FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of December 21,
2006
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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ARTICLE II CERTAIN TERMS AND ISSUANCE OF THE
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SECTION 2.01. DESIGNATION OF NOTES
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SECTION 2.02. AGGREGATE INITIAL PRINCIPAL
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SECTION 2.03. FORM; PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND
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SECTION 2.04. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL
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ARTICLE III OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
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ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01. WAIVER OF CERTAIN
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SECTION 4.03. LIMITATION ON LIENS
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SECTION 4.04. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK
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ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL TRUSTEE
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ARTICLE VII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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ARTICLE VIII ADDITIONAL GUARANTEE
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SECTION 9.05. COUNTERPARTS
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SECTION 9.06. RATIFICATION
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Exhibits
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FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE
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FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
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FORM OF INSTRUMENT OF JOINDER
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE dated as of December 21, 2006 (this “
Supplemental Indenture ”), among MGM MIRAGE, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (the “ Trustee ”), having its
Corporate Trust Office at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN
55107-1419.
WHEREAS, the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee have entered
into an Indenture dated as of December 21, 2006 (the “
Base Indenture ”, and as modified, supplemented
or amended from time to time, including pursuant to this
Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture
”), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or
more series of the Company’s debt securities;
WHEREAS,
Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company
and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the
Base Indenture to establish the form or terms of debt securities of
any series as permitted by Section 2.01 and Section 9.01
of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the
Company is entering into this Supplemental Indenture to establish
the form and terms of its 7.625% Notes due January 15,
2017;
WHEREAS, the
conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and
delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with;
and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid
supplement to the Indenture pursuant to its terms and the terms of
the Indenture have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
Each term used
herein has the meaning assigned to such term in the Base Indenture
unless otherwise specifically defined herein, in which case the
definition set forth herein shall govern the Notes issued under
this Supplemental Indenture. The following terms, as used herein,
have the following meanings:
“
Additional Notes ” means Notes issued in
accordance with Section 2.04 of this Supplemental
Indenture.
“
Attributable Debt ” with respect to any Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction that is subject to the restrictions
under Section 4.04 of this Supplemental Indenture, means the
present value of the minimum rental payments called for during the
term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has
been extended), determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, discounted at a rate that, at the inception
of the lease, the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a
similar term the funds necessary to purchase the leased
assets.
“
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking,
societe anonyme, Luxembourg.
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Closing Date ” means December 21,
2006.
“
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means the
total amount of assets (including investments in Joint Ventures) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation,
amortization and other valuation reserves) after deducting
therefrom (a) all current liabilities of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (excluding (i) the current portion of long-term
Indebtedness, (ii) intercompany liabilities and (iii) any
liabilities which are by their terms renewable or extendible at the
option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months
from the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed) and
(b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount and any other like intangibles, all as
set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company for
the
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most recently
completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are
available and computed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of
the Trustee specified in Section 9.01 of this Supplemental
Indenture or any other office specified by the Trustee from time to
time pursuant to such Section.
“
Credit Facility ” means the Fifth Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2006, among
the Company, as Borrower and Detroit, as Co-Borrower, the Banks,
Syndication Agent, Documentation Agents and Co-Documentation Agents
therein named, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
(and their successors and assigns from time to time party thereto),
including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, in
each case as amended, modified, renewed, extended, refunded,
replaced or refinanced from time to time.
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Detroit ” means MGM Grand Detroit, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
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Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., or
its successor, as operator of the Euroclear system.
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Excluded Subsidiary ” means Detroit and its
Subsidiaries (including MGM Grand Detroit II, LLC), MGMM Insurance
Company, a Vermont corporation, Circus Circus New Jersey, Inc., a
New Jersey corporation, Go Vegas, a Nevada corporation, MGM MIRAGE
Online, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Nevada Landing
Partnership, an Illinois partnership, Pine Hills Development II, a
Mississippi partnership, Revive Partners, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company, M3 Nevada Insurance Company, a Nevada
corporation, and other Subsidiaries that may from time to time
become Excluded Subsidiaries (if such other Subsidiaries are not
guarantors of the Company’s other Indebtedness, and are not
subject to any covenants in, or Liens securing, the Credit Facility
or the Existing Senior Notes), and the Company’s non-U.S.
Subsidiaries whose only tangible assets are located in foreign
nations and their U.S. holding companies, provided such
holding companies have no other assets or operations,
provided , further , that except for Detroit to the
extent of any amounts of proceeds of borrowings under the Credit
Facility made available to Detroit, if any Excluded Subsidiary
becomes subject to the covenants in the Credit Facility applicable
to the Subsidiary Guarantors or grants any Liens to secure the
Credit Facility, or if any Excluded Subsidiary guarantees or grants
any Liens to secure any of the Existing Senior Notes, such Excluded
Subsidiary will thereafter not be an Excluded Subsidiary, and
provided , further , that Nevada Landing Partnership
will be an Excluded Subsidiary only until receipt of approval from
the Illinois Gaming Board of its Subsidiary Guarantee of the
Notes.
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Existing Senior Notes ” means (i) the
Company’s 6.0% senior notes due 2009 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $1,050 million, (ii) the
Company’s 8.50% senior notes due 2010 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $850 million, (iii) the
Company’s 6.75% senior notes due 2012 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $550 million, (iv) the
Company’s 6.75% senior notes due 2013 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $500 million, (v) the
Company’s 5.875% senior notes due 2014 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $525 million, (vi) the
Company’s 6.625% senior notes due 2015 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $875 million, (vii) the
Company’s 6.875% senior notes due 2016 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $250 million, (viii) the
Mandalay Senior Notes, and (ix) the Mirage Notes (in each
case, including any guarantees thereof by any Subsidiary
Guarantors).
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Funded Debt ” means all Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor which (i) matures by its terms
on, or is renewable at the option of any obligor thereon to, a date
more than one year after the date of original issuance of such
Indebtedness and (ii) ranks at least pari passu with the Notes
or the applicable Guarantee.
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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America as in effect from time
to time, including those set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession.
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Gaming Authority ” means the Nevada Gaming
Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the New Jersey
Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey Division of Gaming
Enforcement, the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the Detroit City
Council, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Illinois Gaming
Board or any similar commission or agency which has, or may at any
time after the date of this Indenture have, jurisdiction over the
gaming activities of the Company or a Subsidiary (other than an
Excluded Subsidiary) of the Company or any successor
thereto.
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Global Notes ” means one or more Notes in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A issued under this Indenture
that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee.
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Initial Notes ” means Notes issued in
accordance with Section 2.02 of this Supplemental
Indenture.
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Interest Payment Date ” with respect to any
Note means January 15 and July 15 of each year,
commencing July 15, 2007, provided that if such Interest
Payment Date is not a Business Day, interest due on such Interest
Payment Date shall be payable on the next succeeding Business
Day.
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Mandalay ” means Mandalay Resort Group, a
Nevada corporation.
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Mandalay Senior Notes ” means
(i) Mandalay’s 6.375% Senior Notes due 2011 in the
original aggregate principal amount of $250 million;
(ii) Mandalay’s 6.50% Senior Notes due 2009 in the
original aggregate principal amount of $250 million;
(iii) Mandalay’s 9.50% Senior Notes due 2008 in the
original aggregate principal amount of $200 million;
(iv) Mandalay’s Floating Rate Convertible Senior
Debentures due 2033 in the aggregate principal amount of
$5.9 million; (v) Mandalay’s 7% Debentures due 2036 in
the original aggregate principal amount of $150 million; and
(vi) Mandalay’s 6.7% Debentures due 2096 in the
aggregate principal amount of $4.3 million.
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Maturity Date ” means January 15,
2017.
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Mirage ” means Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, a
Nevada corporation.
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Mirage Notes ” means (i) Mirage’s
6.75% notes due 2007 in the original aggregate principal amount of
$200 million, (ii) Mirage’s 6.75% notes due 2008 in
the original aggregate principal amount of $200 million and
(iii) Mirage’s 7.25% debentures due 2017 in the original
aggregate principal amount of $100 million.
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Notes ” means any Notes authenticated and
delivered under this Supplemental Indenture and any additional
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 2.04
of this Supplemental Indenture. For all purposes of this
Supplemental Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include
Initial Notes and any Additional Notes. All Initial Notes and
Additional Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under
the Indenture.
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Participant ” means, with respect to the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account
with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and,
with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
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Principal Property ” means any real estate or
other physical facility or depreciable asset or securities the net
book value of which on the date of determination exceeds the
greater of $25 million and 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets.
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Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in
Article III of this Supplemental Indenture.
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Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable
on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date means the January 1 or
July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“ Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction ” means any arrangement
with a person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries),
or to which any such person is a party, providing for the leasing
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a period of more than
three years of any Principal Property which has been or is to be
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transferred by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such person or to any
other person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries),
to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such person on
the security of the leased property.
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Subsidiary Guarantor ” means (i) each
Subsidiary of the Company identified as a Subsidiary Guarantor on
the signature pages hereof and (ii) each other Subsidiary of
the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with
Section 4.02 of this Supplemental Indenture or by executing a
supplemental indenture in which such Subsidiary agrees to be bound
by the terms of this Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor, together
with their permitted successors and assigns provided that if
the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor is withdrawn or cancelled
pursuant to Section 4.02(b) of this Supplemental Indenture, such
Person shall no longer be a Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder.
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Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder.
ARTICLE II
CERTAIN TERMS AND ISSUANCE OF THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01.
DESIGNATION OF NOTES.
The changes,
modifications and supplements to the Indenture effected by this
Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to,
and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other
Debt Securities that have been or may be issued under the Indenture
unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Debt
Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications
and supplements. Pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, there is
hereby designated a series of Notes under the Indenture entitled
“7.625% Notes due 2017.”
SECTION 2.02.
AGGREGATE INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.
Subject to
Section 2.01(b) of the Base Indenture, the aggregate initial
principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture is $750,000,000
(the “ Initial Notes ”). The Company may
issue Additional Notes from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.03.
FORM; PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON NOTES;
CUSIP.
(a)
General . Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this
Article II, the terms of the Notes shall be as set forth in
the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto and as
provided in the Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental
Indenture. The Notes will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof.
(b)
Payment of Interest and Principal on Notes. The Notes will
mature on January 15, 2017 and will bear interest at the rate
of 7.625% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of
each year, commencing on July 15, 2007, to the Holders thereof
at the close of business on the immediately preceding January 1 and
July 1 of each year. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from the Closing Date. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months.
(c)
CUSIP . The CUSIP number for the Initial Notes is
552953BB6.
SECTION 2.04.
ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES.
If authorized by a
Board Resolution, the Company shall be entitled to issue Additional
Notes under this Supplemental Indenture which shall have
substantially identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with
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the date of
issuance, issue price or amount of interest payable on the first
interest payment date applicable thereto; provided that such
issuance shall be made in compliance with the Indenture;
provided, however , that no Additional Notes may be issued
at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have
“original issue discount” within the meaning of
Section 1273 of the Code. The Initial Notes and any Additional
Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under
this Indenture.
With respect to
any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, a copy of which shall be delivered to
the Trustee, or in a supplemental indenture, the following
information:
(1) the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding immediately
prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes;
(2) the
aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be
authenticated and delivered;
(3) the issue
price and the issue date of such Additional Notes and the amount of
interest payable on the first interest payment date applicable
thereto; and
(4) the
“CUSIP”, “ISIN” or “Common
Code” number, as applicable, of such Additional
Notes.
ARTICLE III
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are
redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part at any
time at a redemption price (the “ Redemption
Price ”) equal to the greater of:
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determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of
such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date)
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points,
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the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date
on the Notes to be redeemed.
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Adjusted Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to
any Redemption Date:
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yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or
any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury
Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Remaining Life (as defined below), yields for
the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted
Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such
yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month);
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such release (or any successor release) is not published during the
week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such
yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent
yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated
using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
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The Adjusted
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day
preceding the Redemption Date.
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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United
States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment
Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the
Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of such securities (“
Remaining Life ”).
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Comparable Treasury Price ” means (1) the
average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent
Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
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Independent Investment Banker ” means one of
the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
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Reference Treasury Dealer ” means any primary
U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City selected by the
Company.
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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption
Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment
Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding
such Redemption Date.
Other than as
specifically provided in this Article III, any redemption of
Notes shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of
Article III of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE IV
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS.
In addition to the
covenants set forth in Article IV of the Base Indenture, the
Notes shall be subject to the additional covenants set forth in
this Article IV.
SECTION 4.01.
WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may
omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in Sections 4.02 through 4.04 of this
Supplemental Indenture if before the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or
affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent
expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect; provided that no waiver of any
requirement to provide a Guarantee or collateral shall be effective
without the Act of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected
thereby.
(a) The
Company shall from time to time (i) cause each Subsidiary of
the Company that is not an Excluded Subsidiary to become, on the
Closing Date or, if such Subsidiary is acquired or created after
the Closing Date or such Subsidiary was an Excluded Subsidiary but
thereafter is not an Excluded Subsidiary, at the later of
(A) the time of the acquisition, creation or change in status
of such Subsidiary and (B) the time at which such Subsidiary
Incurs Indebtedness or such Subsidiary guarantees or secures any
Indebtedness of the Company, a guarantor of the obligations of the
Company under this Indenture and the Notes by executing this
Indenture (directly, by supplemental indenture or by a joinder
agreement, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C) as
a Subsidiary Guarantor or by executing a Guarantee in substantially
the form of Article X of the Base Indenture ( provided
that
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the provision
of a Guarantee by a Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall be
subject to compliance with any applicable Gaming Laws and the
Company agrees that (subject to Section 4.02(b) of this
Supplemental Indenture) it shall not have any such Subsidiary that
is not an Excluded Subsidiary unless it is permitted to give such
Guarantee under applicable Gaming Laws) and (ii) deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, that such Guarantee is the valid, binding and
enforceable obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to
customary exceptions for bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer and
equitable principles.
(b) The
actions set forth in Section 4.02(a) of this Supplemental
Indenture shall be taken within 10 days of the time on which
any Person is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor,
provided that if such Person is not permitted to give a
Guarantee under applicable Gaming Laws, then, unless such Person
has become a guarantor of the Credit Facility, any Existing Senior
Notes or any Additional Notes, such period shall be extended as
long as the Company continues to use best efforts to obtain the
requisite consents for such Guarantee from the applicable Gaming
Authority. Each Note issued after the date of execution by any
additional Subsidiary Guarantor of a Guarantee set forth in this
Indenture shall be endorsed with a form of Guarantee that has been
executed by such Subsidiary Guarantor. However, the failure of any
Note to have endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of such Guarantee. In the case of a Subsidiary that
becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor after the Closing Date as a result
of its guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company (and not as a
result of its Incurrence of Indebtedness), if such Subsidiary
thereafter no longer guarantees any Indebtedness and has not
Incurred any Indebtedness, then, upon delivery by the Company to
the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such conditions to release of the
Guarantee by such Subsidiary have been satisfied, the Trustee shall
execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the
release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee Obligations
under its Guarantee.
(c) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or
acquire or have any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary
without making effective provision for such Subsidiary to become a
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture. In the event that the
Company or any Subsidiary shall create or acquire any Subsidiary
that is (i) not a guarantor of the Company’s
Indebtedness (including the Notes, the Credit Facility and the
Existing Senior Notes), and not subject to any covenants in, or
Liens securing, the Credit Facility or the Existing Senior Notes,
or (ii) a non-U.S. Subsidiary whose only tangible assets are
located in foreign nations or a holding company of any non-U.S.
Subsidiaries whose only tangible assets are located in foreign
nations, provided such holding company has no other assets
or operations, then such Subsidiary shall be an Excluded
Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.03.
LIMITATION ON LIENS.
(a) Other
than as provided in Section 4.03(c) of this Supplemental
Indenture and subject to compliance with any applicable Gaming
Laws, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor will,
directly or indirectly, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness
secured by a Lien upon any Principal Property or on any evidences
of Indebtedness or shares of capital stock of, or other ownership
interests in, any Subsidiaries (regardless of whether the Principal
Property, Indebtedness, capital stock or ownership interests were
acquired before or after the date hereof) without effectively
providing that all of the Notes or Guarantees then outstanding, as
the case may be, shall be secured equally and ratably with (or
prior to) the Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness shall be so
secured, except that this restriction will not apply to:
(i) Liens existing
on the date of original issuance of the Notes;
(ii) Liens
affecting property of a corporation or other entity existing at the
time it becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor or at the time it is merged
into or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor
(provided that such Liens are not incurred in connection with, or
in contemplation of, such entity becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor or
such merger or consolidation and do not extend to or cover property
of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor other than property of
the entity so acquired or which becomes a Subsidiary
Guarantor);
(iii) Liens
(including purchase money Liens) existing at the time of
acquisition thereof on property acquired after the date hereof or
to secure Indebtedness Incurred prior to, at the time of, or within
24 months after the acquisition for the purpose of financing
all or part of the purchase price of property
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acquired after
the date hereof (provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover
any property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor other than
the property so acquired);
(iv) Liens on any
property to secure all or part of the cost of improvements or
construction thereon or Indebtedness Incurred to provide funds for
such purpose in a principal amount not exceeding the cost of such
improvements or construction;
(v) Liens which
secure Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company
or to a Subsidiary Guarantor or which secure Indebtedness of the
Company to a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(vi) Liens on the
stock, partnership or other equity interest of the Company or
Subsidiary Guarantor in any Joint Venture or any Subsidiary which
owns an equity interest in such Joint Venture to secure
Indebtedness, provided the amount of such Indebtedness is
contributed and/or advanced solely to such Joint
Venture;
(vii) Liens to
government entities, including pollution control or industrial
revenue bond financing;
(viii) Liens
required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company to perform any contract or
subcontract made by it with or at the request of a governmental
entity;
(ix)
mechanic’s, materialman’s, carrier’s or other
like Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Liens for
taxes or assessments and similar charges;
(xi) zoning
restrictions, easements, licenses, covenants, reservations,
restrictions on the use of real property and other minor
irregularities of title; and
(xii) any
extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing of any Indebtedness
secured by a Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses
(i) through (vi).
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing,
(i) if any of the
Existing Senior Notes are hereafter secured by any Liens on any of
the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, then the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall, substantially
concurrently with the granting of such Liens, subject to such Liens
having been approved by all applicable Gaming Authorities to the
extent the Gaming Laws of the applicable jurisdiction require such
approval, grant perfected Liens in the same collateral to secure
the Notes (or Guarantees, as the case may be), equally, ratably and
on a pari passu basis. The Liens granted pursuant to this provision
shall be (A) granted concurrently with the granting of any
such Liens, and (B) granted pursuant to instruments, documents
and agreements which are no less favorable to the Trustee and the
Holders of the Notes than those granted to secure the Existing
Senior Notes. In connection with the granting of any such Liens,
the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall provide to the
Trustee (y) policies of title insurance on customary terms and
conditions, to the extent that policies of title insurance on the
corresponding property are provided to the Holders of the Existing
Senior Notes or their respective trustee (and in an insured amount
that bears the same proportion to the principal amount of the Notes
as the insured amount in the policies provided to the holders of
the Existing Senior Notes bears to the aggregate outstanding amount
of the Existing Senior Notes), and (z) legal opinions and
other assurances as the Trustee may reasonably request.
(ii) if the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors become entitled to the
release of any of such equal, ratable and pari passu Liens securing
the Existing Senior Notes, and provided that no Default or Event of
Default has then occurred and remains continuing, the Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors
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may in their
sole discretion request that the collateral agent release any
corresponding Liens securing the Notes, the Existing Senior Notes
and such other notes and guarantees, and in such circumstances the
collateral agent (or the Trustee) shall so release such
Liens.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor may create,
assume or suffer to exist Liens not otherwise permitted as
described above, provided that at the time of such incurrence,
assumption or sufferance, after giving effect to such Lien, the sum
of outstanding Indebtedness secured by such Liens (not including
Liens permitted under Section 4.03(a) of this Supplemental
Indenture) plus all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and
Lease-Back Transactions entered into (not including Sale and
Lease-Back Transactions permitted under Section 4.04(a) of
this Supplemental Indenture), measured, in each case, at the time
the Lien is incurred, does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets, provided that the foregoing shall not apply
to any Liens that may at any time secure any of the Existing Senior
Notes.
SECTION 4.04.
LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Other
than as provided in Section 4.04(b) of this Supplemental
Indenture, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor will
enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, unless
either:
(i) the Company or
such Subsidiary Guarantor would be entitled, pursuant to the
provisions described in clauses (i) through (xii) of
Section 4.03(a) of this Supplemental Indenture, to create,
assume or suffer to exist a Lien on the property to be leased
without equally and ratably securing the Notes; or
(ii) an amount
equal to the greater of the net cash proceeds of such sale or the
fair market value of such property (in the good faith opinion of
the Board of Directors) is applied within 120 days to the
retirement or other discharge of its Funded Debt.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor may enter
into Sale and Lease-Back Transactions not otherwise permitted as
described above, provided that at the time of entering into
such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, after giving effect to such
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, the sum of outstanding
Indebtedness secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under
Section 4.03(a) of this Supplemental Indenture) plus all
Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
entered into (not including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
permitted under Section 4.04(a) of this Supplemental
Indenture), measured, in each case, at the time any such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction is entered into, does not exceed 15% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to any Liens that may at any time secure
any of the Existing Senior Notes.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT
“
Event of Default ” wherever used with respect
to the Notes means the Events of Default set forth in
Article VI of the Base Indenture and any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether
it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(a) the
acceleration or maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor (oth
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