LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 29,
2009
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
This Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is made as of April 29, 2009 (the
“Effective Date”), by and between PROJECT CC, LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company (“MGM”) and INFINITY
WORLD DEVELOPMENT CORP, a Nevada corporation (“IW”).
MGM and IW are hereinafter referred to individually as a
“Member” and collectively as the
“Members”.
A. WHEREAS,
Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (“Mirage
Resorts”) and Dubai World, a Dubai, United Arab Emirates
government decree entity (“Dubai World”) entered into
that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of CityCenter
Holdings, LLC dated as of August 21, 2007 (the “Original
LLC Agreement”);
B. WHEREAS,
Mirage Resorts assigned all of its rights, title, interest and
obligations in and to the Original LLC Agreement to MGM pursuant to
that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of
November 14, 2007;
C. WHEREAS,
Dubai World assigned all of its rights, title, interest and
obligations in and to the Original LLC Agreement to IW pursuant to
that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of
November 15, 2007;
D. WHEREAS,
MGM and IW entered into that certain Amendment No. 1 to the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of CityCenter Holdings, LLC
dated as of November 15, 2007 (“Amendment
No. 1”);
E. WHEREAS,
MGM and IW entered into that certain Amendment No. 2 to the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of CityCenter Holdings, LLC
dated as of December 31, 2007 (“Amendment
No. 2”);
F. WHEREAS,
MGM, through one or more Affiliates, owned the Project
Assets;
G. WHEREAS,
MGM previously (i) contributed the Project Assets to
CityCenter Land, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
(“Project Owner”) and, thereafter,
(ii) contributed 100% of the membership interests in Project
Owner to the Company;
H. WHEREAS,
the Members have formed the Company to own, directly or indirectly
through its Subsidiary, Project Owner, and to manage, design, plan,
develop, construct, operate, lease and sell the Project pursuant to
the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6
Del. C. § 18-101 et seq., as the same may be amended from time
to time (the “Act”); and
I. WHEREAS,
the Parties desire to amend and restate the Original LLC Agreement,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2, in its
entirety, in order to set out their agreement as to the conduct of
business and the affairs of the Company.
NOW THEREFORE, for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, and in consideration of the mutual
promises set forth, the Parties agree as follows:
Section 1.1
Organization . Mirage Resorts and Dubai World formed and
established a limited liability company, called CityCenter
Holdings, LLC (the “Company”), under and pursuant to
the provisions of the Act, and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in the Original LLC Agreement. On November 2, 2007, a
certificate of formation for the Company was filed.
Section 1.2
Name . The name of the Company is CityCenter Holdings, LLC,
and all business of the Company shall be conducted solely in such
name or in such other name or names as may be Approved by the Board
of Directors.
Section 1.3
Place of Business . The principal office of the Company
shall be located at such place within the County as may be approved
by the Managing Member.
Section 1.4
Business of the Company . Subject to Section 1.10
hereof, the business of the Company is to acquire and own the
Project Assets and to design, develop, construct, finance, own and
operate the Project. In furtherance of its business, the Company
shall have and may exercise all the powers now or hereafter
conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware on limited liability
companies formed under the laws of that State, and may do any and
all things related or incidental to its business as fully as
natural persons might or could do under the laws of that State.
Such power shall include, but shall not be limited to, the
creation, ownership and operation of one or more wholly owned
Subsidiaries for the purposes set forth in Section 1.10
hereof. The Company has registered to do business in the State of
Nevada.
Section 1.5
Purposes Limited . Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Company shall not engage in any other activity or
business and none of the Members shall have any authority to hold
itself out as an agent of the other Member in any other business or
activity.
Section 1.6
No Payments of Individual Obligations . The Members shall
use the Company’s credit and assets solely for the benefit of
the Company. Other than as set forth in an Additional Agreement, no
asset of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for or in
payment of any individual obligation of a Member.
Section 1.7
Statutory Compliance . The Company shall exist under and be
governed by, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, but excluding
its conflict of law principles. The Members shall make all filings
and disclosures required by, and shall otherwise comply with, all
such laws. The Members
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shall execute,
file and record in the appropriate records any assumed or
fictitious name certificate required by law to be filed or recorded
in connection with the formation of the Company and shall execute,
file and record such other documents and instruments as may be
necessary or appropriate with respect to the formation of, and
conduct of business by, the Company.
Section 1.8
Title to Property . All property, whether real or personal,
tangible or intangible, owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries
shall be owned in the name of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and
no Member shall have any ownership interest in such property in its
individual name or right and each Member’s interest in the
Company shall be personal property for all purposes.
Section 1.9
Duration . The Company commenced on the date of its
formation pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof and shall continue
until dissolved and liquidated pursuant to law or any provision of
this Agreement.
Section 1.10
Conduct of Business Through Single Purpose Entities . It is
the intention of the Members that the Company serve as a holding
company and operate its business, and own each of the Project
Assets, through single purpose wholly owned limited liability
companies or other wholly owned entities (each, a
“Subsidiary” or, together, the
“Subsidiaries”).
Section 1.11
Definitions . As used in this Agreement:
“Acceptance Notice” has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.6(b) hereof.
“Act” has the meaning set forth in
Recital H.
“actual
knowledge” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 or
Section 10.2 hereof, as applicable.
“Actual
Pre-Closing Residential Proceeds” means the amount set forth
on Schedule 1.11 which is the actual amount of
(A) cash proceeds received by MGM or its Affiliates, excluding
any cash proceeds returned or refunded, from the sale or a contract
to sell any residential units in the Project Components since the
inception of the Project to the Closing Date less (B) the
Sales Expenses related to such residential units.
“Additional Agreements” means the
Development Management Agreement, the Operations Management
Agreements, and the Ancillary Agreements.
“Additional Capital Contribution”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a) hereof and
includes Capital Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.3,
Section 3.4 and Section 3.5(b) hereof.
“Adjusted
Capital Account Balance” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6(a) hereof.
“Affiliate” means a Person which
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the
Person specified; provided , however , that a Member,
as such, shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the other
Member. For the purpose of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controls,” “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control
with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of
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the management
and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set
forth in the Preamble.
“Alternate” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.1(c) hereof.
“Amendment No. 1” has the
meaning set forth in Recital D.
“Amendment No. 2” has the
meaning set forth in Recital E.
“Ancillary Agreement” means an
agreement between MGM or its Affiliate and the Company providing
for a grant of a lease, easement, or permission to use or occupy
any real, personal or intellectual property, including, but not
limited to, such matters described in Exhibit B
attached hereto.
“Annual
Budget” means, at any time, the annual budget for the
day-to-day operations of a Project Component most recently Approved
by the Board of Directors in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Appraisal Notice” has the meaning
set forth in Section 13.4 hereof.
“Appraised Value” has the meaning
set forth in Section 13.4 hereof.
“Approval” or “Approved”
means, with the respect to the Board of Directors, the approval by
(i) a majority of all of the Representatives on the Board of
Directors entitled to vote on the matter, (ii) as long as MGM
or its Affiliate is a Member, at least one Representative
designated by MGM, and (iii) as long as IW or its Affiliate is
a Member, at least one Representative designated by IW.
“Approved
Counsel” means (i) Lionel Sawyer & Collins,
(ii) Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., (iii) Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck, and (iv) any other attorney duly licensed in
the State of Nevada that has been Approved by the Board of
Directors or by all Members in writing.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of
the United States Code (and any successor thereto), as amended from
time to time.
“Base
Profit Interest” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.5(b) hereof.
“Board of
Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a)
hereof.
“Business
Day” means each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day
observed by the Federal, State of Nevada or local government in Las
Vegas, Nevada as a legal holiday.
“Business
Plan” means, collectively, each of the Component Business
Plans and the Project Business Plan, as each may be, from time to
time, amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
“Capital
Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a)
hereof.
“Capital
Contribution” means an Initial Capital Contribution or
Additional Capital Contribution.
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“Cash
Proceeds Letter” means that certain letter agreement executed
by the Company, MGM MIRAGE, MGM and IW dated April 29,
2009.
“Cash
Purchase Procedure” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2(a) hereof.
“Casino
Opening Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2(c)(i) hereof.
“Closing
Date” means November 15, 2007.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (and any successor thereto), as amended from time to
time.
“Company” has the meaning set forth
in Section 1.1 hereof.
“Company
Accountants” means Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
“Company
Minimum Gain” has the meaning as set forth in Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).
“Completion Date” has the meaning
set forth in the Disbursement Agreement as of the date
hereof.
“Component Business Plan” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.8(b) hereof, as
such may be, from time to time, amended, modified or supplemented
in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
“Conditional Transfer Price” means,
with respect to the Units to be Transferred pursuant to Section
4.2, Section 9.3(d) or Section 13.4 hereof, 100% of the
Appraised Value of such Units.
“Condo
Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Disbursement
Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof.
“Construction Budget” means, at any
time, the budget for the acquisition, development and construction
of the entire Project prepared by, or on behalf of, the Managing
Member and Approved by the Board of Directors, setting forth in
detail, by category and line item, all Development Costs and all
pre-opening costs, as such budget shall be amended from time to
time in accordance with this Agreement. The Construction Budget
shall allocate and separate all Development Costs among the various
Project Components so that the Construction Budget sets forth a
maximum amount of Development Costs for each Project Component and
the sum of the aggregate budgeted Development Costs for each
Project Component will equal the aggregate amount of the
Construction Budget. The Construction Budget was Approved by the
Board of Directors on or about March 5, 2009 and is attached
hereto as Exhibit I . All future Construction Budgets,
including any amendments, modifications and/or supplements thereof
and thereto, will be in the same form as the Construction
Budget.
“Construction Completion Guaranty”
means that certain guaranty executed by MGM and MGM MIRAGE in favor
of the Company dated on or about the date hereof which, among other
things, provides for MGM’s and MGM MIRAGE’s payment
obligations with respect to any costs in excess of the Construction
Budget.
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“Construction Facility” means that
certain Credit Agreement dated October 3, 2008 by and among
the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
Disbursement Agent and Swing Line Lender, and certain other
lenders, as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit
Agreement dated December 31, 2008, and Amendment No. 2
and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of April 29, 2009 and
as the same may be further amended or modified.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as
to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person
or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound.
“CPI” means the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the United States Department of Labor, Los
Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, All Items (1982-84 = 100), or any
successor index thereto, as such successor index may be
appropriately adjusted to establish substantial equivalence with
the CPI, or if the CPI ceases to be published and there is no
successor thereto, such other index as shall be Approved by the
Board of Directors.
“County” means Clark County,
Nevada.
“Damages” means any loss, cost,
liability, claim, damage, expense (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees), demand and cause of action of any nature
whatsoever, whether or not involving a third party claim and
without taking into account any related insurance
payments.
“Deemed
Satisfaction of DW Obligations” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.24 hereof.
“Deemed
Satisfaction of MR Obligations” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.25 hereof.
“Default
Interest Rate” means the Prime Rate plus five percent
(5%).
“Defaulting Member” has the meaning
set forth in Section 13.1 hereof.
“Delinquent Member” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.
“Depreciation” shall mean, for each
Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with
respect to an asset for such Fiscal Year or other period for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, except that if the Gross Asset Value
of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax
purposes at the beginning of such Fiscal Year or other period,
Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such
beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year
or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax
basis.
“Development Agreement” means that
certain Development Agreement, recorded with Clark County Recorders
Office on May 23, 2006 as document number 20030523-0005103, by
and among the County of Clark and Project CC, LLC D/B/A Project
CityCenter, Bellagio, LLC, The April Cook Companies, Treasure
Island Corp., Restaurant Ventures of Nevada, Inc., Victoria
Partners, a Limited Partnership and Boardwalk Casino,
Inc.
“Development Costs” means, without
duplication, all of the following fees, costs and expenses incurred
or to be paid in connection with the Project: (i) all hard
construction costs to construct and
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complete the
entire Project in accordance with the Plans, (ii) whether
incurred before or after completion of any particular Project
Component, any costs of fit out of such Project Component (which
shall include, without limitation, any free rent, tenant
improvements or other tenant concessions), (iii) soft costs
directly related to the construction of the Project (such as
architect’s fees), incurred since inception of the Project,
(iv) other soft costs not directly related to hard
construction costs of the Project (such as real estate taxes and
insurance premiums), in each case, whether paid or unpaid, and
(v) all fees, costs and expenses incurred to acquire the
Project Assets (excluding the initial Capital Contribution of Dubai
World pursuant to the Original LLC Agreement).
“Development Management Agreement”
means that certain Development Management Agreement for CityCenter
by and among MGM, MGM MIRAGE and the Company dated
November 15, 2007, as amended.
“Development Manager” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Development Management
Agreement.
“Disbursement Agreement” means that
certain Disbursement Agreement by and among the Company, and Bank
of America, N.A., as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to
Disbursement Agreement dated April 29, 2009 and as the same may be
further amended or modified.
“Disposing Member” has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.6(a) hereof.
“Disposition Notice” has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.6(a) hereof.
“Distributable Cash” has the meaning
set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.
“Dubai
World” has the meaning set forth in Recital A.
“DW
L/C” means, collectively, (a) that certain letter of
credit dated as of the date hereof posted by Dubai World and issued
by Emirates Bank, NBD in favor of the Company in the amount of
$408.455 million and (b) the sum of 85.545 million
deposited by Dubai World with the lender under the Construction
Facility on April 29, 2009.
“Dubai
World Restricted Affiliates” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.21(b) hereof.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set
forth in the Preamble.
“Emergency Situation” means a bona
fide emergency situation which creates an imminent risk to life,
safety or significant damage to the Project.
“Encumbrance” means any monetary
mortgage, pledge, Lien, charge, hypothecation, security interest,
or other monetary encumbrances of any nature whatsoever.
“Escalation” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.3(c) hereof.
“Event of
Bankruptcy” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1
hereof.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1
hereof.
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“Financing” means debt financing,
which may be unsecured or collateralized by one or more Liens on
the Project Assets or any portion thereof (including purchase money
financing collateralized by furniture, furnishings, fixtures,
machinery or equipment), to be obtained by the Company from one or
more commercial banks or other lenders (including vendors or the
Members) for the purpose of funding the Project.
“Financing Documents” means all
agreements between the Company and any applicable lender evidencing
any Financing.
“Fiscal
Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5
hereof.
“Force
Majeure” means war, terrorism, explosion, bombing,
revolution, riots, civil commotion, strikes, lockout, inability to
obtain labor or materials, fire, flood, storm, earthquake,
hurricanes, tornado, drought, tidal waves, settlement of dredged
areas or other acts or elements, accident, government restrictions
or appropriation or other causes, whether like or unlike the
foregoing, affecting the Project.
“Gaming” means to deal, operate,
carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game as defined
in applicable Gaming Laws, or to operate an inter-casino linked
system.
“Gaming
Approvals” means with respect to any action by a particular
Person, any consent, finding of suitability, license, approval or
other authorization required for such action by such Person from a
Gaming Authority or under Gaming Laws.
“Gaming
Authority” means those national, state, local and other
governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies,
boards and officials responsible for or regulating gaming or gaming
activities in any jurisdiction and, within the State of Nevada,
specifically, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming
Control Board, and the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing
Board.
“Gaming
Components” means all Project Components in which Gaming will
take place.
“Gaming
Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority
possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming
within any jurisdiction and, within the State of Nevada,
specifically, the Nevada Gaming Control Act, as codified in NRS
Chapters 462 — 466, and the regulations of the Nevada Gaming
Commission promulgated thereunder, and the Clark County
Code.
“Gross
Asset Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a)
hereof.
“Harmon
Completion Guaranty” means that certain guaranty the form of
which shall be negotiated in good faith by the Members and executed
by MGM and MGM MIRAGE in favor of the Company which, among other
things, shall provide for MGM’s and MGM MIRAGE’s
obligation to pay all costs relating to the completion of the
Harmon Hotel in excess of (a) Two Hundred Million Dollars
($200,000,000) if the Major Decision to proceed with the completion
the Harmon Hotel is made on or prior to December 31, 2012, and
(b) Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) plus a cost
escalator mutually agreed upon by the Members if the Major Decision
to proceed with the completion of the Harmon Hotel is made on or
after January 1, 2013.
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“Impasse” has the meaning set forth
in Section 9.3 (c) hereof.
“Impasse
Election Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.3(d) hereof.
“Impasse
Trigger Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.3(d) hereof.
“Indemnified Party” and
“Indemnified Parties” have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(a) hereof.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.5(c) hereof.
“Individual Adjusted Profit Interest
Addition” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)
hereof.
“Individual Adjusted Profit Interest
Subtraction” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)
hereof.
“Individual Base Profit Interest
Addition” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)
hereof.
“Individual Base Profit Interest
Subtraction” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)
hereof.
“Initial
Capital Contribution” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
“Interest” means, with respect to a
Member, the percentage ownership interest in the Company
represented by the Units owned by such Member.
“IW” has the meaning set forth in
the Preamble.
“IW
Default Contributions” means any Additional Capital
Contributions made by IW pursuant to
Section 3.5(b).
“IW
Gaming Approval” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2(b) hereof.
“IW
Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.3(a) hereof.
“IW L/C
Contributions” means any Additional Capital Contributions
made by IW pursuant to Section 3.4.
“IW
Note” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.5.
“IW
Special Representative” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.5.
“IW Tax
Liability” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)
hereof.
“L/C
Contribution” means any Additional Capital Contribution made
pursuant to Section 3.4.
“Lease
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b)
hereof.
“Lending
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)
hereof.
“Letters
of Credit” means, collectively, the DW L/C and the MGM
L/C.
“License
Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(d)
hereof.
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“Lien” or “Liens” means
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or
charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature
thereof).
“Major
Contract” means any contract under which the Company would be
required to make payments or incur liabilities in excess of
$20 million.
“Major
Decision” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(a)
hereof.
“Major
Lease” means any lease agreement under which the Company
would be required to make payments, receive payments, or incur
liabilities, in each case, in excess of
$20 million.
“Managing
Member” means MGM or its successor as Managing
Member.
“Material
Competitors” means, collectively, the entities identified in
Exhibit H attached hereto.
“Member” and “Members”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Member
Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(i)
hereof.
“Member
Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means an amount, with respect
to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Company Minimum Gain
that would result if such Member Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a
nonrecourse liability, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
“Member
Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and
1.704-2(i)(2).
“MGM” has the meaning set forth in
the Preamble.
“MGM
Additional Contribution” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7(a) hereof.
“MGM
Default Contributions” means any Additional Capital
Contributions made by MGM pursuant to
Section 3.5(b).
“MGM
Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.3(b) hereof.
“MGM
L/C” means that certain letter of credit dated as of the date
hereof posted by MGM MIRAGE and issued by Bank of America, N.A., in
favor of the Company in the amount of $224 million.
“MGM L/C
Contributions” means any Additional Capital Contributions
made by MGM pursuant to Section 3.4.
“MGM
MIRAGE” means MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation.
“MGM
MIRAGE Restricted Affiliates” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.21(a) hereof.
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“MGM
Note” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.5.
“Mirage
Resorts” has the meaning set forth in Recital A.
“Net
Residential Proceeds” means the actual amount of
(A) cash proceeds received by the Company or its Affiliates
from the sale of any residential units in the Project Components
less (B) the Sales Expenses related to such residential
units.
“Non-Defaulting Member” means a
Member who is not a Defaulting Member.
“Non-Delinquent Member” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.
“Non-Disposing Member” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.6(b) hereof.
“Non-Recourse Liability” has the
meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
“Offer
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(b)
hereof.
“Offer
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(b)
hereof.
“Offered
Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(a)
hereof.
“Operations Management Agreements”
means, collectively, those certain agreements, as amended, listed
on Exhibit D attached hereto.
“Operations Manager” has the meaning
ascribed to it in the Operations Management Agreements.
“Original
LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Recital
A.
“Original
Signing Date” means August 21, 2007.
“Outstanding Facility Funds” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.4 hereof.
“Party” or “Parties”
means MGM, IW, individually or collectively, as appropriate, and
their respective successors and assigns.
“Passive
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(i)
hereof.
“People
Mover” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6
hereof.
“Permitted Transfer” has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.2 hereof.
“Permitted Transferee” means,
(i) in the case of MGM: any Person, one hundred percent (100%)
of the voting stock or beneficial ownership of which is owned
directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, by MGM
MIRAGE, and (ii) in the case of IW: any Person, one hundred
percent (100%) of the voting stock or beneficial ownership of which
is owned directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, by
Dubai World.
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“Person” means any natural person,
corporation, limited liability company, firm, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, governmental or quasi-governmental entity or other
entity of similar nature.
“Plans” means, at any time, the
plans and specifications for the construction of the Project,
together with all additions, modifications, supplements, addenda,
and change orders thereto and thereof, in each event Approved by
the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.8 and
Section 9.3 hereof.
“Prime
Rate” means the “U.S. prime rate” published in
the “Money Rates” or equivalent section of the Western
Edition of The Wall Street Journal , provided that if a
“prime rate” range is published by The Wall Street
Journal , then the highest rate of that range will be used, or
if The Wall Street Journal ceases publishing a prime rate or
a prime rate range, then the Managing Member will select a prime
rate, a prime rate range or another substitute interest rate index
that is based upon comparable information.
“Profit” and “Loss”
shall mean for each Fiscal Year or other period, the taxable income
or tax loss of the Company for federal income tax purposes for such
Fiscal Year, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for
this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required
to be separately stated pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1)
shall be included in taxable income or tax loss), with the
following adjustments:
(i) Any
income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax and
not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses
hereunder shall be added to such taxable income or tax
loss;
(ii) Any
expenditures of the Company described in Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B), or treated as Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( i ) and not otherwise taken
into account in computing Profits and Losses hereunder shall be
subtracted from such taxable income or tax loss;
(iii) In
the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the amount of such
adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the
disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits and
Losses;
(iv) Gain
or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to
which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes
shall be computed with reference to the Gross Asset Value of the
property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis
of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(v) In
lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery
deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or
tax loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such
Fiscal Year;
(vi) To
the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company
asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) is required pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( m )( 4 )
to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a
result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a
Member’s Interest, the amount of such adjustment shall be
treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis
of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the
asset)
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from the
disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for
purposes of computing Profits and Losses; and
(vii) Notwithstanding any other provisions
of the foregoing provisions of this definition, any items which are
specially allocated to a Member hereunder shall not be taken into
account in computing Profits and Losses.
“Profit
Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)
hereof.
“Project” means the development
known as CityCenter located in the County which is to consist of
the Project Components.
“Project
Assets” means all real, personal and intangible property
related to or used in connection with any business, operation,
enterprise or development that is the Project, but excluding all
real, personal and intangible property related to or used in
connection with any business, operation, enterprise or development
that is not the Project. A description of a portion of the property
comprising the Project Assets is set forth in Exhibit C
attached hereto.
“Project
Business Plan” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 7.8(a) hereof, as such Project Business Plan may be,
from time to time, amended, modified or supplemented in accordance
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
“Project
Components” means the elements of the Project described on
Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Project
Owner” has the meaning set forth in Recital G.
“Regulations” means the Treasury
Regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Regulatory Allocations” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.5 hereof.
“Representative” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.1(b) hereof.
“Required
Lenders” has the meaning set forth in the Construction
Facility.
“Sales
Expenses” with respect to any residential units within the
Project Components, means the sales commissions and marketing
expenses related to the sale of such residential units.
“Securities Laws” has the meaning
set forth in Section 10.1(j).
“Selling
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.8(a)
hereof.
“Subordinated Notes” has the meaning
set forth in Section 6.5.
“Subsidiary” has the meaning set
forth in Section 1.10 hereof.
“Tag-Along Notice” has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.8(b) hereof.
“Tagging
Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.8(b)
hereof.
“Tax
Matters Partner” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4 hereof.
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“Title
Policy” means that certain title policy number C30-Z008553
issued by Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company dated
October 30, 2008.
“Transfer” means, with respect to a
Unit, to directly or indirectly sell, assign, transfer, give,
donate, pledge, hypothecate, deposit, alienate, bequeath, devise or
otherwise dispose of or encumber such Unit. Notwithstanding the
foregoing definition of Transfer, the following are not considered
Transfers:
(a) the
transfer of interests (in one or more transactions) of an entity
that owns, directly or indirectly, any Units if: (A) the value
of the Units held, directly or indirectly, by such entity does not
exceed 50% of the fair market value of the total assets of such
entity; and (B) the transferor continues to consolidate with
the entity for financial reporting purposes; and
(b) an
offering of securities by, or a change of control of, MGM
MIRAGE.
“Transfer
Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(a)
hereof.
“Transferee” means a Person to whom
a Transfer is made.
“True
Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)
hereof.
“Unreturned Default Contributions”
means (i) as to IW, the IW Default Contributions less the
aggregate amount of distributions made to IW pursuant to
Section 6.4(a) hereof and (ii) as to MGM, the MGM Default
Contributions less the aggregate amount of distributions made to
MGM pursuant to Section 6.4(a) hereof.
“Unreturned L/C Capital
Contributions” means (i) as to IW, the IW L/C
Contributions less the aggregate amount of distributions made to IW
pursuant to Section 6.4(b) hereof and (ii) as to MGM,
(a) the sum of $270 million as described in
Section 3.3 hereof plus (b) the MGM L/C
Contributions less (c) the aggregate amount of
distributions made to MGM pursuant to Section 6.4(c)
hereof.
“Unauthorized Action” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a) hereof.
“Unit” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1 hereof.
“Unreturned Investment” for a Member
at any given time means the aggregate amount of such Member’s
Capital Contribution made up to that time less the aggregate
amount of distributions made to such Member by the Company up to
that time.
Section 2.1
Identification . MGM and IW shall be the Members of the
Company. No other Person may become a Member except pursuant to a
Transfer specifically permitted under and effected in compliance
with this Agreement.
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Section 2.2
Services of Members . During the existence of the Company
and, unless otherwise provided in an Additional Agreement, the
Members shall be required to devote only such time and effort to
Company business as may be necessary to promote adequately the
interests of the Company and the mutual interests of the Members,
it being specifically understood and agreed that the Members shall
not be required to devote full time to Company business, and each
Member agrees and acknowledges that each Member and its Affiliates
currently do, and at any time and from time to time may, engage in
and possess interests in other business or operations of every type
and description, independently or with others, including, but not
limited to, such business or operations that relate to or compete
with the Project; and (i) neither the Company nor the other
Member shall by virtue of this Agreement have any right, title or
interest in or to such independent ventures or to the income or
profits derived therefrom and (ii) nothing in this Agreement
or any Additional Agreements shall be deemed to limit, restrict,
prohibit, or otherwise abridge each Member’s rights or
ability to engage in or possess such interests.
Section 2.3
Reimbursement and Fees . Unless expressly provided for in
this Agreement, approved by each of the Members, or provided for in
an Additional Agreement, neither of the Members nor any Affiliate
thereof shall be paid any compensation for its management services
to the Company provided pursuant to the terms hereof or be
reimbursed for out of pocket, overhead or general administrative
expenses.
Section 2.4
Transactions with Affiliates . The Company shall be entitled
to employ or retain, or enter into a transaction or contract with a
Member or an officer, employee or Affiliate of any Member only
after the Board of Directors has Approved such transaction or
contract. Other than with respect to fees or other payment provided
for, contemplated, or permitted in an Additional Agreement, the
compensation and other terms and conditions of any such arrangement
with any Member or any officer, employee or Affiliate of any Member
shall be no less favorable to the Company than those that could
reasonably be obtained at the time from an unrelated party
providing comparable goods or services. Except for and subject to
the terms of an Additional Agreement, it is expressly understood
and agreed that the Company shall not enter into any contracts with
an Affiliate of any Member other than at such Affiliate’s
cost.
Section 2.5
Liability of the Members; Indemnification .
(a) Except
as otherwise may be required by applicable law, neither Member nor
any officer, director, employee, agent or Affiliate of a Member nor
any other Person that serves at the request of the Members on
behalf of the Company including any Representative and the IW
Special Representative (each, an “Indemnified Party”
and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) shall be
liable for damages or otherwise to the Company or the other Member
for any act or omission performed or omitted by it in good faith on
behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed by it to
be within the scope of the authority granted to it by this
Agreement so long as such act or omission shall not constitute
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to
such acts or omissions.
(b) To
the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnified Parties shall
be defended, indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and
against any and all Damages, arising out of or incidental to any
act performed or omitted to be performed by any one or more of the
Indemnified Parties (including, without limitation, to the extent
permitted by law, actions or omissions constituting negligence) in
connection with the business of the Company; provided
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however , that such act did not constitute fraud,
willful misconduct or gross negligence on behalf of such
Indemnified Party, and provided it shall act in a manner in which
it in good faith believes to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company; and provided further ,
however , that any obligation to an Indemnified Party under
this Section 2.5 shall be paid first from insurance proceeds
under policies maintained by the Company or from third party
indemnities or guarantees, and to the extent such obligation
remains unpaid, it shall be paid solely out of and to the extent of
the assets of the Company and shall not be a personal obligation of
any Member. To the extent that any Indemnified Party has, at law or
in equity, duties (including, without limitation, fiduciary duties)
to the Company, any Member or other Person bound by the terms of
this Agreement, such Indemnified Party acting in accordance with
this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company, any Member, or
any such other Person for its good faith reliance on (i) the
advice of accountants or legal counsel for the Company, or
(ii) the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this
Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties of an
Indemnified Party otherwise existing at law or in equity, are
agreed by the Parties to replace or modify such other duties to the
greatest extent permitted under applicable Law.
(c) The
Company and each Member (if not the Indemnifying Party) shall be
indemnified, defended and held harmless by the other Member (the
“Indemnifying Party”) from and against any and all
Damages arising out of or incidental to (i) any act performed
by the Indemnifying Party (including acts performed as the Member)
or its authorized representatives, officers, employees, directors,
shareholders, partners and members that is not performed in good
faith or within the scope of authority conferred upon the
Indemnifying Party or the applicable Person under this Agreement,
(ii) the fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the
Indemnifying Party or its authorized representatives, officers,
employees, directors, shareholders, partners and members or
(iii) the breach by the Company of any of its representations
or warranties made under any joint venture, purchase, loan or other
agreement entered into in connection with the acquisition of
Project Assets, which breach was solely the result of written
information or matters pertaining to the Indemnifying Party
provided or confirmed by such Indemnifying Party; provided ,
however , that the cumulative indemnification obligation of
a Member under this Section 2.5 shall in no event exceed the
amount of the Unreturned Investment of the other Member at the time
of such indemnification.
(d) To
the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an
Indemnified Party in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or
the Company’s business or affairs shall be paid by the
Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
Indemnified Party to repay such amount plus interest at the Prime
Rate if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Party was
not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in connection with
such action.
(e) The
Company may purchase, at its expense, insurance to insure any
Indemnified Party against liability for any breach or alleged
breach of its fiduciary responsibilities or any act for which an
Indemnified Party may receive indemnification hereunder.
(f) Any
and all indemnity obligations of each Party shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or of the Company.
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CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; LOANS;
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Section 3.1
Issuance of Units . The Company has issued one hundred
(100) membership units (each a “Unit” and
collectively, the “Units”). Each of the Members owns
fifty (50) Units. Additional Capital Contributions may be made
and, if necessary, additional Units may be issued, in accordance
with terms and conditions approved by the Members. Issuance of
additional Units pursuant to this Agreement does not constitute an
amendment of this Agreement. Exhibit E attached hereto
will be revised from time to time to reflect the Units issued from
time to time to the Members. Units shall represent the Interest
(including ownership and voting interest), but not necessarily the
Profit Interest, of each Member.
Section 3.2
Initial Capital Contributions . Through March 26, 2009,
each Member or its predecessor-in-interest made Capital
Contributions to the Company (“Initial Capital
Contribution”) as set forth on Schedule 3.2
.
Section 3.3
Additional Capital Contributions . In the event that one or
both of the Members is required to contribute additional capital or
lend any funds to the Company as expressly provided in this
Agreement or the Board of Directors Approves any such additional
capital contribution (each, an “Additional Capital
Contribution”), except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement, the amounts to be contributed shall be payable by
the Members in proportion to their respective Profit Interests or
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement; provided
, however , that prior to the Effective Date but after
March 26, 2009, MGM contributed $270 million to the
Company as an Additional Capital Contribution (with a corresponding
increase to MGM’s Capital Account) and not as a Member Loan.
The Members shall not be required to contribute additional capital
or lend any funds to the Company except as expressly provided in
this Agreement.
Section 3.4
Letters of Credit . Pursuant to the Construction Facility,
concurrently with $1.8 billion (the “Outstanding
Facility Funds”) being funded pursuant to the Construction
Facility, (1) MGM shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
MGM L/C and (2) IW shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
DW L/C. The Company shall be entitled to draw on the Letters of
Credit without any further action from the Board of Directors as
provided in the Construction Facility. Each drawdown on a Letter of
Credit by the Company will be treated as an Additional Capital
Contribution with a corresponding increase to the Capital Account
of the Member whose Letter of Credit was drawn. The revocation,
dishonoring, cancellation or other unavailability of a Letter of
Credit, for any reason whatsoever, at the time that a drawdown is
required as provided in the Construction Facility shall constitute
a failure to make a required Additional Capital Contribution by the
Member whose Letter of Credit is revoked, dishonored, cancelled or
otherwise unavailable for funding, and shall give rise to the
rights and remedies of the other Member under Sections 3.5 and
3.6 below. Draws on the Letters of Credit will be made in the
following order:
(i) the
first $135 million from the DW L/C;
(ii) the
next $224 million from the MGM L/C; and
(iii) the
next $359 million from the DW L/C.
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Section 3.5
Failure to Make a Capital Contribution . If a Member fails
to make any required Capital Contribution as set forth herein from
and after the Effective Date (the “Delinquent Member”),
then such Delinquent Member shall be subject to the provisions of
Article 13. In addition, the Member that did not fail to make
any required Capital Contribution as set forth herein (the
“Non-Delinquent Member”) may exercise, on notice to the
Delinquent Member, one of the following remedies:
(a) the
Non-Delinquent Member (the “Lending Member”) may
advance the portion of the Delinquent Member’s Capital
Contribution that is in default, with the following
results:
(i) The
sum advanced shall constitute a loan from the Lending Member to the
Delinquent Member (each, a “Member Loan”) and a Capital
Contribution of that sum to the Company by the Delinquent Member
and shall be treated as such by the Parties for U.S. federal, state
and local income tax purposes;
(ii) The
unpaid principal balance of the Member Loan and all accrued unpaid
interest shall be due and payable on the tenth day after written
demand by the Lending Member to the Delinquent Member;
(iii) The
unpaid balance of the Member Loan shall bear interest at the
Default Interest Rate, compounded monthly, from the day that the
advance is deemed made until the date that the Member Loan,
together with all accrued interest, is repaid to the Lending
Member;
(iv) All
amounts distributable by the Company to the Delinquent Member shall
(A) be paid to the Lending Member until the Member Loan and
all accrued interest have been paid in full; (B) constitute a
distribution to the Delinquent Member followed by a repayment of
the Member Loan and accrued interest from the Delinquent Member to
the Lending Member; and (C) be treated as such by the Parties
for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes;
(v) In
addition to the other rights and remedies granted to it under this
Agreement, the Lending Member has the right to take any action
available at law or in equity, at the cost and expense of the
Delinquent Member, to obtain payment from the Delinquent Member of
the unpaid balance of the Member Loan and all accrued and unpaid
interest; and
(vi) The
Delinquent Member grants to the Company, and to each Lending Member
with respect to any Member Loans made to that Delinquent Member, as
security, equally and ratably for the payment of all Capital
Contributions that the Delinquent Member has agreed to make and the
payment of all Member Loans and interest accrued made by Lending
Members to that Delinquent Member, a security interest in its
assets under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Nevada. On
any default in the payment of a required Capital Contribution or in
the payment of a Member Loan to a Lending Member or interest
accrued, the Company or the Lending Member, as applicable, is
entitled to all the rights and remedies of a secured party under
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Nevada with respect to
the security interest granted. Each Delinquent Member hereby
authorizes the Company and each Lending Member, as applicable, to
prepare and file financing statements and other instruments that
the Managing Member or the
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Lending Member,
as applicable, may deem necessary to effectuate and carry out the
preceding provisions of this Section 3.5(a).
(b) the
Non-Delinquent Member may contribute the portion of the Delinquent
Member’s Capital Contribution that is in default, with the
following results: Immediately following the contribution by the
Non-Delinquent Member of a portion or all of the Delinquent
Member’s Capital Contribution, the Profit Interest of the
Non-Delinquent Member in the Company shall be increased and the
Profit Interest of the Delinquent Member in the Company shall be
decreased, with the result that such change in Profit Interest
shall be permanent, and the Delinquent Member shall not have the
option, other than pursuant to this Section 3.5(b), to restore
its initial Profit Interest by making a curative Capital
Contribution at a later time. The resulting Profit Interest of the
Non-Delinquent Member shall be the number of percentage points
(rounded to the nearest one hundredth of a percentage point)
determined in accordance with the following formula:
(A) determine the Profit Interest of the Non-Delinquent Member
immediately prior to the corresponding Additional Capital
Contribution and (B) add the Individual Base Profit Interest
Addition corresponding to such Member with respect to such
Additional Capital Contribution and (C) add the Individual
Adjusted Profit Interest Addition corresponding to such Member with
respect to such Additional Capital Contribution. The resulting
Profit Interest of the Delinquent Member shall be the number of
percentage points (rounded to the nearest one hundredth of a
percentage point) determined in accordance with the following
formula: (A) determine the Profit Interest of such Delinquent
Member immediately prior to the corresponding Additional Capital
Contribution, (B) subtract the Individual Base Profit Interest
Subtraction corresponding to such Member with respect to such
Additional Capital Contribution and (C) subtract the
Individual Adjusted Profit Interest Subtraction corresponding to
such Member with respect to such Additional Capital Contribution.
The “Profit Interest” of each of MGM and IW as of the
Effective Date is 50%. The Company shall not issue Units to any
Member solely to reflect any increase in any Member’s Profit
Interest, and a Member’s Interest shall not be deemed to
increase or decrease solely as a result of an increase or decrease
in the Member’s Profit Interest. For purposes of this
Section 3.5(b), any failure by MGM or MGM MIRAGE to perform
its obligations under the Construction Completion Guaranty shall be
treated in the same manner as a failure of MGM to make a required
Capital Contribution and to the extent that IW elects, in its sole
and absolute discretion, to cure such failure to perform by
advancing funds on MGM’s or MGM MIRAGE’s behalf, then
such advances shall be treated the same as a contribution of
MGM’s (as a Delinquent Member) Capital Contribution under
this Section 3.5(b).
For the purposes
of this Section 3.5(b), (1) “Base Profit Interest”
shall mean, with respect to a Member, the percentage equivalent of
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the aggregate Capital
Contributions made to the Company by such Member pursuant to this
Agreement, and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate
Capital Contributions made to the Company by all the Members
pursuant to this Agreement, (2) “Individual Adjusted Profit
Interest Addition” shall mean the product of (i) 0.5 and
(ii) the difference between (A) the Base Profit Interest
of such Member immediately after the corresponding Additional
Capital Contribution and (B) the Base Profit Interest of such
Member immediately prior to such Additional Capital Contribution,
(3) “Individual Base Profit Interest Addition” shall
mean the difference between (A) the Base Profit Interest of
such Member immediately after such Additional Capital Contribution
and (B) the Base Profit Interest of such Member immediately
prior to such Additional Capital Contribution, (4)
“Individual Adjusted Profit Interest Subtraction” shall
mean the product of (i) 0.5 and (ii) the difference
between (A) the Base Profit Interest of such Member
immediately prior to such Additional Capital Contribution
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(B) the
Base Profit Interest of such Member immediately after such
Additional Capital Contribution, and (5) “Individual Base
Profit Interest Subtraction” shall mean the difference
between (A) the Base Profit Interest of such Member
immediately prior to such Additional Capital Contribution and
(B) the Base Profit Interest of such Member immediately after
such Additional Capital Contribution.
By way of
illustration, assume that (A) the Base Profit Interest and the
Profit Interest of each Member is fifty percent (50%), in each
case, immediately prior to a Additional Capital Contribution;
(B) each of the Parties have made a prior Capital Contribution
of $3,000,000,000; (C) the Members approve an Additional Capital
Contribution pursuant to Section 3.3 hereof in the amount of
$500,000,000, and (D) IW contributes only $150,000,000 (versus
$250,000,000). If MGM contributes the $100,000,000 shortfall by IW
in addition to its own $250,000,000 pro rata share of the
Capital Contribution, the resulting Profit Interest of MGM
following such contribution would be 52.31%, determined as
follows:
Base Profit
Interest of MGM after the Additional Capital
Contribution:
[$3,000,000,000
plus $350,000,000] divided by [$6,500,000,000] =
51.54%
Base Profit
Interest of MGM prior to the Additional Capital
Contribution:
Individual
Adjusted Profit Interest Addition of MGM as a result of the
Additional Capital Contribution:
(51.54%-50%) x
0.5 = 0.77%
Individual Base
Profit Interest Addition of MGM as a result of the Additional
Capital Contribution:
Profit Interest
of MGM after the Additional Capital Contribution:
50% + 1.54% +
0.77% = 52.31%.
Accordingly,
the resulting Profit Interest of MGM would be 52.31%.
Assume that,
following such Additional Capital Contribution, each of the Members
approve a second Additional Capital Contribution pursuant to
Section 3.3 in the amount of $100,000,000, and IW fails to
contribute any of such second Additional Capital Contribution. If
MGM contributes the $50,000,000 shortfall by IW in addition to its
own $50,000,000 pro rata share of the second Additional
Capital Contribution, the resulting Profit Interest of MGM
following such contribution would be 53.41%, determined as
follows:
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Base Profit
Interest of MGM after the second Additional Capital Contribution:
[$3,000,000,000 plus $350,000,000 plus $100,000,000]
divided by [$6,600,000,000] = 52.27%
Base Profit
Interest of MGM immediately prior to the second Additional Capital
Contribution: [$3,000,000,000 plus $350,000,000] divided by
[$6,500,000,000] = 51.54%
Individual
Adjusted Profit Interest Addition of MGM as a result of the second
Additional Capital Contribution:
(52.27%-51.54%)
x 0.5 = 0.37%
Individual Base
Profit Interest Addition of MGM as a result of the second
Additional Capital Contribution:
Profit Interest
of MGM immediately prior to the second Additional Capital
Contribution:
Profit Interest
of MGM after the second Additional Capital Contribution:
52.31% + 0.73%
+ 0.37% = 53.41%.
Section 3.6
Additional Remedies for Failure to Make an Additional Capital
Contribution . In addition to the remedies provided under
Section 3.5, the Company may, on notice to a Delinquent
Member, take such action, at the cost and expense of the Delinquent
Member, to obtain payment by the Delinquent Member of the portion
of the Delinquent Member’s Additional Capital Contribution
that is in default, together with interest on that amount at the
Default Interest Rate from the date that the Additional Capital
Contribution was due until the date that it is made,
provided , however , that in the event that a Member
fails to make its Additional Capital Contribution within ten
(10) Business Days following the receipt of written notice
from the other Member that the Additional Capital Contribution is
due, then such Delinquent Member shall also be required to pay the
other Member an “inconvenience fee” equal to ten
percent (10%) of any Additional Capital Contribution shortfall. The
Delinquent Member’s obligation to make Additional Capital
Contributions or repay any Member Loan to a Lending Member shall be
recourse to such Delinquent Member (except to the extent and after
such time that the Non-Delinquent Member elects to make a
contribution of any portion of the Delinquent Member’s
Additional Capital Contribution). The Delinquent Member shall have
direct liability for the Delinquent Member’s obligation to
make Capital Contributions or repay any loan to a Lending Member.
Payment of interest and the inconvenience fee shall not be treated
as Capital Contributions and shall not increase the Capital Account
of the paying Member.
Section 3.7
Capital Accounts .
(a) There
shall be maintained for each Member a separate capital account
(“Capital Account”) which shall be governed and
maintained throughout the existence of the
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Company in
accordance with the provisions of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, a Member’s Capital Account shall be increased
by (A) the amount of money contributed by such Member to the
Company, (B) the Gross Asset Value of any property contributed
by such Member to the Company (net of liabilities securing such
contributed property that the Company is considered to assume or
take subject to pursuant to Code Section 752), (C) the
amount of any Profits allocated to such Member and any items in the
nature of income or gain which are specially allocated to such
Member hereunder, and (D) the amount of any Company
liabilities assumed by such Member or which are secured by any
property distributed to such Member. A Member’s Capital
Account shall be decreased by (X) the amount of money and the
Gross Asset Value of any property distributed to such Member by the
Company (net of liabilities securing such distributed property that
such Member is considered to assume or take subject to under Code
Section 752), (Y) the amount of any Losses allocated to such
Member and any items in the nature of expenses or losses which are
specially allocated to such Member hereunder, and (Z) the
amount of any liabilities of such Member assumed by the Company or
which are secured by any property contributed by such Member to the
Company.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 3.7(a) above, the principal amount of a promissory
note which is not readily traded on an established securities
market and which is contributed to the Company by the maker of the
note (or a Person related to the maker of the note within the
meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( c ))
shall not be included in the Capital Account of any Person until
the Company makes a taxable disposition of the note or until (and
to the extent) principal payments are made on the note, all in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( d )(
2 ).
(c) Upon
the Transfer of a Member’s Unit in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, the Transferee shall succeed to the Capital
Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the
transferred Unit.
(d) The
foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement
relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to
comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), and shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
Regulations. In the event that at any time during the existence of
the Company the Tax Matters Partner, with the advice of legal
counsel or accountants, shall determine that it is prudent to
modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or
credits thereto, are computed in order to comply with such
Regulations, the Tax Matters Partner may make such
modification.
Section 3.8
Return of Capital . Except as specifically provided herein,
no Member may withdraw capital from the Company. To the extent any
cash that any Member is entitled to receive pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement would constitute a return of capital,
each of the Members consents to the withdrawal of such capital. If
any capital is, or is to be, returned to a Member, the Member shall
not have the right to receive property other than cash, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement. No interest shall
be payable on the Capital Contributions made by the Members to the
Company. The Members hereby agree that any payment received by MGM
or its Affiliate pursuant to an Additional Agreement shall not be
deemed a withdrawal of capital by, or a return of capital to, MGM
or its Affiliates.
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Section 3.9
Gross Asset Value .
(a) “
Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset,
the asset’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, except as follows:
(i) The
initial Gross Asset Value for any asset (other than money)
contributed by a Member to the Company shall be as determined by
the Members by unanimous approval;
(ii) The
Gross Asset Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal
their respective gross fair market values, as Approved by the Board
of Directors, as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of
additional Profit Interests or Units in the Company by any new or
existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis
Capital Contribution; (ii) the distribution by the Company to
a Member of more than a de minimis amount of cash or
property as consideration for Units in the Company, if (in any such
event) such adjustment is necessary or appropriate, in the
reasonable judgment of the Members, to reflect the relative
economic interests of the Members in the Company; (iii) the
liquidation of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes
pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( g );
or (iv) the grant of an interest in the Company (other than a
de minimis interest) as consideration for the provision of
services to or for the benefit of the Company by an existing Member
acting in a Member capacity, or by a new Member acting in a Member
capacity or in anticipation of being a Member;
(iii) The
Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member
shall be adjusted to equal its gross fair market value on the date
of distribution as Approved by the Board of Directors;
(iv) The
Gross Asset Value of the Company’s assets shall be increased
(or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of
such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code
Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments
are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( m ) and
Section 3.9(c) hereof; provided , however , that
Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this
Section 3.9(a)(iv) to the extent that an adjustment pursuant
to Section 3.9(a)(ii) of this definition is necessary or
appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise
result in an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3.9(a)(iv);
and
(v) If
the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted
pursuant to Sections 3.9(a)(i), 3.9(a)(ii) or 3.9(a)(iv) above,
such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the
Depreciation taken into account from time to time with respect to
such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of any event specified in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( f ), the Members, by
unanimous approval, may cause the Capital Accounts of the Members
to be adjusted to reflect the Gross Asset Value of the
Company’s assets at such time in accordance with such
Regulation if the Members, by unanimous approval, determines that
the Gross Asset Value of the Company’s assets has materially
appreciated or depreciated in such an amount so as to render such
adjustment necessary to preserve the economic arrangement of the
Members.
(c) To
the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company
asset under Code Section 734(b) or 743(b) is required to be taken
into account in determining
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Capital
Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(
m ), the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts
shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases
the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such
basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the
Members in a manner consistent with the manner in which their
Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such
section of the Regulations.
Section 3.10
Completion Guaranty . Any payments made by MGM or MGM MIRAGE
pursuant to the Construction Completion Guaranty shall not
constitute Capital Contributions to the Company, but rather shall
be treated as paid outside the Company by MGM or MGM MIRAGE in its
individual capacity and not as (or on behalf) of a Member.
Similarly, all distributions received by MGM or MGM MIRAGE pursuant
to the Cash Proceeds Letter shall not constitute distributions of
Distributable Cash, but rather shall be treated as paid outside the
Company.
Section 3.11
Harmon Completion Guaranty . Any payments made by MGM or MGM
MIRAGE pursuant to the Harmon Completion Guaranty shall not
constitute Capital Contributions to the Company, but rather shall
be treated as paid outside the Company by MGM or MGM MIRAGE in its
individual capacity and not as (or on behalf) of a
Member.
Section 4.1
Intentionally Omitted .
(a)
Cooperation . Each Member shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to prepare, file and process applications to obtain all
necessary Gaming registrations, licenses, findings of suitability
and approvals from Gaming Authorities that are required for the
Company and its Subsidiaries to operate the Project. Further, each
Member shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the members of such Members to, use commercially reasonable
efforts to prepare, file and process applications to obtain all
necessary Gaming registrations, licenses, findings of suitability
and approvals from Gaming Authorities that are required in
connection with the ownership of an interest in the Company and to
obtain as soon as practicable all consents necessary to permit the
Company to consummate its purposes as set forth in Section 1.4
hereof without breaching or violating any applicable Gaming Law.
Each Member shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to,
(i) reasonably cooperate with any investigation by any Gaming
Authority having jurisdiction over any Member or any Affiliate of
any Member, and use its best efforts to promptly comply with any
directives of any such Gaming Authority, and (ii) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Transferee of any
portion of its Units likewise to so cooperate and comply. Each
Member agrees that it shall not intentionally take any action or
omit to take any action that would have the effect of adversely
affecting any Gaming registration, license, approval, finding of
suitability or permit held by any Member or Affiliate thereof. The
Members and their Affiliates shall fully cooperate in connection
with any review of this Agreement by any Gaming Authority. Each
Member shall cooperate reasonably and shall (i) furnish upon
request to each other such further information, (ii) execute
and deliver to each other such other documents, and (iii) do
such
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other acts and
things, as may be reasonably requested by the other Member or the
Managing Member in obtaining the licenses and consents referred to
in this Section 4.2. Each Member acknowledges that monetary
damages alone would not be adequate compensation for a breach of
this Section 4.2 and the Members agree that a non-breaching
Member shall be entitled to seek a decree or order from a court of
competent jurisdiction for specific performance to restrain a
breach or threatened breach of this Section 4.2 or to require
compliance by a Member with this Section 4.2.
In
the event that either Member shall intentionally obstruct the
process for the Gaming Approvals in a manner that results in an
unreasonable delay in receiving such Gaming Approvals,
then:
(i) If
IW shall be the party so obstructing and continuing to obstruct ten
(10) Business Days after IW’s receipt of written notice
specifying such obstruction from MGM, then, at the election of MGM,
either (A) MGM may elect to purchase all rights and title to
all of the Units owned directly or indirectly by IW and its
Affiliates at the lesser of (1) the Conditional Transfer Price
and (2) the amount of the Unreturned Investment for IW, and IW will
Transfer and sell such Units to MGM, or (B) MGM may obtain an
injunction to exercise specific performance rights requiring
IW’s cooperation with the process for the Gaming
Approvals.
(ii) If
MGM shall be the party so obstructing and continuing to obstruct
ten (10) Business Days after MGM’s receipt of written
notice specifying such obstruction from IW, then, at the election
of IW, either (A) MGM shall purchase all rights and title to
all of the Units owned directly or indirectly by IW and its
Affiliates at the greater of (1) the Conditional Transfer
Price and (2) the amount of the Unreturned Investment for IW,
and IW will Transfer and sell such Units to MGM, or (B) IW may
obtain an injunction to exercise specific performance rights
requiring MGM’s cooperation with the process for the Gaming
Approvals.
In the event
that either Member elects to have MGM purchase all rights and title
to all of the Units of IW, then the payment of the applicable
purchase price shall be in cash by wire transfer of federal funds
and the Transfer of Units shall take place no later than one
hundred eighty (180) days following the date such Member makes an
election to have MGM purchase the Units (the “Cash Purchase
Procedure”).
(b)
Delayed Gaming Approval . The Members agree that, in the
event that the Managing Member, based on its reasonable judgment,
including its consultation with Approved Counsel, believes that the
IW Gaming Approvals will likely not be granted or issued until some
time after the anticipated Casino Opening Date, the Company and the
Managing Member or its Affiliate will enter into one or more lease
agreements (the “Lease Agreements”) prior to the
anticipated Casino Opening Date, which Lease Agreements, while in
effect, would replace the corresponding provisions in the
Operations Management Agreements for all Gaming Components, and
pursuant to which MGM or its Affiliate will lease all such Gaming
Components from the Company and operate and manage such Gaming
Components. The terms of such Lease Agreement shall be Approved by
the Board of Directors and shall provide for such payment terms to
the Company to reflect substantially the identical economic
benefits that the Company would have realized from such Gaming
Components had the Operations Management Agreements been in effect.
The Lease Agreements shall terminate five (5) Business Days
after the IW Gaming Approvals have been duly issued. For the
purposes of this Section 4.2, “IW Gaming
Approvals” shall mean all Gaming Approvals necessary for IW
to obtain in order for the Company to own or
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operate,
directly or through a Subsidiary, any Gaming Component, for IW to
hold any ownership or other interest in the Company, or for MGM or
its Affiliates to be associated with IW or its Affiliates in
connection with the Project or the Company.
(c)
Rejection of Gaming Approval .
(i) At
any time prior to the date on which IW receives the IW Gaming
Approvals, in the event that MGM or its Affiliates are prohibited
by the Gaming Authorities in the State of Nevada from being
associated with IW or its Affiliates in connection with the Project
or the Company, the IW Gaming Approvals shall be deemed to have
been rejected, and “Casino Opening Date” shall mean the
date on which the Cesar Pelli-designed resort casino opens for
business to the public.
(ii) In
the event that the Company obtains an opinion of Approved Counsel
or guidance from Approved Counsel or from the applicable Gaming
Authorities that the IW Gaming Approvals will likely be rejected or
revoked at any time, the Members hereby agree as
follows:
(1) If,
notwithstanding IW’s continuing ownership of the Company,
(A) the Company obtains an opinion or guidance from Approved
Counsel or from the applicable Gaming Authorities that the Gaming
Components may continue to be operated pursuant to the Lease
Agreements (or any other arrangements to permit the operating of
the Gaming Components) and (B) MGM or its Affiliates are not
prohibited from being associated with IW or its Affiliates in
connection with the Project or the Company, then IW and MGM shall
remain Members of the Company pursuant to this Agreement so long as
the previous clauses (A) and (B) continue to be
true.
(2) If,
due to IW’s continuing ownership of the Company, (A) the
Company obtains an opinion or guidance from Approved Counsel or
from the applicable Gaming Authorities that the Gaming Components
may not continue to be operated pursuant to the Lease Agreements
(or any other arrangements to permit the operating of the Gaming
Components) and (B) MGM or its Affiliates are prohibited from
being associated with IW or its Affiliates in connection with the
Project or the Company, then MGM may elect to purchase all rights
and title to all of the Units owned directly or indirectly by IW
and its Affiliates at the amount of the Unreturned Investment for
IW, and IW will transfer and sell such Units to MGM. Such purchase
shall be consummated in accordance with the Cash Purchase
Procedure.
(d)
Remedies Not Exclusive . Availability of any other remedy to
the Members under this Agreement, including, but not limited to
such remedies set forth in Article 13 hereof, shall not in any
manner be deemed to limit, abridge, or restrict the rights of the
Members set forth in this Section 4.2.
Section 4.3
Ancillary Agreements .
(a) The
Company and MGM or an Affiliate of MG
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