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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 12/21/2006
Industry: Casinos and Gaming     Sector: Services

INDENTURE 

, Parties: mgm mirage , u.s. bank national association
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Exhibit 4.1

 

INDENTURE

between

MGM MIRAGE

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

Dated as of December 21, 2006

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS

 

 

6

 

SECTION 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT

 

 

7

 

SECTION 1.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II THE DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.01 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.02 FORM AND DATING

 

 

10

 

SECTION 2.03 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.04 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND DEPOSITARY

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.05 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.06 HOLDER LISTS

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.07 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.08 REPLACEMENT DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.09 OUTSTANDING DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.10 TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.12 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP, ISIN OR COMMON CODE NUMBERS

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III REDEMPTION

 

 

17

 

SECTION 3.01 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

 

 

17

 

SECTION 3.02 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE

 

 

17

 

SECTION 3.03 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED

 

 

17

 

SECTION 3.04 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.06 DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.07 DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.08 MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS

 

 

20

 

SECTION 4.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST

 

 

20

 

SECTION 4.02 REPORTS

 

 

20

 

SECTION 4.03 OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE

 

 

20

 

SECTION 4.04 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

 

 

21

 

SECTION 4.05 MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

 

 

21

 

SECTION 4.06 CORPORATE EXISTENCE

 

 

22

 

SECTION 4.07 WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

 

22

 

SECTION 4.08 GAMING APPROVALS

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

23

 

SECTION 5.01 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

 

 

23

 

SECTION 5.02 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

23

 

SECTION 6.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

23

 

SECTION 6.02 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT

 

 

24

 

SECTION 6.03 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE

 

 

25

 

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SECTION 6.04 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM

 

 

25

 

SECTION 6.05 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

26

 

SECTION 6.06 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED

 

 

26

 

SECTION 6.07 LIMITATION ON SUITS

 

 

27

 

SECTION 6.08 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST

 

 

27

 

SECTION 6.09 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

27

 

SECTION 6.10 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

 

 

28

 

SECTION 6.11 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER

 

 

28

 

SECTION 6.12 CONTROL BY HOLDERS

 

 

28

 

SECTION 6.13 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

 

 

28

 

SECTION 6.14 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

 

 

28

 

SECTION 6.15 WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS

 

 

29

 

SECTION 6.16 DISQUALIFIED HOLDERS

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE

 

 

29

 

SECTION 7.01 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

 

29

 

SECTION 7.02 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

 

 

30

 

SECTION 7.03 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

 

 

30

 

SECTION 7.04 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

31

 

SECTION 7.05 MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

31

 

SECTION 7.06 MONEY HELD IN TRUST

 

 

32

 

SECTION 7.07 COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

32

 

SECTION 7.08 DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS

 

 

32

 

SECTION 7.09 CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY

 

 

32

 

SECTION 7.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR

 

 

33

 

SECTION 7.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR

 

 

34

 

SECTION 7.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS

 

 

34

 

SECTION 7.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY

 

 

35

 

SECTION 7.14 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT

 

 

35

 

SECTION 7.15 PAYING AGENT; REGISTRAR

 

 

36

 

SECTION 7.16 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF DEBT SECURITIES; DEFEASANCE

 

 

38

 

SECTION 8.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

38

 

SECTION 8.02 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY

 

 

39

 

SECTION 8.03 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE

 

 

39

 

SECTION 8.04 DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

 

39

 

SECTION 8.05 DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

 

 

40

 

SECTION 8.06 REPAYMENT TO COMPANY

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

41

 

SECTION 9.01 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS

 

 

41

 

SECTION 9.02 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS

 

 

42

 

SECTION 9.03 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

43

 

SECTION 9.04 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

43

 

SECTION 9.05 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

 

 

43

 

SECTION 9.06 REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

43

 

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ARTICLE X DEBT SECURITY GUARANTEES

 

 

43

 

SECTION 10.01 GUARANTEE

 

 

43

 

SECTION 10.02 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE

 

 

44

 

SECTION 10.03 LIMITATION OF GUARANTOR’S LIABILITY

 

 

45

 

SECTION 10.04 CONTRIBUTION

 

 

45

 

SECTION 10.05 RIGHTS UNDER THE GUARANTEE

 

 

45

 

SECTION 10.06 PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS

 

 

46

 

SECTION 10.07 WAIVERS

 

 

46

 

SECTION 10.08 RELEASES

 

 

46

 

SECTION 10.09 NO ELECTION

 

 

47

 

SECTION 10.10 FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COMPANY

 

 

47

 

SECTION 10.11 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

48

 

SECTION 11.01 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS

 

 

48

 

SECTION 11.02 NOTICES

 

 

48

 

SECTION 11.03 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS

 

 

48

 

SECTION 11.04 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

48

 

SECTION 11.05 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION

 

 

49

 

SECTION 11.06 BUSINESS DAYS

 

 

49

 

SECTION 11.07 GOVERNING LAW

 

 

49

 

SECTION 11.08 NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

 

 

49

 

SECTION 11.09 SUCCESSORS

 

 

50

 

SECTION 11.10 MULTIPLE ORIGINALS

 

 

50

 

SECTION 11.11 TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS

 

 

50

 

SECTION 11.12 SEVERABILITY

 

 

50

 

SECTION 11.13 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

 

50

 

SECTION 11.14 NO PARENT LIABILITY

 

 

50

 

SECTION 11.15 RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR

 

 

50

 

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A — FORM OF DEBT SECURITY

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

 

 

 

 

TIA Section

 

 

 

Indenture Section

310

 

(a)(1)

 

7.09

 

 

(a)(2)

 

7.09

 

 

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

 

 

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

 

 

(a)(5)

 

7.09

 

 

(b)

 

7.08

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

311

 

(a)

 

7.13

 

 

(b)

 

7.13

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

312

 

(a)

 

2.06

 

 

(b)

 

11.03

 

 

(c)

 

11.03

313

 

(a)

 

7.16

 

 

(b)(1)

 

7.16

 

 

(b)(2)

 

7.16

 

 

(c)

 

7.16;11.02

 

 

(d)

 

7.16

314

 

(a)

 

4.02

 

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

 

(c)(1)

 

11.04

 

 

(c)(2)

 

11.04

 

 

(c)(3)

 

11.04

 

 

(d)

 

N.A.

 

 

(e)

 

11.05

 

 

(f)

 

N.A.

315

 

(a)

 

7.01

 

 

(b)

 

7.02; 11.01

 

 

(c)

 

7.01

 

 

(d)

 

7.01

 

 

(e)

 

6.14

316

 

(a)(last sentence)

 

2.08

 

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.12

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.13

 

 

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

 

 

(b)

 

6.08

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

317

 

(a)(1)

 

6.03

 

 

(a)(2)

 

6.04

 

 

(b)

 

2.05

318

 

(a)

 

11.01

 

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

 

(c)

 

1.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

 

 

*

 

This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

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     INDENTURE dated as of December 21, 2006, among MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the 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.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Debt Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, as provided in this Indenture.

     This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

     All things necessary have been done to make this Indenture, when executed by the Company, a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities or Holders of Debt Securities of any series, as applicable, as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

      SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS.

     “ Act ” means any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by holders of Debt Securities that is embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.

     “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

     “ Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-registrar or additional paying agent.

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

     “ Authenticating Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14.

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

     “ Beneficiaries ” means the Holders of the Debt Securities and the Trustee.

     “ Board of Directors ” means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors (or any similar governing body) of such Person, or unless the context otherwise requires, any authorized committee of the Board of Directors (or such body) of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     “ Board Resolution ” means, with respect to the Company, a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.

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     “ Business Day ” means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in Nevada or New York are authorized or obligated by law to close.

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

     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

     “ Company ” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

     “ Company Request ” and “ Company Order ” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee specified in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the terms of the Debt Securities of any series.

     “ corporation ” means a corporation, association, company or business trust.

     “ Debt Securities ” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Note) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “ Debt Securities ” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Debt Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

     “ Debt Security Register” means a register maintained in any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Debt Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities which the Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or at the appropriate office of any other Registrar appointed hereunder).

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

     “ Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.

     “ Definitive Note ” means one or more certificated Debt Securities registered in the name of the Holder thereof, issued in accordance with Section 2.07, and substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or as otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.02.

     “ Depositary ” means, with respect to the Debt Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the person specified in or pursuant to Section 2.04 as the Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” means or includes such successor.

     “ Discharged ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04.

     “ Disqualified Holder ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.

     “ Dollar ” or “ $ ” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States that, at the time of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

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     “ DTC ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04.

     “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

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

     “ 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 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.

     “ 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 of the Company or any successor thereto.

     “ Gaming Laws ” means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject.

     “ Gaming Licenses ” means every material license, permit, franchise, registration or other material approval held by, or issued at any time after the date of this Indenture, to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or manage gaming in any state or jurisdiction.

     “ Global Notes ” means one or more Debt Securities substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, or as otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.02, issued under this Indenture that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

     “ Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

     “ Guarantee ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

     “ Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

     “ Guarantor ” means, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, any Person who has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series pursuant to Article 10, until released from such guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

     “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Debt Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

     “ Incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided that the accrual of interest shall not be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness.

     “ Indebtedness ” of any Person means (i) any indebtedness of such Person, contingent or otherwise, in respect of borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit, or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, including any such indebtedness Incurred in connection with the acquisition by such person or any of its Subsidiaries of any other business or entity, if and to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, including for such purpose Obligations under capitalized leases, and (ii) any guarantee, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), discount with recourse, or any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire or to supply or advance funds with

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respect to, or to become liable with respect to (directly or indirectly) any indebtedness, obligation, liability or dividend of any Person, but shall not include indebtedness or amounts owed for compensation to employees, or for goods or materials purchased, or services utilized, in the ordinary course of business of such Person. For purposes of this definition of Indebtedness, a “capitalized lease” shall be deemed to mean a lease of real or personal property which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, is required to be capitalized.

     “ Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01.

     “ Indirect Participant ” means an entity that, with respect to any Depositary, clears through or maintains a direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a Participant.

     “ Interest Payment Date ” with respect to any Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.

     “ Joint Venture ” means any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries.

     “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit, arrangement, encumbrance, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), or preference, priority or other security or similar agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

     “ Maturity ” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment or otherwise.

     “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.

     “ Non-recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness the terms of which provide that the lender’s claim for repayment of such Indebtedness is limited solely to a claim against the property which secures such Indebtedness.

     “ Notes Custodian ” or “ Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to any Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary), or any successor entity thereto covered in 2.04.

     “ Notice of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

     “ Obligations ” means any principal, interest, premium, if any, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages or other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation governing or otherwise in respect of any Indebtedness.

     “ Officers ” means any of the following: the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, an Executive or Senior Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.

     “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company).

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     “ Original Issue Discount Security ” means any Debt Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

     “ Outstanding Debt Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

     “ Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary.

     “ Paying Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04.

     “ Payment ” means, with respect to the Debt Securities and Guarantees, any payment, whether in cash or other assets or property, of interest, principal, premium, or any other amount on, of or in respect of the Debt Securities, any other acquisition of Debt Securities and any deposit into the trust described in Article VIII. The verb “ pay ” has a correlative meaning.

     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

     “ Place of Payment ” when used with respect to the Debt Securities means the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other location as may be established under Section 4.04.

     “ Predecessor Debt Security ” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.08 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

     “ Redemption Date ” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture.

     “ Redemption Price ”, when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

     “ Registrar ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04.

     “ Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on the Debt Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the dates designated as the Record Dates in the Global Notes of any such series.

     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “ Significant Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article I, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

     “ Special Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12.

     “ Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any payment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security or in this Indenture, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such payment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

     “ Subsidiary ” of any specified Person means any corporation, partnership or limited liability company of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock (or other equity interests) having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or the equivalent) of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the

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time stock (or other equity interests) of any other class or classes of such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries.

     “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as stated in Section 9.03.

     “ Tracinda ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.14.

     “ Treasury Securities ” mean any obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States government or any agency thereof.

     “ Trustee ” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of that series.

     “ Trust Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee or Paying Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee or Paying Agent who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

     “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Nevada Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

     “ United States ” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

     “ U.S. Depositary ” means Depository Trust Company or any other clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be the U.S. Depositary designated in the form of Debt Security attached as Exhibit A hereto until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder.

     “ U.S. Government Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04.

     “ Vice President ” includes, with respect to the Company, any Executive or Senior Vice President and includes, with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President.”

      SECTION 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS.

 

 

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“Authentication Order”

 

2.03

“covenant defeasance option”

 

8.04

“DTC”

 

2.04

“Funding Guarantor”

 

10.04

“legal defeasance option”

 

8.04

“MD&A”

 

4.02

“Notice of Default”

 

6.01

“Paying Agent”

 

2.04

“protected purchaser”

 

2.08

“Registrar”

 

2.04

“Transaction Documents”

 

11.14

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SECTION 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

     This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

     “indenture securities” means the Debt Securities.

     “indenture security holder” means a Holder.

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

     “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company, each Guarantor and any other obligor on the Debt Securities.

     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

      SECTION 1.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

     Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP and all financial calculations and determinations contemplated by this Indenture shall be made in conformity with GAAP as in effect as of the Closing Date;

     (3) “or” is not exclusive;

     (4) “including” means “including without limitation”;

     (5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

     (6) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP and accretion of principal on such security shall not be deemed to be the incurrence of Debt;

     (7) all references to “principal” of the Debt Securities include redemption price and purchase price and all references to “interest” on the Debt Securities include interest accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors (including post-petition interest), whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding;

     (8) all exhibits are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part of this Indenture;

     (9) all references to articles, sections and exhibits (and subparts thereof) are to this Indenture; and

     (10) all references to statutes or rules (or their subparts) include replacement or successor provisions.

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ARTICLE II
THE DEBT SECURITIES

      SECTION 2.01 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

     The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

     The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established (i) in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 2.02, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or (ii) in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

     (a) the title of the Debt Securities of the series, including CUSIP number(s) (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of the series from Debt Securities of any other series);

     (b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.10, 3.07 or 9.06 and except for any Debt Securities which, pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

     (c) the Person to whom any interest on a Debt Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Debt Security (or one or more predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest;

     (d) the date or dates on which the principal of any Debt Securities of the series is payable;

     (e) the rate or rates at which any Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the record date for any such interest payable on any interest payment date;

     (f) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Debt Securities of the series shall be payable;

     (g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Debt Securities shall be evidenced;

     (h) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic measure or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

     (i) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;

     (j) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Debt Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Debt Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

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     (k) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease any Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Section 8.04 shall be evidenced; or, that the Debt Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible pursuant to Section 8.04;

     (l) if applicable, that any Debt Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Note in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.07(f) and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.07 in which any such Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof;

     (m) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which apply to any Debt Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Debt Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

     (n) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in Article IV which apply to Debt Securities of the series;

     (o) the designation of the Trustee in respect of Debt Securities of the series;

     (p) if applicable, that any Debt Securities of the series will be subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company and the terms and conditions, if any, of such subordination;

     (q) if applicable, that any Debt Securities of the series shall be guaranteed by any Guarantors and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Debt Securities shall be guaranteed and, if applicable, upon which such Guarantees may be subordinated to other indebtedness of the respective Guarantors;

     (r) if applicable, that any such Debt Securities of the series shall be secured by any collateral and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Debt Securities shall be secured and, if applicable, upon which such liens may be subordinated to other liens securing other indebtedness of the Company or any guarantor;

     (s) if applicable, that any Debt Securities of the series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, any other securities issued by the Company or any other Persons and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Debt Securities shall be convertible or exchangeable; and

     (t) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

     All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02(a)) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02(a)) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Debt Securities, additional Debt Securities of a series may be issued, at the option of the Company, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time.

     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. If all of the Debt Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Debt Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Debt Security of such series.

      SECTION 2.02 FORM AND DATING.

     (a)  General. The Debt Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Debt Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Authentication Order contemplated by Section 2.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities. If all of the Debt Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Debt Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Debt Security of such series. The Debt Securities may have notations, legends or

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endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, usage or this Indenture. Each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Debt Securities shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

     The terms and provisions contained in the Debt Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, any Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Debt Security conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

     (b)  Global Notes. Subject to Section 2.02(a), the Debt Securities issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Subject to Section 2.02(a), the Debt Securities issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Debt Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions or transfers of beneficial interests from one Global Note to another Global Note. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder or beneficial owner thereof as required by Section 2.07.

      SECTION 2.03 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.

     The Debt Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, one of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents or Chief Executive Officers or its Treasurer, and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile.

     If an Officer whose signature is on a Debt Security no longer holds that office at the time a Debt Security is authenticated, the Debt Security shall nevertheless be valid. A Debt Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and, if requested therein, deliver the Debt Securities for original issuance up to the aggregate principal amount stated in such Authentication Order in such form as may be provided therein or in this Indenture. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Debt Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Debt Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

      SECTION 2.04 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND DEPOSITARY.

     The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Debt Securities may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Debt Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or other Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the mandatory terms of the TIA not otherwise excluded hereunder. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company; provided, however , that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.10.

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     The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

     The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. The Company shall cause the Debt Security Register to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee acting in its capacity as Registrar.

      SECTION 2.05 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m. on each due date of the principal and interest on any Debt Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) by wire transfer a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or interest on the Debt Securities, and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent, and in such event any such Paying Agent shall have the obligation, to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Debt Securities.

     Any money deposited with any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or a domestic Subsidiary in trust for the payment of principal or interest on any Debt Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company at its request, or, if then held by the Company or a domestic Subsidiary, shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holders shall thereafter, as general unsecured creditors, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Paying Agent with respect to such money, and all liability of the Company or such permitted Subsidiary as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

      SECTION 2.06 HOLDER LISTS.

     The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or shall cause the Registrar (if other than the Company) to furnish, to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Debt Securities and, to the extent applicable, the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

      SECTION 2.07 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

     (a)  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company notifies the Trustee in writing that the Depositary is no longer willing or able to act as a depositary or ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor Depositary is not appointed within 90 days of such notice or cessation or (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole

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or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10. Every Debt Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Debt Security other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b) or (c) or pursuant to Section 2.01.

     (b)  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

          (i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(i).

          (ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Debt Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee or Notes Custodian shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.07(g).

     (c)  Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(g), and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions an Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

     (d)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Debt Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note.

     (e)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Debt Securities to a Person who takes

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delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

     (f)  Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless otherwise specified by the Depositary):

     “THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.”

     (g)  Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Debt Securities represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the principal amount of Debt Securities represented by such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

     (h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

          (i) The Debt Securities shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Debt Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with this Section 2.07. When a Debt Security is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the Uniform Commercial Code and this Section 2.07 are met. When Debt Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Debt Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met.

          (ii) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order.

          (iii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.07 and 9.06).

          (iv) The Registrar shall retain copies of all certificates, notices and other written communications received pursuant to this Section 2.07. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such certificates, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

          (v) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same

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indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

          (vi) The Company, Trustee and Registrar shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Debt Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Debt Securities for redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Debt Security between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

          (vii) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Debt Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Debt Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Securities, payment of the redemption price of the Debt Securities and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          (viii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

          (ix) All certifications and certificates required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile, with an original of such document to be sent promptly thereafter.

      SECTION 2.08 REPLACEMENT DEBT SECURITIES.

     If a mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Debt Security claims that the Debt Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Debt Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (i) satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after he has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (ii) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Debt Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “ protected purchaser ”) and (iii) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the Company including evidence of the destruction, loss or theft of the Debt Security. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Debt Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Debt Security including the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be required. In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Debt Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Debt Security instead of issuing a new Debt Security in replacement thereof.

     Every replacement Debt Security is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionally with all other Debt Securities duly issued hereunder.

     The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Debt Securities.

      SECTION 2.09 OUTSTANDING DEBT SECURITIES.

          “ Outstanding Debt Securities ”, or “ Outstanding ” when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

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          (i) Debt Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including Debt Securities tendered and exchanged for other securities of the Company;

          (ii) Debt Securities of any series for which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series; provided, however, that if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, then notice of redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made and the date for such redemption has passed;

          (iii) Debt Securities of any series, except to the extent provided in Section 8.04, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance as provided in Article VIII; and

          (iv) Debt Securities paid pursuant to Section 2.08 and Debt Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding of any series have performed any Act hereunder, (A) the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities, if any, which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 6.02 and (B) Debt Securities of such series owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (provided, that in connection with any offer by the Company or any obligor to purchase or exchange Debt Securities, Debt Securities tendered by a Holder shall be Outstanding until the date of purchase or exchange), except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

      SECTION 2.10 TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES.

     Until certificates representing Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Debt Securities. Temporary Debt Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Debt Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Debt Securities and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Debt Securities in exchange for temporary Debt Securities. Holders of temporary Debt Securities shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

      SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION.

     All Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. All Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities held by the Trustee shall be delivered to the Company upon Company Request. The acquisition of any Debt Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities are surrendered to the

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Trustee for cancellation. The Debt Securities shall not be disposed of until exchanged in full for Definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

      SECTION 2.12 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST.

     (a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01 with respect to any series of Debt Securities, interest on any Debt Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Person in whose name that Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

     (b) Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such registered Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

          (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt Security) are registered at the close of business on a special record date (the “ Special Record Date ”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Debt Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Debt Security Register, not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt Security) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

          (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Debt Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debt Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice is given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP, ISIN OR COMMON CODE NUMBERS.

     The Company in issuing the Debt Securities may use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use such numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Debt Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers.

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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION

      SECTION 3.01 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

     Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and in accordance with this Article.

      SECTION 3.02 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

     The election of the Company to redeem Debt Securities of any series shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. The Company shall, not less than 35 (unless a shorter notice period is acceptable to the Trustee) nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company, notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, the series of Debt Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Price, the CUSIP numbers and the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed.

      SECTION 3.03 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

     If less than all of the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for such Debt Securities or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Debt Securities in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.02(a) in the currency in which the such Debt Securities are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.02(a) in the currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated or any integral multiple thereof. In any case when more than one Debt Security is registered in the same name, the Trustee, in its discretion, may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Debt Security.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the U.S. Depositary for the applicable series of Debt Securities (if other than itself) in writing of the Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of Debt Securities of any such series selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

      SECTION 3.04 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

     Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of the Debt Securities of the series to be redeemed pursuant to this Article III, in the manner provided in Section 11.02. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not any such Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security.

     All notices of redemption shall identify the series of Debt Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP number) and shall state:

     (a) the Redemption Date,

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     (b) the Redemption Price,

     (c) that the Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of such Debt Securities, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

     (d) that (i) all Outstanding Debt Securities of such series are to be redeemed, or (ii) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,

     (e) in the case of Debt Securities of any series that are to be redeemed in part only, that on or after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Debt Securities, the Holders of such Debt Securities will receive, without charge, new Debt Securities of such series in authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

     (f) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date, and

     (g) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

      SECTION 3.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

     On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for the Debt Securities of any series so to be redeemed, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.05) an amount of money in the currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

      SECTION 3.06 DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities of any series so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the currency in which such Debt Securities are payable, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security of any such series for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest on Debt Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 2.05, Section 2.12 and Section 4.05.

     If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in such Debt Security.

      SECTION 3.07 DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

     Any Debt Security of a series which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office with, if the Company, the U.S. Depositary for such Debt Securities or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the U.S. Depositary for such Debt Securities and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a

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new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

      SECTION 3.08 MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS.

     Each Holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a Holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such Holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If such Person fails to apply or become licensed or qualified or is found unsuitable (a “ Disqualified Holder ”), then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture:

     (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days of receipt of notice of the Company’s election or such earlier date as may be requested or prescribed by such Gaming Authority; or

     (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities, which Redemption Date may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so requested or prescribed by the Gaming Authority, at a redemption price equal to:

          (1) the lesser of:

               (a) the Person’s cost, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of unsuitability or failure to comply; and

               (b) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of unsuitability or failure to comply; or

          (2) such other amount as may be required by applicable Gaming Laws or by order of any Gaming Authority.

     The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such Disqualified Holder status or redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon the imposition of a requirement to dispose of Debt Securities by a Gaming Authority, such Person shall, to the extent required by applicable Gaming Laws, have no further right (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest, dividends or any other distributions or payments with respect to the Debt Securities or any remuneration in any form with respect to the Debt Securities from the Company or the Trustee, except the redemption price.

ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS

      SECTION 4.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

     The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of Holders of Debt Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and this Indenture.

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      SECTION 4.02 REPORTS

     (a) Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Debt Securities are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders within 15 days after the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

          (1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (“ MD&A ”) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and

          (2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

     (b) The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).

      SECTION 4.03 OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

      SECTION 4.04 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

     The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for Debt Securities of any series an office or agency where such Debt Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities of a series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Debt Securities and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for such Debt Securities in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as such Debt Securities are listed on such exchange, and subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for such Debt Securities located outside the United States an office or agency where any such Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for exchange or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Debt Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

     The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

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      SECTION 4.05 MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

     If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to Debt Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of that series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due (in same day funds and, if a Global Note is Outstanding, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, in order for the Trustee to make payment to the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series in accordance with rules of such U.S. Depositary), such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to the Debt Securities of any series other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

     (a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

     (b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of that series; and

     (c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

     The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 11.02, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company upon Company Request.

      SECTION 4.06 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

     Subject to Articles V and X, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its and each Guarantor’s corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the

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