (iii)
results in the likely addition of no less
than two weeks of construction (or such
amendments, in the aggregate, result in
the likely addition of no less than eight
weeks of construction) (a "MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMENDMENT") shall be
in writing and shall identify with
particularity all changes being made. Each
Material Construction Contract
Amendment shall be effective when and only
when: (a) the Issuer has, or the
Issuer and the Contractor have, executed
and delivered the Material Construction
Contract Amendment (with the effectiveness
thereof subject only to satisfaction
of the applicable conditions in clauses (b)
and (c) below); (b) the Issuer has
submitted the Material Construction
Contract Amendment to the Disbursement Agent
and the Trustee together with an Officer's
Certificate in the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT F (a "CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT AMENDMENT CERTIFICATE"), together
with the certificates of the Independent
Construction Consultant, the General
Contractor (only for Hard Costs under the
GMP Contract (including "Direct
Purchase Items" as defined in the GMP
Contract), unless such Hard Costs relate
to an owner change directive issued by
Premier under the GMP Contract) and
Architect (for Hard Costs with respect only
to Plans prepared by it) as provided
in the form of EXHIBITS 1 through 3 to such
Construction Contract Amendment
Certificate. Construction Contract
Amendments which are not Material
Construction Contract Amendments shall not
require compliance with the
requirements set forth in this SECTION 5.2
or the approval of the Trustee or any
other Person to be effective.
5.3
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE.
The Issuer may from time to time enter into
Construction Contracts consistent
with the Final Plans and the Project
Budget, as each is in effect from time to
time. Each such Construction Contract shall
be in writing. Each Material
Construction Contract shall become
effective when and only when: (a) the Issuer
and the counterparty to such Material
Construction Contract have executed and
delivered the Material Construction
Contract (with the effectiveness thereof
subject only to satisfaction of the
conditions in clauses (b), (c) and (d)
below); (b) the Issuer has submitted to the
Trustee, with a copy to the
Disbursement Agent and the Independent
Construction Consultant: (i) such
Material Construction Contract together
with an Officer's Certificate in the
form attached hereto as EXHIBIT K (an
"ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
CERTIFICATE") and all exhibits, attachments
and certificates required thereby,
each duly completed and executed, and (ii)
copies of such performance and
payment bonds as the counterparty to such
Construction Contract may be required
to provide to the Issuer pursuant to such
Material Construction Contract (which
performance and payment bonds shall name
the Trustee as an additional
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obligee) and (iii) (y) and the Issuer shall
use its best efforts to obtain a
consent from the counterparty (i)
substantially in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT H-1 for Construction Contracts
where the amount to be paid to the
Contractor under such Construction Contract
and all related Construction
Contracts with the same Contractor exceeds
$1,000,000, and (ii) substantially in
the form EXHIBIT H-2 for Construction
Contracts where the amount to be paid to
the Contractor under such Construction
Contract and all related Construction
Contracts with the same Contractor is
between $500,000 and $1,000,000, signed by
the counterparty to such Material
Construction Contract; (c) if entering into
such Material Construction Contract will
result in an amendment to the Project
Budget, the Issuer has complied with the
requirements of SECTION 5.1; and (d) if
entering into such Material Construction
Contract will cause the Available
Construction Funds to be less than the
Remaining Costs, then the Issuer,
treating such difference as a cost overrun,
has complied with the requirements
of SECTION 5.4. A consent shall not be
required where the amount to be paid to
the Contractor under such Construction
Contract and all related Construction
Contracts with the same Contractor is less
than $500,000.
5.4
AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS CERTIFICATE. Concurrently with the
submission of any Construction Disbursement
Request, the Issuer shall submit an
Officer's Certificate in the form of
EXHIBIT D-1 (an "AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION
FUNDS CERTIFICATE"), to the Disbursement
Agent, the Trustee and the Independent
Construction Consultant. Each Available
Construction Funds Certificate shall
include (i) an Available Construction Funds
Schedule dated as of the first
Business Day of such month and shall set
forth (A) the actual investment income
earned on the Construction Disbursement
Account or the Issuer's Payment Account
through a date not more than 30 days prior
to the date of the Available
Construction Funds Schedule, and (B) the
Anticipated Investment Income and (ii)
either (x) shall include a certification
that the amount currently on deposit in
the Tidelands Lease Account is equal to or
exceeds the amount of the Tidelands
Lease Required Payment or (y) shall attach
a completed Tidelands Lease
Certificate in accordance with SECTION
6.1(a).
5.4.1 ADDITIONAL
PRE-OPERATING REVENUE. If at any time the
Issuer submits an Available Construction
Funds Certificate pursuant to this
Section and the Issuer can no longer
reasonably anticipate that the Additional
Pre-Operating Revenue earned (and
anticipated to be earned through the date that
the Issuer reasonably anticipates that the
Initial Operating Date will occur)
from investments of funds in the
Construction Disbursement Account or the
Issuer's Payment Account will equal the
amount of such Additional Pre-Operating
Revenue set forth in the Project Budget,
then:
(a)
if the total amount of such Additional Pre-Operating
Revenue at such date earned or anticipated
to be earned is less than the total
amount of such Additional Pre-Operating
Revenue set forth in the Project Budget,
then the Available Construction Funds shall
be deemed reduced by the amount of
such deficiency and the Issuer, as a
condition to the next Construction
Disbursement Request, shall reallocate
contingencies, provide additional
Available Construction Funds or otherwise
amend the Project Budget so that the
Remaining Costs do not exceed the total
Available Construction Funds; or
(b)
if the total amount of such Additional Pre-Operating
Revenue at such date earned or anticipated
to be earned is greater than the
total amount of such Additional
Pre-Operating Revenue set forth in the Project
Budget, then the Available Construction
Funds shall be deemed increased by the
amount of such excess.
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5.4.2 COST
OVERRUNS. The Issuer covenants to cure any
anticipated cost overrun for any line item
on the Project Budget (taking into
account any applicable contingencies which
have been allocated to such line item
by an amendment to the Project Budget) or
for the Facility as a whole within ten
days after the Issuer becomes aware of any
such anticipated cost overrun by:
(a)
providing sufficient funds to cover in full such cost
overrun from previously unallocated
Available Construction Funds or Additional
Pre-Operating Revenue (but in each case
only to the extent that the same have
not previously been expended or allocated
(including Retainage Amounts) to the
payment of items contained in the Project
Budget); and/or
(b)
with respect to a cost overrun as to a particular line
item, effecting an amendment to the Project
Budget to allocate such funds to the
line item in question.
5.5
PROJECT COST SCHEDULE CERTIFICATE. The Issuer shall submit an
Officer's Certificate in the form of
EXHIBIT D-2 (a "PROJECT COST SCHEDULE
CERTIFICATE") to the Independent
Construction Consultant within five Business
Days following the delivery of a written
request for the same by the Independent
Construction Consultant (but no more
frequently than once per calendar month).
Each Project Cost Schedule Certificate
shall include a Project Cost Schedule
dated as of the first Business Day of the
month in which such Project Cost
Schedule Certificate is delivered and shall
set forth (a) for each line item in
the Project Budget, each of the items
required on EXHIBIT D-2, (b) (i) the
actual investment income earned on the
Construction Disbursement Account or the
Issuer's Payment Account through a date not
more than 30 days prior to the date
of the Project Cost Schedule, and (ii) the
additional amount of investment
income which the Issuer reasonably
anticipates will accrue on the Construction
Disbursement Account or the Issuer's
Payment Account from such date through the
date that the Issuer reasonably anticipates
that the Initial Operating Date will
occur and (c) a calculation certified by
the Issuer of the Remaining Costs and
the Available Construction Funds as of such
date. In addition, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Independent Construction
Consultant any backup documentation or
other information with respect to the items
on the Project Cost Schedule from
time to time as reasonably requested by the
Independent Construction Consultant.
5.6 FINAL
PLANS. The Issuer shall not construct or permit to be
constructed any portion of the Facility
except in substantial conformance with
the Final Plans for such portion of the
Facility. The Issuer may modify the
Final Plans or cause Preliminary Plans to
become Final Plans, only if such Final
Plans, as amended, or Preliminary Plans
which will become Final Plans have been
delivered to the Independent Construction
Consultant together with a Final Plans
Amendment Certificate in the form of
EXHIBIT J delivered to the Trustee, with a
copy to the Disbursement Agent and the
Independent Construction Consultant.
5.7 NOTICE THAT PROJECT IS OPERATING.
Promptly after (but in any
event within thirty days after) the Initial
Operating Date of the Facility, the
Issuer shall deliver an Officers'
Certificate to Disbursement Agent, the
Trustee, and the Independent Construction
Consultant to the effect that the
Facility is Operating, together with a
certificate from the Independent
Construction Consultant concurring with
such certificate of the Issuer.
5.8
MAINTENANCE OF PERMITTED INVESTMENTS. The Issuer shall maintain
all of its Permitted Investments in a
Construction Period Account.
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5.9 BOND
FINANCING AMOUNTS. All amounts transferred by the
Disbursement Agent from the PFC Payment
Account and thereafter to the Bond
Trustee's Construction Disbursement Account
pursuant to any Disbursement Request
shall be deemed to be an equity
contribution by Premier to PFC. PFC shall use
such amounts solely to purchase Bonds
pursuant to the Bond Financing Documents.
All amounts loaned to Premier under the
Bond Financing Documents shall be used
by Premier solely to pay Permitted
Land-Based Project Costs in accordance with
the Bond Financing Documents and this
Disbursement Agreement.
5.10 APPLICATION
OF INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS. If any
Event of Loss shall occur with respect to
the Facility or any other asset of the
Issuer, the Issuer shall (a) promptly upon
discovery or receipt of notice
thereof to provide written notice thereof
to the Disbursement Agent, and (b)
diligently to pursue all its rights to
compensation against all relevant
insurers, reinsurers and/or governmental
authorities, as applicable, in respect
of such event to the extent that the Issuer
has a reasonable basis for a claim
for compensation or reimbursement,
including, without limitation, under any
insurance policy required to be maintained
hereunder. All amounts and proceeds
(including instruments) in respect of any
Event of Loss, including the proceeds
of any insurance policy required to be
maintained by the Issuer hereunder
(collectively, "LOSS PROCEEDS") shall be
applied as provided in this Section.
All Loss Proceeds (other than those in
respect of the FF&E Collateral which
shall be governed by the FF&E Financing
documentation) shall be paid by the
insurers, reinsurers, governmental
authorities or other payors directly to the
Disbursement Agent for deposit in the
Construction Disbursement Account. If any
Loss Proceeds are paid directly to the
Issuer, any Affiliate of the Issuer, the
Trustee or any Noteholder by any insurer,
reinsurer, governmental authority or
such other payor, (i) such Loss Proceeds
shall be received in trust for the
Disbursement Agent, (ii) such Loss Proceeds
shall be segregated from other funds
of the Issuer or such other Person, and
(iii) the Issuer or such other Person
shall pay (or, if applicable, the Issuer
shall cause such of its Affiliates to
pay) such Loss Proceeds over to the
Disbursement Agent in the same form as
received (with any necessary endorsement)
for deposit in the Construction
Disbursement Account. Any Loss Proceeds
deposited in the Construction
Disbursement Account (1) prior to the
Initial Operating Date, shall be disbursed
to pay Project Costs pursuant to the
requirements of SECTION 4 hereof; (2) after
the Initial Operating Date, shall be
disbursed to pay for or reimburse Premier
for the actual cost of a permitted use of
the Net Loss Proceeds as provided in
the Indenture; or (3) at any time, shall be
applied (together with funds on
deposit in the Interest Reserve Account) to
prepay or redeem the First Mortgage
Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
6. TIDELANDS LEASE ACCOUNT. The
following covenant applies during the
Construction Period and the Operating
Period:
6.1
DEPOSITS INTO TIDELANDS LEASE ACCOUNT.
Premier shall:
(i) during the Construction Period concurrently with the delivery
of
each Available Funds Certificate pursuant
to SECTION 5.4 if the Tidelands Lease
Shortage Amount is greater than zero and
within two (2) Business Days after the
Tidelands Lease Required Payment has
increased: (a) deliver to the Disbursement
Agent an Officer's Certificate in the form
of EXHIBIT C-6 (the "TIDELANDS LEASE
CERTIFICATE") certifying as to the amount
of the Tidelands Lease Required
Payment and the Tidelands
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Lease Shortage Amount, if any; and (b)
deposit cash into the Tidelands Lease
Account an amount equal to any Tidelands
Lease Shortage Amount, or submit a
Project Budget Amendment Certificate
applying available contingency or Realized
Savings to fund such Tidelands Lease
Shortage Amount and instruct the
Disbursement Agent in the Tidelands Lease
Certificate to transfer the Tidelands
Lease Shortage Amount from the Construction
Disbursement Account into the
Tidelands Lease Account.
(ii) during the Operating Period, not later than the second
(2nd)
Business Day of the month, and within two
Business Days after the Tidelands
Lease Required Payment has increased: (a)
deliver to the Disbursement Agent an
Officer's Certificate in the form of
EXHIBIT C-6 (the "TIDELANDS LEASE
CERTIFICATE") certifying as to the amount
of the Tidelands Lease Required
Payment and the Tidelands Lease Shortage
Amount, if any; and (b) deposit cash
into the Tidelands Lease Account an amount
equal to any Tidelands Lease Shortage
Amount, or submit a Project Budget
Amendment Certificate applying available
contingency or Realized Savings to fund
such Tidelands Lease Shortage Amount and
instruct the Disbursement Agent in the
Tidelands Lease Certificate to transfer
the Tidelands Lease Shortage Amount from
the Construction Disbursement Account
into the Tidelands Lease Account.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
7.1
LIMITATION OF DISBURSEMENT AGENT'S LIABILITY. The Disbursement
Agent's responsibility and liability under
this Agreement shall be limited as
follows: (a) the Disbursement Agent does
not represent, warrant or guaranty to
the Trustee or the Noteholders the
performance of the Issuer, the Architect, any
Contractor or provider of materials or
services in connection with construction
of the Facility; (b) the Disbursement Agent
shall have no responsibility to the
Issuer, the Trustee or the Noteholders as a
consequence of performance by the
Disbursement Agent hereunder except for any
gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Disbursement Agent; (c)
the Issuer shall remain solely
responsible for all aspects of its business
and conduct in connection with its
Site and the Facility, including, but not
limited to, the quality and
suitability of the Plans, the supervision
of the work of construction, the
qualifications, financial condition and
performance of all architects,
engineers, contractors, subcontractors,
suppliers, consultants and property
managers, the accuracy of all applications
for payment, and the proper
application of all disbursements; (d) the
Disbursement Agent is not obligated to
supervise, inspect or inform the Issuer,
the Trustee or any third party of any
aspect of the construction of the Facility
or any other matter referred to
above; and (e) the Disbursement Agent owes
no duty of care to the Issuer to
protect against, or to inform the Issuer
against, any negligent, faulty,
inadequate or defective design or
construction of the Facility, provided that
the Disbursement Agent shall inform the
Issuer if the Disbursement Agent has
Knowledge of such condition. The
Disbursement Agent shall have no duties or
obligations hereunder except as expressly
set forth herein (including with
respect to review of the substantive terms
and conditions of any contracts
delivered to the Disbursement Agent), shall
be responsible only for the
performance of such duties and obligations,
shall not be required to take any
action otherwise than in accordance with
the terms hereof and shall not be in
any manner liable or responsible for any
loss or damage arising by reason of any
act or omission to act by it hereunder or
in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated hereby,
including, but not limited to, any loss that
may occur by reason of forgery, false
representations, the exercise of its
discretion, or any other reason, except for
its gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Copies of any Project Budget
Amendment Certificate, Contract
Amendment Certificate, Final Plan
Amendment
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Certificate or Additional Contract
Certificate that are provided to the
Disbursement Agent pursuant to this
Agreement shall not be construed as
requiring the Disbursement Agent's approval
of the Project Budget, Construction
Contract or Final Plans associated
therewith. In addition, the Disbursement
Agent shall have no responsibility to
inquire into or determine the genuineness,
authenticity, or sufficiency of any
certificates, documents or instruments
submitted to it in connection with its
duties hereunder, and shall be entitled
to deem the signatures on any such
certificates, documents or instruments
submitted to it hereunder as being those
purported to be authorized to sign such
certificates, documents or instruments on
behalf of the parties hereto and shall
be entitled to rely upon the genuineness of
the signatures of such signatories
without inquiry and without requiring
substantiating evidence of any kind.
7.2
LIMITATION OF INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT'S LIABILITY.
The Independent Construction Consultant's
responsibility and liability under
this Agreement shall be limited as follows:
(a) the Independent Construction
Consultant does not represent, warrant or
guaranty to the Trustee or the
Noteholders the performance of the Issuer,
the Disbursement Agent, the General
Contractor, the Architect or any
Contractor, subcontractor or provider of
materials or services in connection with
construction of the Facility; (b)
except to the extent the Independent
Construction Consultant has Knowledge, the
Independent Construction Consultant shall
not be responsible for, and shall not
be obligated to make any specific inquiry
with respect to, matters pertaining
to: historical architecture review, gaming
regulatory authorities, gaming
licenses, liens against the Facility
(except in connection with the
responsibilities of the Independent
Construction Consultant set forth herein);
and (c) the Issuer shall remain solely
responsible for all aspects of its
business and conduct in connection with the
Facility, the accuracy of all
applications for payment, and the proper
application of all disbursements. The
Independent Construction Consultant shall
have no duties or obligations
hereunder, except as expressly set forth
herein and in the Independent
Construction Consultant's Engagement
Agreement, shall be responsible only for
the performance of such duties and
obligations, shall not be required to take
any action otherwise than in accordance
with the terms hereof and shall not be
in any manner liable or responsible for any
loss or damage arising by reason of
any act or omission to act by it hereunder
or in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated hereby,
including, but not limited to, any loss that
may occur by reason of forgery, false
representations, the exercise of its
discretion, or any other reason, except for
its gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Independent Construction
Consultant shall have the right to rely
(so long as such reliance is reasonable and
in good faith) on certificates
received from the Issuer, the Architect and
the General Contractor. Anything in
this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, in no event shall the
Independent Construction Consultant be
liable to any party hereto for any form
of special, indirect or consequential
damages, including, without limitation,
damages for economic loss (such as business
interruption or loss of profits,
however the same may be caused).
8. INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE. Each of
Premier and PFC hereby indemnifies,
holds harmless and defends the Disbursement
Agent and its officers, directors,
agents and employees from and against any
and all claims, actions, obligations,
liabilities and expenses, including defense
costs, investigative fees and costs,
legal fees, and claims for damages, arising
from the Disbursement Agent's
performance under this Agreement, except to
the extent that such liability,
expense or claim is attributable to the
gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Disbursement Agent. The foregoing
indemnities in this paragraph shall
survive the resignation or substitution of
the Disbursement Agent or the
termination of this Agreement.
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9. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall
terminate automatically 91 days after
the repayment and performance of all First
Mortgage Note Obligations; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the obligations of the Issuer
under SECTION 8 of this Agreement
shall survive termination of this
Agreement.
10. SUBSTITUTION OR
RESIGNATION OF THE DISBURSEMENT AGENT.
10.1 PROCEDURE.
A resignation or removal of the Disbursement Agent
and appointment of a successor Disbursement
Agent shall become effective only
upon the successor Disbursement Agent's
acceptance of appointment as provided in
this SECTION 10.
10.1.1 The
Disbursement Agent may resign in writing at any
time and be discharged from all duties
hereunder upon 60 days' written notice to
all parties hereto subject to this SECTION
10.1.4. The Trustee or the
Noteholders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding First
Mortgage Notes may remove the Disbursement
Agent as provided below by so
notifying the Disbursement Agent and the
Issuer in writing, if:
(a)
the Disbursement Agent fails to comply with
SECTION 10.3 hereof;
(b)
the Disbursement Agent is adjudged a bankrupt or an
insolvent or an order for relief is entered
with respect to the Disbursement
Agent under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c)
a custodian or public officer takes charge of the
Disbursement Agent or its property; or
(d)
the Disbursement Agent becomes incapable of acting.
10.1.2 If the
Disbursement Agent resigns or is removed or if a
vacancy exists in the office of
Disbursement Agent for any reason, the Trustee
shall, and the Noteholders of a majority in
principal amount of the then
outstanding First Mortgage Notes (if such
Noteholders provided a notice pursuant
to SECTION 10.1.1 or if there is no Trustee
capable of acting at such time) may,
promptly appoint a successor Disbursement
Agent acceptable to the Issuer. Within
one year after any successor Disbursement
Agent appointed by the Trustee takes
office, the Noteholders of a majority in
principal amount of the then
outstanding First Mortgage Notes may
appoint a successor Disbursement Agent
acceptable to the Issuer to replace the
successor Disbursement Agent appointed
by the Trustee.
10.1.3 If a successor
Disbursement Agent does not take office
within 60 days after the retiring
Disbursement Agent resigns or is removed, the
retiring Disbursement Agent, the Trustee,
the Issuer or the Noteholders of at
least 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding First Mortgage Notes may
petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Disbursement Agent.
10.1.4 A successor
Disbursement Agent shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Disbursement Agent, the Issuer and
the Trustee. Thereupon, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Disbursement
Agent shall become effective, and the
successor Disbursement Agent shall have
all the rights, powers and duties of the
Disbursement Agent under this
Agreement. The retiring Disbursement Agent
shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Disbursement Agent to the
successor Disbursement Agent.
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10.2 SUCCESSOR DISBURSEMENT AGENT
BY MERGER, ETC. If the
Disbursement Agent consolidates, merges or
converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation, the
successor corporation without any further
act shall be the successor
Disbursement Agent.
10.3
ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION. The Disbursement Agent shall at
all times be a bank chartered under the
laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate
trust power, that is subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $100 million
as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition and a
Thomson's Bank Watch rating of AA- or
better.
10.4 CONSENT OF
INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT. The Independent
Construction Consultant acknowledges and
agrees that the Trustee shall have the
right to change the party acting as the
"Disbursement Agent" pursuant to this
Agreement, and the Trustee agrees to
provide written notice to the Independent
Construction Consultant of any such
change.
11. INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTANT.
11.1 REMOVAL AND
FEES. Only the Trustee in its sole discretion may
remove the Independent Construction
Consultant from time to time and upon such
removal a replacement acceptable to the
Trustee shall be appointed in
consultation with the Issuer (unless an
Event of Default exists). Notice of any
replacement Independent Construction
Consultant shall be given by the Trustee to
the Disbursement Agent, the Issuer and the
Independent Construction Consultant
being replaced. All reasonable fees and
expenses of the Independent Construction
Consultant (whether the original ones or
replacements) shall be paid by the
Issuer. Neither the Disbursement Agent nor
the Issuer shall have the right to
remove the Independent Construction
Consultant or appoint a replacement. The
Issuer is a party to the Independent
Construction Consultant's Engagement
Agreement and hereby agrees to timely pay
all fees of the Independent
Construction Consultant set forth therein
in accordance with the terms thereof.
11.2 DUTIES. The
Independent Construction Consultant shall be
contractually obligated to the Trustee to
carry out the activities required of
it in this Agreement and in the
Construction Consultant Engagement Agreement and
as otherwise requested by the Trustee, the
Issuer, and the Disbursement Agent.
Trustee shall remove Independent
Construction Consultant at request of Issuer if
Issuer determines that Independent
Construction Consultant is incompetent or
failed to perform a material obligation
under this Agreement or the Independent
Construction Consultant's Engagement
Agreement.
11.3 ACTS OF
DISBURSEMENT AGENT. The Disbursement Agent will take
such actions as the Trustee or the Issuer
may reasonably request to cause the
Independent Construction Consultant to act
diligently in the issuance of all
certificates required to be delivered by
the Independent Construction Consultant
hereunder and to otherwise fulfill their
obligations to the Trustee as described
in the first sentence of SECTION 10.2.
12. STATEMENT OF SECURITIES
ACCOUNTS. Upon the request of the Issuer or
the Trustee from time to time, the
Disbursement Agent shall deliver to the
Issuer and the Trustee an account statement
prepared by the Disbursement Agent
in a form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the
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Issuer setting forth with reasonable
particularity the balance of funds then in
the Securities Accounts and the manner in
which such funds are invested;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Disbursement
Agent shall not be required to provide
such statements more often than weekly. The
parties hereto irrevocably instruct
the Disbursement Agent that on the first
date upon which the balance in any
Securities Account is reduced to zero, the
Disbursement Agent shall deliver to
the Trustee and the Issuer a notice that
the balance in such Securities Account
has been reduced to zero.
13. MISCELLANEOUS.
13.1 WAIVER. Any
party hereto may specifically waive any breach of
this Agreement by any other party, but no
such waiver shall be deemed to have
been given unless such waiver is in
writing, signed by the waiving party and
specifically designates the breach waived,
nor shall any such waiver constitute
a continuing waiver of similar or other
breaches.
13.2 INVALIDITY.
If, for any reason whatsoever, any one or more of
the provisions of this Agreement shall be
held or deemed to be inoperative,
unenforceable or invalid in a particular
case or in all cases, such
circumstances shall not have the effect of
rendering any of the other provisions
of this Agreement inoperative,
unenforceable or invalid, and the inoperative,
unenforceable or invalid provision shall be
construed as if it were written so
as to effectuate, to the maximum extent
possible, the parties' intent.
13.3 NO
AUTHORITY. The Disbursement Agent shall not have any
authority to, and shall not make any
warranty or representation or incur any
obligation on behalf of, or in the name of,
the Trustee.
13.4 ASSIGNMENT.
This Agreement is personal to the parties hereto,
and the rights and duties of any party
hereunder shall not be assignable except
with the prior written consent of the other
parties. In any event, this
Agreement shall inure to and be binding
upon the parties and their successors
and permitted assigns.
13.5 BENEFIT.
The parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns, but no others, shall be bound
hereby and entitled to the benefits
hereof.
13.6 TIME. Time
is of the essence of each provision of this
Agreement.
13.7 ENTIRE
AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS. This Agreement (together with the
Indenture and the Collateral Documents)
contains the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes any and
all prior agreements, understandings and
commitments, whether oral or written.
This Agreement may be amended only by a
writing signed by duly authorized
representatives of all parties.
13.8 NOTICES.
All notices and other communications required or
permitted to be given or made under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given and
received, regardless of when and whether
received, either: (a) on the day of hand
delivery; or (b) on the day sent, when
sent by United States certified mail,
postage and certification fee prepaid,
return receipt requested; or by facsimile
transmission, in each case, addressed
as follows:
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To the Disbursement Agent:
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attn: Frank Leslie
Telephone No.: (651)
495-3913
Telecopy No.: (651)
495-8097
To the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association,
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attn: Frank Leslie
Telephone No.: (651)
495-3913
Telecopy No.: (651)
495-8097
To the Issuer:
Premier Entertainment Biloxi LLC
11400 Reichold Road
Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
Telecopy No.: (228) 594-4021
Telephone No.: (228) 896-4078
Attn: Joseph Billhimer
with a copy to:
Balch & Bingham LLP
1310 Twenty Fifth Avenue
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
Telephone: (228)
214-0411
Facsimile: (888)
506-8674
Attention: Ricky J.
Cox, Esquire
with a further copy to:
Duane Morris LLC
227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3400
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Brian P.
Kerwin, Esq.
Telephone: (312)
499-6737
Facsimile: (312)
499-6701
To the Independent Construction Consultant:
Professional Associates Construction Services
942 East Chapman Avenue
Orange, California 92866
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Attention: Kent Robertson
Telephone: (714) 289-2330
Facsimile: (714) 289-2979
To the Issuing Agent:
Balch & Bingham LLP
1310 Twenty Fifth Avenue
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
Telephone: (228)
864-9900
Facsimile: (228) 864-8221
Attention: Jennifer Signs,
Esq.
email:
jsigns@balch.com
Rodger Wilder, Esq.
email:
rwilder@balch.com
Luther Boyd, Esq.
email:
lboyd@balch.com
or at such other address as the specified
entity most recently may have
designated in writing in accordance with
this SECTION 13.8 to the others.
13.9
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.
13.10 CAPTIONS.
Captions in this Agreement are for convenience only
and shall not be considered or referred to
in resolving questions of
interpretation of this Agreement.
13.11 RIGHT TO CONSULT
COUNSEL. Each of the Disbursement Agent and
the Trustee may, if any of them deems
necessary or appropriate, consult with and
be advised by counsel (whether such counsel
shall be regularly retained or
specifically employed) in respect of their
duties hereunder. Each of the
Disbursement Agent or the Trustee shall be
entitled to reasonably rely upon the
advice of its counsel in any action taken
in its capacity as the Disbursement
Agent or the Trustee, as the case may be,
hereunder and shall be protected from
any liability of any kind for actions taken
in reasonable reliance upon such
opinion of its counsel. The Issuer agrees
to pay all such reasonable counsel
fees actually incurred.
13.12 CHOICE OF LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York including without
limitation, SECTION 5-1401 of the New York
General Obligations Law; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that with respect to the creation,
attachment, perfection or priority
of the security interest in any Collateral,
the governing law shall be the
applicable UCC as set forth in the
definition of the term "UCC".
13.13 DESIGNATION OF
APPLICABLE COURTS AND JURISDICTIONS. Each of
Premier and PFC hereby irrevocably consents
to the following courts,
jurisdictions and venues for the judicial
action described in SECTION 13.12
above (the "APPLICABLE COURTS"): (a) the
United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, and all
courts to which any appeal therefrom may
be available; (b) any court of the State of
New York, and all courts to which
any appeal
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therefrom may be available; and (c) if none
of the foregoing courts shall have
or accept jurisdiction, then any other
federal or state court, and all courts to
which any appeal therefrom may be
available.
13.14 SURETYSHIP
WAIVERS. Each of Premier and PFC hereby waives any
and all defenses available to a surety or
guarantor, whether arising as a result
of the joint and several liability
hereunder or otherwise. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the waivers of
the guarantors under SECTION 13.01
of the Indenture are hereby incorporated
herein by this reference mutatis
mutandis and such waivers shall be deemed
to be made by Premier and PFC
hereunder as if such waivers had been
expressly set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their duly authorized
officers, all as of the day and year
first above written.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association, as Disbursement
Agent
By: /s/ Frank P. Leslie
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Name: Frank P. Leslie
Title: Vice President
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association, as Trustee
By: /s/ Frank P. Leslie
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Name: Frank P. Leslie
Title: Vice President
PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT BILOXI LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Joseph Billhimer
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Name: Joseph Billhimer
Title: President and COO
PREMIER FINANCE BILOXI CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Joseph Billhimer
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Name: Joseph Billhimer
Title: President and COO
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.
a California corporation
By: /s/ Kent Robertson
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Name: Kent Robertson
Title: Secretary-Treasurer
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EXHIBIT A
TO CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
INITIAL DISBURSEMENTS CERTIFICATE
January 23, 2004
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Disbursement Agent
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attn: Frank Leslie
Re: Premier
Entertainment Biloxi LLC ("PREMIER") and Premier Finance
Biloxi Corp. ("PFC", and jointly and severally with Premier,
the
"ISSUER") Cash Collateral and Disbursement Agreement
Initial Construction Disbursements
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Initial Disbursements Certificate is delivered to you
pursuant to SECTION 4.1 of that certain
Cash Collateral and Disbursement
Agreement dated as of January 23, 2004 (the
"AGREEMENT"). Capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Agreement.
The Issuer hereby irrevocably instructs the Disbursement Agent
to
disburse the following sums from the
Construction Disbursement Account to the
following parties:
(a) (i) transfer
$115,415.18 from the Construction Disbursement
Account (U.S. Bank, N.A. Account No.
744829001) to the PFC Payment Account (U.S.
Bank, N.A. Account No. 744829004; which
shall be deemed to be an equity
contribution to PFC); and (ii) immediately
after such funds have been
transferred into the PFC Payment Account,
transfer such funds from the PFC
Payment Account to the Bond Trustee's
Construction Disbursement Account (U.S.
Bank, N.A. Account No. 744829009), and
disburse such amounts from the Bond
Trustee's Construction Disbursement Account
to the following parties for payment
of cost of issuance fees relating to the
Bonds:
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Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
$ 40,000.00
Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, P.A. $
61,415.18
Holley Grubbs, Mitcham & Phillips
$
9,000.00
Balch & Bingham LLP
$
5,000.00
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(b) (i) transfer
$500,000.00 from the Construction Disbursement
Account (U.S. Bank, N.A. Account No.
744829001) to the PFC Payment Account (U.S.
Bank, N.A. Account No. 744829004; which
shall be deemed to be an equity
contribution to PFC); and (ii)
immediately
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after such funds have been transferred
into