Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
ACE GAMING, LLC
AREH MLK LLC
AREP BOARDWALK PROPERTIES LLC
BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA, LLC
BILOXI CASINO CORP.
BOOMTOWN, LLC
CASINO MAGIC CORP.
CASINO ONE CORPORATION
LOUISIANA — I GAMING, A LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP IN
COMMENDAM
MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC
OGLE HAUS, LLC
PNK (BATON ROUGE) PARTNERSHIP
PNK (BOSSIER CITY), INC.
PNK (CHILE 1), LLC
PNK (CHILE 2), LLC
PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC
PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC
PNK DEVELOPMENT 9, LLC
PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC
PNK (ES), LLC
PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C.
PNK (RENO), LLC
PNK (SCB), L.L.C.
PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC
PNK (STLH), LLC
PRESIDENT RIVERBOAT CASINO — MISSOURI, INC.
PSW PROPERTIES LLC
ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.
YANKTON INVESTMENTS, LLC
8.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE
2017
Dated as of August 10,
2009
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
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Trust Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture Section
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310
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(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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311
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312
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(a)
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2.05
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(b)
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12.03
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(c)
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12.03
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313
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(a)
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7.06
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(b)(2)
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7.06; 7.07
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(c)
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7.06; 12.02
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(d)
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7.06
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4.03;12.02; 12.05
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(c)(1)
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12.04
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(c)(2)
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12.04
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(e)
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12.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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315
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05; 12.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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316
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(a) (last
sentence)
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2.09
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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2.12
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(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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318
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12.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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12.01
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N.A. means not
applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the
Indenture.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
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Definitions
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1
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Other
Definitions
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32
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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33
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Rules of
Construction
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Form and
Dating
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34
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Execution and
Authentication
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34
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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35
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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Holder
Lists
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35
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Transfer and
Exchange
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Replacement
Notes
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48
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Outstanding
Notes
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Treasury
Notes
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Temporary
Notes
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Cancellation
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Defaulted
Interest
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CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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Notices to
Trustee
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49
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Selection of
Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased
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50
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Notice of
Redemption
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50
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption
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51
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Deposit of
Redemption or Purchase Price
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51
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Notes Redeemed
or Purchased in Part
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Optional
Redemption
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52
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Mandatory
Redemption
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54
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Offer to
Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
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54
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Payment of
Notes
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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Reports
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Compliance
Certificate
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Taxes
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Stay, Extension
and Usury Laws
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Restricted
Payments
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Dividend and
Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
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Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
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65
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Asset
Sales
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Liens
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Business
Activities
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70
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Legal
Existence
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70
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Offer to
Repurchase Upon Change of Control
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No Debt Senior
to The Notes or Guaranties
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No Amendment to
Other Indebtedness
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Additional
Guaranties
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Designation of
Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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72
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Merger,
Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
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Successor
Person Substituted
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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75
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Acceleration
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Other
Remedies
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Control by
Majority
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Limitation on
Suits
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Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Priorities
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Undertaking for
Costs
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Remedies
Subject to Applicable Law
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80
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Duties of
Trustee
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Rights of
Trustee
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Notice of
Defaults
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Reports by
Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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Replacement of
Trustee
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Option to
Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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85
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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85
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Covenant
Defeasance
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Conditions to
Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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86
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Deposited Money
and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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87
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Repayment to
Company
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Without Consent
of Holders of Notes
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88
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With Consent of
Holders of Notes
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents
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91
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Notation on or
Exchange of Notes
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91
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, etc.
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ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTIES
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Guaranty
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91
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Limitation on
Guarantor Liability
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92
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Execution and
Delivery of Guaranty
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Releases
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ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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Application of
Trust Money
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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95
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Notices
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Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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97
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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97
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Rules by
Trustee and Agents
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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Governing
Law
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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98
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Successors
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Severability
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Counterpart
Originals
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98
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Table of
Contents, Headings, etc.
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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98
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Force
Majeure
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99
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FORM OF
NOTE
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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FORM OF
NOTATION OF GUARANTY
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FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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iii
INDENTURE dated as of August 10, 2009 among
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the
Guarantors (as defined) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., a national banking association, as
trustee.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee
agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 8.625%
Senior Notes due 2017 (the “ Notes
”):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
“144A Global Note”
means a Global Note substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend
and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf
of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee
that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on
Rule 144A.
“7.5% Notes” means the 7.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2015 issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 8,
2007, between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended and
supplemented from time to time.
“8.75% Notes”
means the 8.75% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2013 issued pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of September 25, 2003, between the Company, the
guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, to
that certain indenture, dated as of September 25, 2003, by and
between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of
New York, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
“8.25% Notes”
means the 8.25% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2012 issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of
March 15, 2004, between the Company, the guarantors named
therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended and
supplemented from time to time. ›
“Acquired Debt”
means, with respect to any specified
Person, Indebtedness of another Person and any of such other
Person’s Subsidiaries existing at the time such other Person
becomes a Subsidiary of such Person or at the time it merges or
consolidates with such Person or any of such Person’s
Subsidiaries or is assumed by such Person or any Subsidiary of such
Person in connection with the acquisition of assets from such other
Person and in each case not Incurred by such Person or any
Subsidiary of such Person or such other Person in connection with,
or in anticipation or contemplation of, such other Person becoming
a Subsidiary of such Person or such acquisition, merger or
consolidation.
“Additional Interest
” means all amounts, if any,
payable (i) pursuant to the provisions relating to additional
interest described under Section 6.02 as the sole remedy for
an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the
reporting obligations described under Section 4.03, and for any
failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a) of the
TIA and/or (ii) pursuant to the provisions relating to additional
interest described in the Registration Rights Agreement in the
event of a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement).
“Additional Notes”
means additional Notes (other than
the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with
Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as
the Initial Notes.
1
“Affiliate ” means, when used with reference to any
Person:
(1) any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, the referent Person or such other Person, as the case
may be, or
(2) any director, officer or partner of
such Person or any Person specified in clause
(1) above.
For the
purposes of this definition, the term “control” when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct
or cause the direction of management or policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“affiliated,” “controlling,” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative of the
foregoing. None of the Initial Purchasers nor any of their
respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any
Obligor or of any of their respective Affiliates.
“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent
or additional paying agent.
“Applicable Premium
” means with respect to any
Note on any redemption date, as determined by the Company, the
greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the
Note; or
(a) the present value at such redemption
date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at August 1,
2013 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing
under Section 3.07) plus (ii) all required interest
payments due on the Note through August 1, 2013 (excluding
accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using
a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption
date plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the principal amount of the
Note.
“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, Euroclear and Clearstream
that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Argentina Contribution Amount
” means all amounts received
after the Issue Date by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as
Argentina Receipts less (i) all Reclassified Argentina
Receipts and (ii) all amounts previously distributed after the
Issue Date under Section 4.07(b)(14) hereof.
“Argentina Receipts
” means any dividend,
distribution, payment, reimbursement or other amounts received
after the Issue Date from an Argentina Subsidiary by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case during any time such
Argentina Subsidiary is an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Argentina Subsidiaries
” means Casino Magic
Neuquén S.A. and any successors thereto and any other
Subsidiary which conducts operations in Argentina.
“Asset Acquisition ” means:
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(1) an Investment by any Obligor in any
other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become an Obligor
or a Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor or shall be merged into,
or with any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor,
or
(2) the acquisition by any Obligor of
assets of any Person comprising a division or line of business of
such Person or all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person.
“Asset Sale ” means any direct or indirect sale,
issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases
entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or
other disposition (for purposes of this definition, each a
“disposition”) by any Obligor (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any sale and leaseback transaction or any
merger or consolidation of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
with or into another Person (other than another Obligor) whereby
such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company) to any Person of:
(1) any property or assets of any Obligor
(other than Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the
extent that any such disposition is not in the ordinary course of
business of such Obligor, or
(2) any Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares
required by law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary),
other than, in both cases:
(A) any disposition to the
Company,
(B) any disposition to any Obligor or
Restricted Subsidiary,
(C) any disposition that constitutes a
Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment that is made in
accordance with Section 4.07 hereof,
(D) any transaction or series of related
transactions resulting in Net Cash Proceeds to such Obligor (or
involving assets or property having a fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Company) of less than
$20 million,
(E) any transaction that is consummated in
accordance with Section 5.01 hereof,
(F) the sale or discount, in each case
without recourse (direct or indirect), of accounts receivable
arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, but only in connection
with the compromise or collection thereof,
(G) any Permitted Lien or any other pledge,
assignment by way of collateral security, grant of security
interest, hypothecation or mortgage, permitted by this Indenture or
any foreclosure, judicial or other sale, public or private, by the
pledgee, assignee, mortgagee or other secured party of the subject
assets,
(H) a disposition of assets constituting a
Permitted Investment,
(I) any disposition of undeveloped or
substantially undeveloped real estate, provided that in such
disposition:
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(i) the Obligor making such disposition
receives consideration at the time of such disposition at least
equal to the fair market value of the real estate assets disposed
of (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of such
Obligor), and
(ii) at least 60% of the consideration
received from such disposition by the Obligor making such
disposition is cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time
of the consummation of such disposition. (For purposes of this
provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities as shown on such Obligor’s most
recent balance sheet (or in the notes thereto) (other than
(i) Indebtedness subordinate in right of payment to the Notes,
(ii) contingent liabilities, (iii) liabilities or
Indebtedness to Affiliates of the Company and
(iv) Non-Recourse Indebtedness) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets, and (B) to the extent of the
cash received, any notes or other obligations received by the
Obligor making the disposition from such transferee that are
converted by such Obligor into cash within 60 days of
receipt), or
(J) any disposition, relinquishment or
transfer of assets or licenses in connection with a sale,
disposition or a partial or complete shutdown of the President
Riverboat Casino (also known as the Admiral).
“Atlantic City Entities
” means PNK Development 13,
LLC, ACE Gaming, LLC, Mitre Associates, LLC and Brighton Park
Maintenance Corp.
“Atlantic City Group
Investment” means
the amount of cash used to make the Restricted Investments of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Atlantic City
Entities as of the dates originally made prior to the issuance of
the 7.5% Notes, irrespective of the fair market value or net book
value of such Restricted Investments in the Atlantic City Entities
as of the dates they were originally made or at the time of
designation or redesignation of such entities as Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“Bank Credit Agreement
” means the credit facility
provided to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2005, by and among
the Company, the financial institutions from time to time party
thereto, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent thereunder,
as successor to Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as amended, restated,
modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of
sales of debt securities to institutional investors or other
purchasers) in whole or in part from time to time.
“Bankruptcy Law”
means United States Bankruptcy Code
and any other bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization,
moratorium or similar law providing relief to debtors, in each
case, as from time to time amended and applicable to the relevant
case.
“Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except
that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to
have beneficial ownership of all securities that such
“person” has the right to acquire by conversion or
exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently
exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The
terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially
Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
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“Board ” means (1) with respect to a
corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors (or
any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such
board) or other similar governing body of the controlling general
partner of the partnership; (3) with respect to a limited
liability company, the Person or Persons who are the managing
member, members or managers or any controlling committee or
managing member, members or managers thereof; and (4) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee or other body
of such Person serving a similar function.
“Broker-Dealer”
has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Business Day”
means any day other than a Legal
Holiday.
(1) with respect to any Person that is a
corporation, any and all shares, rights, interests, participations
or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting)
of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and
preferred stock of such Person, and
(2) with respect to any Person that is not
a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity
interests of such Person.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation
” means, as to any Person, the
discounted rental stream payable by such Person that is required to
be classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under
GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such
obligation at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such
obligation at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP. The
final maturity of any such obligation shall be the date of the last
payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to
the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the
lessee without penalty.
“Cash Equivalents”
means:
(1) Government Securities;
(2) certificates of deposit, eurodollar
time deposits and bankers acceptances maturing within
12 months from the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor
or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and issued by any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a
foreign bank having, at the date of acquisition of the applicable
Cash Equivalent, (A) combined capital and surplus of not less
than $500 million and (B) a commercial paper rating of at
least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Moody’s;
(3) repurchase obligations with a term of
not more than seven days after the date of acquisition thereof by
any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (1), (2) and
(4) hereof, entered into with any financial institution
meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(2) above;
(4) commercial paper having a rating of at
least P-1 from Moody’s or a rating of at least A-1 from
S&P on the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary;
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(5) debt obligations of any corporation
maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition
thereof by any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, having a
rating of at least P-1 or aaa from Moody’s or A-1 or AAA from
S&P on the date of such acquisition; and
(6) mutual funds and money market accounts
investing at least 90% of the funds under management in instruments
of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above
and, in each case, maturing within the period specified above for
such instrument after the date of acquisition thereof by any
Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.
“Casino ” means any gaming establishment and other
property or assets directly ancillary thereto or used in connection
therewith, including any building, restaurant, hotel, theater,
parking facilities, retail shops, land, golf courses and other
recreation and entertainment facilities, marina, vessel, barge,
ship and equipment.
“Change of Control”
means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, to any “person” (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),
(2) the adoption, or, if applicable, the
approval of any requisite percentage of the Company’s
stockholders of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution
of the Company,
(3) the consummation of any transaction
(including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the
result of which is that any “person” (as defined above)
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined
in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial
ownership” of all securities that such person has the right
to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition),
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the
Company (measured by voting power rather than number of shares),
or
(4) during any consecutive two-year period,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
Board of the Company (together with any new directors whose
election to such Board or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of
the directors of the Company then still in office who were either
directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the Board of the Company then in
office.
“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking,
S.A.
“Company” means Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
“Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well
Agreement” means
(i) the guarantee by the Company or a Guarantor of the
completion of the development, construction and opening of a new
gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses in
Atlantic City, New Jersey and/or Las Vegas, Nevada by one or more
Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) any
Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary guaranteed by the
Company or any Guarantor pursuant to a Completion Guarantee and
Keep-Well Agreement, prior to the time the Company or such
Guarantor makes any principal, interest or comparable
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debt service
payment with respect to such guaranteed Indebtedness, and/or
(iii) the agreement by the Company or a Guarantor to advance
funds, property or services on behalf of one or more Unrestricted
Subsidiaries of the Company in order to maintain the financial
condition of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries in connection with the
development, construction, opening and operation of a new gaming
facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses in
Atlantic City, New Jersey and/or Las Vegas, Nevada by such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) above, such guarantee or agreement is
entered into in connection with obtaining financing for such gaming
facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses or is
required by a Gaming Authority.
“Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well
Indebtedness” of
the Company or any Guarantor means (i) any Indebtedness
Incurred for money borrowed by the Company or any Guarantor in
connection with the performance of any Completion Guarantee and
Keep-Well Agreement or (ii) any Indebtedness of one or more
Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company that is guaranteed by the
Company or a Guarantor pursuant to a Completion Guarantee and
Keep-Well Agreement, in the case of guaranteed Indebtedness under
this clause (ii), on and after the time the Company or such
Guarantor makes any principal, interest or comparable debt service
payment with respect to such guaranteed Indebtedness.
“Consolidated Coverage
Ratio” means, with
respect to any Person on any date of determination, the ratio
of:
(1) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of
four fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for
which internal financial reports are available, ended not more than
135 days prior to such date, to
(2) (A) Consolidated Interest Expense
during such period plus (B) dividends on or in respect of any
Capital Stock of any such Person paid in cash during such
period;
provided , that the Consolidated Coverage Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect, as of the beginning of the
applicable period, to any acquisition, Incurrence or redemption of
Indebtedness (including the Notes), issuance or redemption of
Disqualified Capital Stock, acquisition, Asset Sale, purchases of
assets that were previously leased or re-designation of a
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, at any time
during or subsequent to such period, but on or prior to the
applicable Determination Date.
In making such computation, Consolidated
Interest Expense:
(1) attributable to any Indebtedness
bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed on a pro forma
basis as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been
the applicable rate for the entire period, or
(2) attributable to interest on any
Indebtedness under a revolving Credit Facility shall be computed on
a pro forma basis based upon the average daily balance of such
Indebtedness outstanding during the applicable period.
It is understood that the Company may rely on
internal or publicly reported financial reports even though there
may be subsequent adjustments (including review and audit
adjustments) to such financial statements. For avoidance of doubt,
any action taken or not taken in compliance with a covenant in this
Indenture which is based upon or made in reliance on a computation
of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio by the Company based on such
internal or publicly reported financial statements, shall be deemed
to continue to comply with the applicable covenant, notwithstanding
any subsequent adjustments that may result in changes to such
internal or publicly reported financial statements.
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For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA
of the Company for the most recently completed period of four full
fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the last quarter for
which internal financial statements are available (such period of
four fiscal quarters, the “ Measurement Period
”), not more than 135 days prior to the transaction or
event giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated
EBITDA,
(1) any Person that is a Restricted
Subsidiary on such Determination Date (or would become a Restricted
Subsidiary on such Determination Date in connection with the
transaction that requires the determination of the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio) shall be deemed to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at all times during such Measurement Period,
(2) any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary on such Determination Date (or would cease to be a
Restricted Subsidiary on such Determination Date in connection with
the transaction that requires the determination of the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio) will be deemed not to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at any time during such Measurement Period,
(3) if the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary shall have in any manner
(A) acquired (including through an Asset
Acquisition or the commencement of activities constituting such
operating business) any operating business or commenced operation
of any Project during such Measurement Period or after the end of
such Measurement Period and on or prior to the Determination Date,
or
(B) disposed of (including by way of an
Asset Sale or the termination or discontinuance of activities
constituting such operating business) any operating business during
such Measurement Period or after the end of such Measurement Period
and on or prior to the Determination Date,
such
calculation shall be made on a pro forma basis in accordance with
GAAP as if, in the case of an Asset Acquisition or the commencement
of activities constituting such operating business or operation of
such Project, all such transactions had been consummated or
effected on the first day of such Measurement Period and, in the
case of an Asset Sale or termination or discontinuance of
activities constituting such operating business, all such
transactions had been consummated prior to the first day of such
Measurement Period (except to the extent of any Estimated Business
Interruption Insurance taken into account in computing Consolidated
EBITDA for such Measurement Period); provided ,
however , that such pro forma adjustment shall not give
effect to the Consolidated EBITDA of any acquired Person to the
extent that such Person’s net income would be excluded
pursuant to clause (6) of the definition of Consolidated Net
Income; and
(4) any Indebtedness Incurred and proceeds
thereof received and applied as a result of the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio will
be deemed to have been so Incurred, received and applied on the
first day of such Measurement Period.
“Consolidated EBITDA
” means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:
(1) the Consolidated Net Income of such
Person for such period, plus
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(2) to the extent that any of the following
shall have been taken into account in determining such Consolidated
Net Income, and without duplication:
(A) all income taxes of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for
such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary,
unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to
sales or dispositions of assets outside the ordinary course of
business),
(B) the Consolidated Interest Expense of
such Person for such period,
(C) the amortization expense (including the
amortization of deferred financing charges) and depreciation
expense for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period,
(D) other non-cash items (other than
non-cash interest) of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (including any non-cash compensation expense
attributable to stock option or other equity compensation
arrangements), other than any non-cash item for such period that
requires the accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any
future period (except as otherwise provided in clause
(E) below) and other than any non-cash charge for such period
constituting an extraordinary item of loss,
(E) any non-recurring costs or expenses of
an acquired company or business incurred in connection with the
purchase or acquisition of such acquired company or business by
such Person and any non-recurring adjustments necessary to conform
the accounting policies of the acquired company or business to
those of such Person, and
(F) any losses, charges, costs or expenses
incurred in connection with the partial or complete shutdown of the
President Riverboat Casino (also known as the Admiral),
less
(3) (A) all non-cash items of such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries increasing such Consolidated
Net Income for such period other than the accrual of revenue in the
ordinary course of business and (B) all cash payments during
such period relating to non-cash items that were added back in
determining Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period,
plus
(4) pre-opening expenses related to the
Projects, plus
(5) the Estimated Business Interruption
Insurance for such period (notwithstanding any classification of
the affected operations as discontinued operations or any disposal
of such operations), less
(6) any business interruption insurance
received or expected to be received and included in the calculation
of Consolidated Net Income in accordance with GAAP for such
period;
provided , that, with respect to each Project, for each
of the first full three fiscal quarters following the date of any
Project Opening, that portion of Consolidated EBITDA which is
attributable to the applicable Project owned and operated by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such full fiscal
quarters shall be annualized (ignoring any stub period). In
computing such annualization, such full fiscal quarters shall be
treated together as one accounting period and
annualized.
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“Consolidated Interest Expense
” means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the sum of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation,
amortization of original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with
Capitalized Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or
bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments (if any)
pursuant to Hedging Obligations), and
(2) the consolidated interest of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during
such period, and
(3) any interest accruing on Indebtedness
of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any Investment Guarantee and any
Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement, but including any
interest expense or interest component of any comparable debt
service payments with respect to any Investment Guarantee
Indebtedness or any Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness to
the extent such Investment Guarantee Indebtedness or such
Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness is actually being
serviced by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person) or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (whether or not such Lien is called upon),
and
(A) all dividend payments on any series of
preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, times
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is
one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current
combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such
Person, expressed as a decimal,
in each case,
on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income
” means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided , however , that there shall be excluded
therefrom:
(1) net after-tax gains and losses from all
sales or dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of
business,
(2) net after-tax extraordinary or
non-recurring gains or losses and losses on early extinguishment of
debt,
(3) the effect of marking to market
Interest Swap Obligations and Hedging Obligations permitted to be
Incurred by clause (9) of Permitted Indebtedness,
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles,
(5) any net income of any other Person if
such other Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary and is accounted
for by the equity method of accounting, except that such
Person’s equity in the
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net income of
any such other Person for such period shall be included in such
Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually
distributed by such other Person during such period to such Person
or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution
(subject, in case of a dividend or other distribution to a
Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation that such amount so paid
to a Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that
such amount could not at that time be paid to the Company due to
the restrictions set forth in clause (6) below (regardless of
any waiver of such conditions)),
(6) any net income of any Restricted
Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to
restrictions, directly or indirectly, by contract, operation of
law, pursuant to its charter or otherwise on the payment of
dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiary to such Person except that:
(A) such Person’s equity in the net
income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount
of cash that could have been paid or distributed during such period
to such Person as a dividend or other distribution (provided that
such ability is not due to a waiver of such restriction),
and
(B) such Person’s equity in a net
loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be
included in determining such Consolidated Net Income regardless of
any such restriction,
(7) any restoration to income of any
contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such
reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time
following September 25, 2003,
(8) income or loss attributable to
discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations
disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were
classified as discontinued),
(9) in the case of a successor to such
Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of such
Person’s assets, any net income or loss of the successor
corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of
assets, and
(10) the net income but not loss of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, except that the Company’s or any
Restricted Subsidiary’s equity in the net income of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than the Argentina Subsidiaries
during periods in which they are Unrestricted Subsidiaries) or
other Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated
Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed
by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Person during such period to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution; provided , however , that all
Reclassified Argentina Receipts may be included in determining
Consolidated Net Income in the period in which the reclassification
is made.
“Consolidated Total
Assets” means, with
respect to any Determination Date, the total amount of assets that
would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent date on or prior to
such Determination Date for which internal financial statements are
available, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“Contribution
Indebtedness” means
Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor in an aggregate
principal amount on any date of
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Incurrence not
greater than twice the aggregate amount of any net cash proceeds
received by the Company from any Equity Offerings of the Company
after the Issue Date; provided that:
(1) such net cash proceeds can be the basis
of Contribution Indebtedness on such date of Incurrence only to the
extent that such net cash proceeds have not then been used to make
a Restricted Payment under the second clause (3) of
Section 4.07(a) hereof, where such net cash proceeds shall not
be considered to have been used to make a Restricted Payment unless
the amount available to make such Restricted Payment under such
clause (3) at such time excluding such net cash proceeds would
not be sufficient to permit such Restricted Payment and then only
to the extent such net cash proceeds are necessary to permit such
Restricted Payment at such time (and any restoration of the amount
available for Restricted Payments under such clause
(3) pursuant to subclauses (D) and (E) of such
clause (3) of an amount of net cash proceeds considered to
have been used to make a Restricted Payment, to the extent the
Restricted Investment involved in such restoration was considered
made using such net cash proceeds, shall also result in such net
cash proceeds not being considered used to make a Restricted
Payment), and
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if, on the date of Incurrence of
any Contribution Indebtedness, after giving pro forma effect to the
incurrence thereof, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Contribution Indebtedness would exceed the aggregate amount of such
net cash proceeds, the amount of such excess then being Incurred
shall be Indebtedness (i) that is not secured Indebtedness,
(ii) that does not rank senior in right of payment to the Notes,
and (iii) with a final maturity date no earlier than the final
maturity date of the Notes, and
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(3)
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such Contribution Indebtedness is
so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an
officers’ certificate on the Incurrence date
thereof;
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provided that a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is
not an Obligor may not Incur Contribution Indebtedness described in
clause (2) above.
“Core Businesses ” means (a) the gaming, card club,
racing, sports, entertainment, lodging, restaurant, riverboat
operations, real estate development and all other businesses and
activities necessary for or reasonably related or incident thereto,
including, without limitation, related acquisition, construction,
development or operation of related truck stop, transportation,
retail and other facilities designed to enhance any of the
foregoing and (b) any of the types of pre-existing businesses
being operated on land acquired (whether by purchase, lease or
otherwise) by an Obligor, or similar types of businesses conducted
by such Obligor after such acquisition of land, and all other
businesses and activities necessary for or reasonably related or
incident thereto, provided that such land was acquired by such
Obligor for the purpose, determined in good faith by the Company,
of ultimately conducting a business or activity described in clause
(a) above at some time in the future.
“Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee” means the
principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
hereof is at the address of the Trustee specified in
Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company and the Holders.
“Credit Facilities ” means, with respect to any Obligor, one
or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Bank
Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities with any
combination of banks, other institutional lenders and other Persons
extending financial accommodations or holding corporate debt
obligations in the ordinary course of their business, providing for
revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to
special
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purpose
entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such
receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended,
restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in
whole or in part from time to time by the same or different
institutional investors or other purchasers.
“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity
thereto.
“Default” means any event that is or with the passage of
time or the giving of notice or both would be an Event of
Default.
“Definitive Note”
means a certificated Note registered
in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the
Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached
thereto.
“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary
hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable
provision of this Indenture.
“Determination Date
” means, with respect to any
calculation, the date on which such calculation is made in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“Disqualified Capital Stock
” means any Capital Stock
which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is, by its terms, convertible or for which it is, by its terms,
exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the
happening of any specified event, is required to be redeemed or is
redeemable (at the option of the holder thereof) at any time prior
to the earlier of the repayment of all Notes or the stated maturity
of the Notes or is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof
for Indebtedness at any time prior to the earlier of the repayment
of all Notes or the stated maturity of the Notes.
“Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary” means
any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Person organized under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof.
“Equity Interests”
means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“Equity Offering ” means any public or private sale of
Qualified Capital Stock.
“Estimated Business Interruption
Insurance ” means
an estimate of the amount (determined in good faith by senior
management of the Company, notwithstanding the failure of any
designation by applicable insurance carriers as to how much of any
expected recovery is attributable to business interruption coverage
as opposed to other types of coverage) of business interruption
insurance the Company expects to collect with respect to any
applicable period; provided that such amount, which
shall not be taken in account for any period after two years
following the date of the event giving rise to the claim under the
relevant business interruption insurance, shall not exceed the sum
of (A) the excess of (x) such property’s historical
quarterly Consolidated EBITDA for the previous four fiscal quarters
most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial
reports are available for that property ending prior to the date
the damage occurred (or annualized if such property has less than
four full quarters of operations) over (y) the actual
Consolidated EBITDA generated by such property for such four fiscal
quarter period, and (B) the amount of business interruption
insurance proceeds not reflected in clause (A)
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that the
Company expects to collect as a reimbursement in respect of other
expenses incurred at that property with respect to such period
(provided that the amount included pursuant to this clause
(B) shall not exceed the amount of the other expenses incurred
at that property that are actually included in calculating
Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter).
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of
the Euroclear system.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“Exchange Notes”
means the Notes issued in the
Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
“Exchange Offer”
has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Exchange Offer Registration
Statement” has the
meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary” means
any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as
of the Issue Date.
“Gaming Approval ” means any governmental approval,
license, registration, qualification or finding of suitability
relating to any gaming business, operation or
enterprise.
“Gaming Authority ” means any governmental authority with
regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over
any gaming businesses, operations or enterprises, including the
Nevada State Gaming Control Board and City of Reno, Nevada gaming
authorities, Nevada Gaming Commission, Indiana Gaming Commission,
Louisiana Gaming Control Board, New Jersey Casino Control
Commission, Missouri Gaming Commission and Colorado Division of
Gaming, with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or
jurisdiction over any existing or proposed gaming business,
operation or enterprise owned, managed or operated by any
Obligor.
“Gaming Laws ” means all applicable provisions of
all:
(1) constitutions, treaties, statutes or
laws governing gaming operations (including without limitation card
club casinos and pari mutuel race tracks) and rules, regulations
and ordinances of any Gaming Authority,
(2) Gaming Approvals, and
(3) orders, decisions, judgments, awards
and decrees of any Gaming Authority.
“Global Note Legend”
means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on
all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
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“Global Notes”
means a permanent global note in
registered form deposited with the Trustee, as a custodian for The
Depositary Trust Company or any other designated depositary,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears
the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto,
issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4),
2.06(d)(1), 2.06(d)(2), 2.06(d)(3) or 2.06(f) hereof.
“Government Securities”
means marketable direct obligations
issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
government or issued by any agency or instrumentality thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each
case maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition
thereof by any Obligor or any Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary.
“Guarantor” means any existing or future Material Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, which has guaranteed the obligations of
the Company arising under or in connection with the Notes, as
required by this Indenture.
“Guaranty ” means a guaranty by a Guarantor of the
Obligations of the Company arising under or in connection with the
Notes (including, without limitation, the Exchange
Notes).
“Hedging Obligations”
means all obligations of the
Obligors or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an
Obligor arising under or in connection with any rate or basis swap,
forward contract, commodity swap or option, equity or equity index
swap or option, bond, note or bill option, interest rate option,
foreign currency exchange transaction, cross currency rate swap,
currency option, cap, collar or floor transaction, swap option,
synthetic trust product, synthetic lease or any similar transaction
or agreement.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is
registered.
“Incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness
of any Person or any Lien, to create, issue, incur (by conversion,
exchange or otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become
liable in respect of such Indebtedness or Lien or the recording, as
required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness on
the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence,”
“Incurred,” “Incurrable” and
“Incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing).
“Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person,
without duplication, whether contingent or otherwise,
(1) any obligations for money
borrowed,
(2) any obligation evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes, or other similar instruments,
(3) Letter of Credit Obligations and
obligations in respect of other similar instruments,
(4) any obligations to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services, including Capitalized Lease
Obligations,
(5) the maximum fixed redemption or
repurchase price of Disqualified Capital Stock,
(6) Indebtedness of other Persons of the
types described in clauses (1) through (5) above, secured by a
Lien on the assets of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
valued, in such cases where the recourse thereof is limited to such
assets, at the lesser of the principal amount of such Indebtedness
or the fair market value of the subject assets,
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(7) Indebtedness of other Persons of the
types described in clauses (1) through (5) above, guaranteed
by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
and
(8) the net obligations of such Person
under Hedging Obligations,
provided that
the amount of any Indebtedness at any date shall be calculated as
the outstanding balance of all unconditional obligations and the
maximum liability supported by any contingent obligations at such
date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) an
Investment Guarantee and a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well
Agreement shall not constitute Indebtedness, (ii) Investment
Guarantee Indebtedness and Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Agreement
Indebtedness shall constitute Indebtedness, and (iii)
“Indebtedness” shall not be construed to include trade
payables, credit on open account, accrued liabilities, provisional
credit, daylight overdrafts or similar items. For purposes of this
definition, the “maximum fixed redemption or repurchase
price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock that does not have a
fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the
terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified
Capital Stock were repurchased on the date on which Indebtedness
shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and
if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value
of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be
determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of the issuing
Person. Unless otherwise specified in this Indenture, the amount
outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount is the full amount of such Indebtedness less the
remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of
such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with
GAAP.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
“Indirect Participant”
means a Person who holds a
beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“Initial Notes”
means the first $450,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on
the date hereof.
“Initial Purchasers”
means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Investment
Bank, CALYON, Capital One Southcoast and Moelis &
Company.
“Institutional Accredited
Investor” means an
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
“Interest Payment Date”
means the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on the Notes.
“Interest Swap
Obligations” means
the net obligations of any Person under any interest rate
protection agreement, interest rate future, interest rate option,
interest rate swap, interest rate cap, collar or floor transaction
or other interest rate Hedging Obligation.
“Investment ” by any Person means, without
duplication, any direct or indirect:
(1) loan, advance or other extension of
credit or capital contribution (valued at the fair market value
thereof as of the date of contribution or transfer) (by means of
transfers of cash or other property or services for the account or
use of other Persons, or otherwise, other than a Permitted Lien
under clause (15) of the definition of Permitted
Lien);
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(2) purchase or acquisition of Capital
Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of
Indebtedness issued by any other Person (whether by merger,
consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise and whether or not
purchased directly from the issuer of such securities or evidences
of Indebtedness);
(3) guarantee or assumption of any
Indebtedness or any other obligation of any other Person (except
for any assumption of Indebtedness for which the assuming Person
receives consideration at the time of such assumption in the form
of property or assets with a fair market value at least equal to
the principal amount of the Indebtedness assumed);
(4) the making by such Person or any
Subsidiary of such Person of any Investment Guarantee Payment or of
any payment pursuant to any Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well
Agreement or in respect of any Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well
Indebtedness (without duplication of amounts taken into account
under clause (3) above), and
(5) all other items that would be
classified as investments (including, without limitation, purchases
of assets outside the ordinary course of business) on a balance
sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the purchase or
acquisition of any securities, Indebtedness or Productive Assets of
any other Person solely with Qualified Capital Stock shall not be
deemed to be an Investment. The term “Investments”
shall also exclude extensions of trade credit and advances to
customers and suppliers to the extent made in the ordinary course
of business on ordinary business terms. The amount of any non-cash
Investment shall be the fair market value of such Investment, as
determined conclusively in good faith by management of the Company
or the affected Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, unless the
fair market value of such Investment exceeds $5 million, in
which case the fair market value shall be determined conclusively
in good faith by the Board of such Person as of the time such
Investment is made or such other time as specified in this
Indenture. Unless otherwise required by this Indenture, the amount
of any Investment shall not be adjusted for increases or decreases
in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs subsequent to the
date such Investment is made with respect to such
Investment.
“Investment Guarantee
” means any guarantee,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or any Guarantor of
Indebtedness of a Permitted Joint Venture, provided that at the
time such guarantee is incurred, the Company is permitted to incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio under Section 4.09
hereof.
“Investment Guarantee
Indebtedness ” of
the Company or any Guarantor means any Indebtedness of another
Person guaranteed by the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to an
Investment Guarantee, on and after the time the Company or such
Guarantor makes any principal, interest or comparable debt service
payment with respect to such guaranteed Indebtedness.
“Investment Guarantee Payments
” means, without duplication,
(1) any payments made pursuant to any Investment Guarantee,
including any payment in respect of any Investment Guarantee
Indebtedness, or (2) the full amount of any Investment
Guarantee if, at any time, the Person whose Indebtedness is
guaranteed by such Investment Guarantee ceases to constitute a
Permitted Joint Venture as a result of a decline in the
Company’s or Guarantor’s ownership interest to less
than 35% as a result of a sale, transfer or other disposition of
Capital Stock of such Person by the Company or such
Guarantor.
“Issue Date” means August 10, 2009.
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“Legal Holiday”
means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place
of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to
remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding
day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
“Letter of Credit
Obligations” means
Obligations of an Obligor arising under or in connection with
letters of credit.
“Letter of Transmittal”
means the letter of transmittal to
be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for
use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange
Offer.
“Lien” means, with respect to any assets, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other similar
encumbrance (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any
option or other agreement to sell, and any filing of or agreement
to give, any security interest).
“Limited Real Estate
Development” means
the development or improvement of (1) any undeveloped or
substantially undeveloped real estate held by the Company or a
Subsidiary on the date of this Indenture or (2) any
undeveloped or substantially undeveloped real estate that is
acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary in an acquisition of a
company that is primarily in the Casino business.
“Material Restricted
Subsidiary” means
any Subsidiary which is both a Material Subsidiary and a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“Material Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Company
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof,
other than a Non-Material Subsidiary.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors
Services, Inc., and its successors.
“Net Cash Proceeds”
means with respect to any Asset
Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents
including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when
received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents received by any
Obligor from such Asset Sale, net of:
(1) reasonable out-of- pocket expenses,
fees and other direct costs relating to such Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, brokerage, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees and sales commissions),
(2) taxes paid or payable after taking into
account any reduction in tax liability due to available tax credits
or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements,
(3) repayment of Indebtedness (other than
any intercompany Indebtedness) that is required by the terms
thereof to be repaid or pledged as cash collateral, or the holders
of which otherwise have a contractual claim that is legally
superior to any claim of the holders (including a restriction on
transfer) to the proceeds of the subject assets, in connection with
such Asset Sale, and
(4) appropriate amounts to be provided by
any applicable Obligor, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP,
against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and
retained by any applicable Obligor including, without limitation,
pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities, liabilities
related to environmental matters and liabilities under any
indemnification
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obligations
associated with such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment to
the sale price received in such Asset Sale for so long as such
reserve is held.
“Non-Material Foreign Restricted
Subsidiaries” means
all Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Non-Material
Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries by the Company; provided, that all
such Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries may not, in the aggregate at
any time have assets (attributable to the Company’s and its
Restricted Subsidiaries’ equity interest in such entity)
constituting more than 1.5% of the Company’s total assets on
a consolidated basis based on the Company’s most recent
internal financial statements. As of the Issue Date, the
Non-Material Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries shall be all of the
Company’s Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries existing as of the
Issue Date other than Casino Magic Neuquén, S.A.
“Non-Material
Subsidiaries” means
all Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Non-Material
Subsidiaries by the Company; provided, that all such Domestic
Restricted Subsidiaries may not, in the aggregate at any time have
assets (attributable to the Company’s and its Domestic
Restricted Subsidiaries’ equity interest in such entity)
constituting more than 6% of the Company’s total assets on a
consolidated basis based on the Company’s most recent
internal financial statements. As of the Issue Date, the
Non-Material Subsidiaries shall be all of the Company’s
Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries existing as of the Issue Date
other than the Guarantors as of the Issue Date.
“Non-Recourse
Indebtedness” means
Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(1) as to which none of the
Obligors:
(A) provides credit support of any kind
(including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would
constitute Indebtedness),
(B) is directly or indirectly liable (as a
guarantor or otherwise), or
(C) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which
(including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit
(upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other
Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of any Obligor to declare a
default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to
be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity,
and
(3) as to which the lenders have been
notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the
stock or assets of any Obligor.
The foregoing notwithstanding, if an Obligor or
a Restricted Subsidiary (x) makes a loan to an Unrestricted
Subsidiary that is permitted under Section 4.07 hereof or is a
Permitted Investment and is otherwise permitted to be incurred
under this Indenture or (y) executes an Investment Guarantee
or a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement for the benefit
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of developing,
constructing, opening and operating a new gaming facility or
related or ancillary amenities or businesses or Incurs Investment
Guarantee Indebtedness or Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well
Indebtedness, such actions referred to in the foregoing clauses (x)
and (y) shall not prevent the Indebtedness of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary to which such actions relate from being considered
Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
“Non-U.S. Person”
means a Person who is not a U.S.
Person.
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“Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble
to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (and
any Exchange Notes issued in the Exchange Offer in exchange for
such Initial Notes and Additional Notes) shall be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the
context otherwise requires, all references to Notes shall include
the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (and any Exchange Notes
issued in the Exchange Offer in exchange for such Initial Notes and
Additional Notes).
“Obligations”
means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities, whether absolute or contingent, payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Obligor” means the Company or any Guarantor and any
Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Non-Material Foreign
Restricted Subsidiary.
“Officer” means, (i) with respect to any Person that
is a corporation, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any
Vice-President of such Person and (ii) with respect to any
other Person, the individuals selected by the Board or
corresponding governing or managing body of such Person to perform
functions similar to those of the officers listed in clause
(i).
“Officers’
Certificate” means
a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of
the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer,
the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 12.05 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion from legal
counsel that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.
The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company.
“Participant”
means, with respect to the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account
with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and,
with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
“Permitted Indebtedness”
means, without duplication, each of
the following:
(1) Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date (other than
Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement) as reduced by the
amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory
prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions
thereof;
(2) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company
under the Notes and by the Guarantors under the
Guaranties;
(3) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to the Bank Credit
Agreement; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such
Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (3) as of any date
of Incurrence (after giving pro forma effect to the application of
the proceeds of such Incurrence), including all Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem, extend,
refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to this clause (3), shall not exceed the greater
of (x) $750 million and (y) 3.5 times the Company’s
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal
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quarters most
recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial
reports are available, ended not more than 135 days prior to
such date (using the pro forma and calculation conventions for
Consolidated EBITDA referenced in the definition of Consolidated
Coverage Ratio), in each case, to be reduced dollar-for-dollar by
the amount of the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds of
Asset Sales applied by an Obligor to permanently prepay or repay
Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement pursuant to Section
4.10 hereof;
(4) Indebtedness of the Company to any
Obligor or of any Guarantor to any other Obligor for so long as
such Indebtedness is held by the Company or by another Obligor;
provided that:
(A) any Indebtedness of the Company to any
other Obligor that is not a Guarantor is unsecured and evidenced by
an intercompany promissory note that is subordinated, pursuant to a
written agreement, to the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes, and
(B) if as of any date any Person other than
the Company or a Guarantor owns or holds any such Indebtedness or
holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (other than such a
Lien in favor of the lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement or
holders of other Indebtedness not subordinate in right of payment
to the Notes or the Guaranties permitted under this Indenture),
such date shall be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness not
constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (4) by
the issuer of such Indebtedness;
(5) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary
to the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is held by an
Obligor; provided that if as of any date any Person other than an
Obligor acquires any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect
of such Indebtedness (other than such a Lien in favor of the
lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement or holders of other
Indebtedness not subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or
the Guaranties), such acquisition shall be deemed to be an
Incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness
under this clause (5) by the issuer of such
Indebtedness;
(6) Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness;
(7) the Incurrence by Unrestricted
Subsidiaries of Non-Recourse Indebtedness; provided that, if any
such Indebtedness ceases to be Non-Recourse Indebtedness of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be deemed to constitute
an Incurrence of Indebtedness that is not permitted by this clause
(7);
(8) (a) Indebtedness Incurred by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary solely to finance the
construction or acquisition or improvement of, or consisting of
Capitalized Leased Obligations Incurred to acquire rights of use
in, capital assets useful in the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s business, as applicable, and, in any such case,
Incurred prior to or within 180 days after the construction,
acquisition, improvement or leasing of the subject assets, not to
exceed $175 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding
at any time (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
Incurred to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace,
defease or refund any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause
(8)) for all of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and
(b) additional Indebtedness of the kind described in this
clause (8) with respect to which neither the Company nor any
Restricted Subsidiary is directly or indirectly liable, and which
is expressly made non-recourse to all of such Person’s
assets, except the asset so financed;
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(9) Hedging Obligations and Interest Swap
Obligations entered into not as speculative Investments but as
hedging transactions designed to protect the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates in
connection with Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder or
against exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;
(10) Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary arising in respect of performance bonds and
completion guaranties (to the extent that the Incurrence thereof
does not result in the Incurrence of any obligation for the payment
of borrowed money of others), in the ordinary course of business,
in amounts and for the purposes customary in such Person’s
industry; provided , that such Indebtedness shall be
Incurred solely in connection with the development, construction,
improvement or enhancement of assets useful in such Person’s
business;
(11) Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well
Indebtedness or Investment Guarantee Indebtedness up to a maximum
of $200 million in aggregate principal amount (or accreted
value, as applicable) outstanding at any time (including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem,
extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (11)) ;
(12) the guarantee by a Guarantor of
Indebtedness of the Company, or the guarantee by a Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness not subordinate in right of payment to
the Notes or the Guaranties of the Company, provided such
Indebtedness was outstanding on the Issue Date or was, at the time
it was incurred, permitted to be incurred by the Company under this
Indenture; provided that if the Indebtedness being
guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes,
then the guarantee may only be incurred by a Guarantor and shall be
subordinated to, or pari passu with, as applicable, the
Notes to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
(13) the issuance by any of the
Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock;
provided , however , that:
(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of
Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being
held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
and
(B) any sale or other transfer of any such
preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
will be deemed,
in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by
such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause
(13);
(14) Indebtedness in an amount not to
exceed $25 million under a junior pay-in-kind note incurred in
order to redeem or repurchase Capital Stock of the Company upon a
final determination by any Gaming Authority of the unsuitability of
a holder or beneficial owner of Capital Stock of the Company or
upon any other requirement or order by any Gaming Authority having
jurisdiction over the Company prohibiting a holder from owning,
beneficially or otherwise, the Company’s Capital Stock,
provided that the Company has used its reasonable best
efforts to effect a disposition of such capital stock to a third
party and has been unable to do so; provided ,
further , that such junior pay-in-kind note:
(A) is expressly subordinated to the
Notes,
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(B) provides that no installment of
principal matures (whether by its terms, by optional or mandatory
redemption or otherwise) earlier than three months after the
maturity of the Notes,
(C) provides for no cash payments of
interest, premium or other distributions earlier than six months
after the maturity of the Notes and provides that all interest,
premium or other distributions may only be made by distributions of
additional junior pay-in-kind notes, which such in-kind
distributions shall be deemed Permitted Indebtedness,
and
(D) contains provisions whereby the holder
thereof agrees that prior to the maturity or payment in full in
cash of the Notes, regardless of whether any insolvency or
liquidation has occurred against any Obligor, such holder will not
exercise any rights or remedies or institute any action or
proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies under such
junior pay-in-kind note;
(15) Contribution Indebtedness;
(16) Indebtedness of the Company or
Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Guarantor incurred or issued
to finance an acquisition or the incurrence of Acquired Debt of
Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (whether by merger or otherwise) in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture; provided that after giving effect
to such acquisition, either (a) the Company would be permitted
to Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) pursuant to the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test set
forth in Section 4.09(b) or (b) the Company’s
Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately following such acquisition
and incurrence or issuance would be no less than the
Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to
such acquisition and incurrence or issuance;
(17) the Incurrence by the Company or any
Guarantor of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any time under this clause (17), including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem,
extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (17) (or accreted
value, as applicable), not to exceed $500 million at any time
outstanding for the purpose of developing, constructing, improving
or acquiring a Casino or Casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey or,
if applicable, any Related Business in connection with such Casino
or Casinos; provided, however, that Indebtedness may not be
Incurred pursuant to this clause (17) unless and until the
Consolidated EBITDA of the Company (using the proforma and
calculation conventions for Consolidated EBITDA referenced in the
definition of Consolidated Coverage Ratio) for any period of four
consecutive full fiscal quarters at any time prior to such
Incurrence (which need not be the most recently completed four
fiscal quarters), for which internal financial statements are
available, exceeds $210 million (the “ EBITDA
Threshold ”) (provided that (x) in the event of a
sale or other disposition of an operating facility owned by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not owned by the
Company and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, and whether by sale
of assets or the equity of such Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise)
after the Issue Date and prior to the date of any such Incurrence
under this clause (17), and (y) the consideration received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such sale or
other disposition is at least equal to the fair market value of the
assets sold or of which other disposition is made (as determined
reasonably and in good faith by the Board), then the EBITDA
Threshold shall be reduced by the positive Consolidated EBITDA, if
any, of the Restricted Subsidiary or of the operating facility sold
or disposed of for the last complete four quarter period prior to
its sale or disposition); provided, further, that for
purposes of computing the EBITDA Threshold in this clause
(17) only, the
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Consolidated
EBITDA of the Company shall not include any net income of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for such four fiscal quarter period
notwithstanding any actual distribution of cash to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary by such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
and
(18) the Incurrence by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) outstanding
under this clause (18) as of any date of Incurrence, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem,
extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (18), not to exceed
the greater of (i) 5% of Consolidated Total Assets and (ii)
$250 million.
For purposes of this definition, it is
understood that the Company may rely on internal or publicly
reported financial reports even though there may be subsequent
adjustments (including review and audit adjustments) to such
financial statements. For avoidance of doubt, any incurrence of
Permitted Indebtedness which is based upon or made in reliance on a
computation based on such internal or publicly reported financial
statements, shall be deemed to continue to comply with the
applicable covenant, notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments
that may result in changes to such internal or publicly reported
financial statements.
“Permitted Investments”
means, without duplication, each of
the following:
(1) Investments in cash (including deposit
accounts with major commercial banks) and Cash
Equivalents;
(2) Investments by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
or any Person that is or will immediately become upon giving effect
to such Investment, or as a result of which, such Person is merged,
consolidated or liquidated into, or conveys substantially all of
its assets to, an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that Investments in any such Person (other than the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) made prior to such Investment
shall not be “Permitted Investments” under this clause
(2); and provided , further , that for purposes of
calculating at any date the aggregate amount of Investments made
since September 25, 2003 pursuant to Section 4.07, such
Investment shall be a Permitted Investment only so long as any
Subsidiary in which any such Investment has been made continues to
be an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) Investments existing on the Issue
Date;
(4) accounts receivable created or acquired
in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary on ordinary business terms;
(5) Investments arising from transactions
by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with trade creditors or
customers in the ordinary course of business (including any such
Investment received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement pursuant to the bankruptcy or insolvency of
such trade creditors or customers or otherwise in settlement of a
claim);
(6) Investments made as the result of
non-cash consideration received from an Asset Sale that was made
pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10;
(7) Investments consisting of advances to
officers, directors and employees of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary for travel, entertainment, relocation, purchases of
Capital
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Stock of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary permitted by this Indenture and
analogous ordinary business purposes;
(8) Hedging Obligations and Interest Swap
Obligations consisting of Permitted Indebtedness under clause
(9) thereof;
(9) Transfers by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary to an Unrestricted Subsidiary of operational
agreements (including, without limitation, slot machine leases,
technical assistance services agreements, trademark and tradename
licenses, management services agreements and royalty agreements) or
other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
between the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand,
and the Argentina Subsidiaries, on the other hand; provided
that any such transfer is made in connection with the payment of
any dividend or other distribution by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Equity Interests in the Argentina Subsidiaries that
are Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(10) other Investments in any Person having
an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such
Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes
in value), when taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (10) that are at the time outstanding, not
to exceed $50 million; and
(11) the provision of management and
related services (including intellectual property rights and the
use of corporate aircraft in providing such management services) to
any Unrestricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business,
and, provided however, that the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary shall not be required to allocate employee compensation
for management services provided by employees of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to Unrestricted Subsidiaries in connection
with such employees’ services to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary.
“Permitted Joint Venture
” means a Person primarily
engaged or preparing to engage in a Related Business or related or
ancillary business thereto as to which the Company or a Guarantor
owns at least 35% of the shares of Capital Stock (including at
least 35% of the total voting power thereof) of such
Person.
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness under the
Bank Credit Agreement or other Indebtedness not subordinate in
right of payment to the Notes or the Guaranties, in either case,
that was permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be incurred
pursuant to clause (3) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness (“ Basket Debt ”), including Basket
Debt reclassified by the Company as Indebtedness Incurred under the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio test in Section 4.09(b)(2) (such
reclassified Indebtedness being referred to as “
Reclassified Secured Indebtedness ”); provided
, that for purposes of determining the maximum aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness that may be secured by Liens under this
clause (1), the Reclassified Secured Indebtedness will continue to
be treated as if it were Indebtedness outstanding under the Basket
Debt for that purpose only; provided, further , the
reclassification of Basket Debt to Reclassified Secured
Indebtedness shall not be considered the creation, incurrence, or
assumption of a Lien for purposes of the obligations described in
Section 4.12 hereof.
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or Liens
on the assets of any Guarantor so long as such Liens are held by
another Obligor;
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(3) Liens on property of a Person existing
at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were
not Incurred in anticipation of such merger or consolidation and do
not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into
or consolidated with the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable;
(4) Liens on property existing at the time
of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that such Liens were not Incurred in anticipation
of such acquisition;
(5) Liens Incurred to secure Indebtedness
permitted by clause (8) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness, attaching to or encumbering only the subject assets
and directly related property such as proceeds (including insurance
proceeds) and products thereof and accessions, replacements and
substitutions thereof;
(6) Liens to secure the performance of
statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or
other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
(7) Liens created by “notice”
or “precautionary” filings in connection with operating
leases or other transactions pursuant to which no Indebtedness is
Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(8) Liens existing on the Issue
Date;
(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or claims (including, without limitation,
Liens securing the performance of workers compensation, social
security, or unemployment insurance obligations) that are not yet
delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
therefor;
(10) Liens on shares of any equity security
or any warrant or option to purchase an equity security or any
security which is convertible into an equity security issued by any
Obligor that holds, directly or indirectly through a holding
company or otherwise, a license under any applicable Gaming Laws;
provided that this clause (10) shall apply only so long
as such Gaming Laws provide that the creation of any restriction on
the disposition of any of such securities shall not be effective
and, if such Gaming Laws at any time cease to so provide, then this
clause (10) shall be of no further effect;
(11) Liens on securities constituting
“margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or
X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, to the extent that (i) prohibiting such Liens would
result in the classification of the obligations of the Company
under the Notes as a “purpose credit” and (ii) the
Investment by any Obligor in such margin stock is permitted by this
Indenture;
(12) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien attaches only to the
assets encumbered by the predecessor Indebtedness, unless the
Incurrence of such Liens is otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;
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(13) Liens securing stay and appeal bonds
or judgment Liens in connection with any judgment not giving rise
to an Event of Default under Section 6.01(5);
(14) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens
of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen,
repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary
course of business, in respect of obligations not constituting
Indebtedness and not past due; provided that adequate
reserves shall have been established therefor in accordance with
GAAP;
(15) easements, rights-of-way, zoning
restrictions, reservations, encroachments and other similar charges
or encumbrances in respect of real property which do not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the
conduct of business by any Obligor;
(16) any interest or title of a lessor
under any Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted to be incurred
hereunder;
(17) Liens upon specific items of inventory
or equipment and proceeds thereof, Incurred to secure obligations
in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the
account of any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of business to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage
of such inventory or equipment;
(18) Liens securing Letter of Credit
Obligations permitted to be Incurred hereunder Incurred in
connection with the purchase of inventory or equipment by an
Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of the
business and secured only by such inventory or equipment, the
documents issued in connection therewith and the proceeds
thereof;
(19) Liens securing the Notes or the
Guaranties or in favor of the Trustee arising under this Indenture;
and
(20) Liens incurred in the ordinary course
of business of any Obligor with respect to obligations that do not
exceed, in the aggregate for all Obligors, $10.0 million at
any one time outstanding.
“Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness” means
any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issued
in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to repay,
redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other
Permitted Indebtedness of such Person arising under clauses (1),
(2), (3), (6), (8), (10), (11), (15), (16), (17) or
(18) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”
or Indebtedness Incurred under the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test
in Section 4.09(b)(2) (any such Indebtedness, “
Existing Indebtedness ”); provided
that:
(1) the principal amount of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount and
accrued interest of such Existing Indebtedness (plus the amount of
prepayment penalties, fees, premiums and expenses incurred or paid
in connection therewith), except to the extent that the Incurrence
of such excess is otherwise permitted by this Indenture;
(2) if such Existing Indebtedness is
subordinated to, or pari passu in right of payment with, the
Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity
date on or later than the final maturity date of, and has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, such Existing Indebtedness;
provided this clause (2) shall not apply to Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness to repay, redeem, refinance, retire for
value, replace, defease or refund the 7.5% Notes, 8.25% Notes or
8.75% Notes outstanding on the Issue Date;
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(3) if such Existing Indebtedness is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date on or later than
the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment
to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of
Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being repaid, redeemed, extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded; provided this clause (3) shall
not apply to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness to repay, redeem,
refinance, retire for value, replace, defease or refund the 8.25%
Notes outstanding on the Issue Date; and
(4) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
shall be Indebtedness solely of an Obligor or a Restricted
Subsidiary obligated under such Existing Indebtedness, unless
otherwise permitted by this Indenture.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government agency
or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or
ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the
assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).
“Plan of Liquidation”
means, with respect to any Person, a
plan (including by operation of law) that provides for,
contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded or
accomplished by (whether or not substantially
contemporaneously):
(1) the sale, lease or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Person otherwise than as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, and
(2) the distribution of all or
substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance,
or other disposition and all or substantially all of the remaining
assets of such Person to holders of Capital Stock of such
Person.
“Private Placement
Legend” means the
legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(1) hereof to be placed on
all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise
permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
“Productive Assets”
means assets (including assets owned
directly or indirectly through Capital Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary) of a kind used or usable in the businesses of the
Obligors as they are conducted on the date of the Asset Sale or on
any other determination date.
“Project” means any new facility developed or being
developed by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
any expansion, renovation or refurbishment of a facility owned by
the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries which expansion,
renovation or refurbishment costs $40 million or
more.
“Project Opening”
means, with respect to (a) any
Project which is a new facility, when all of the following have
occurred: (i) a certificate of occupancy (which may be a
temporary certificate of occupancy) has been issued in respect of
such Project and, if such Project includes gaming facilities, then
such certificate of occupancy need only relate to such gaming
facilities and not the remainder of such Project; (ii) such
Project (or the gaming facility portion thereof in the case of a
Project that includes gaming facilities and not the remainder of
such Project) is in a condition (including installation of
furnishings, fixtures and equipment) to receive customers in the
ordinary course of business; (iii) if such Project includes
gaming facilities, such Project’s gaming facilities (but not
necessarily the hotel facilities if a hotel is contemplated to
accompany such Project’s gaming facilities) are legally open
for business and to the general public and operating in accordance
with applicable law; and (iv) all Gaming Approvals,
if
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applicable,
with respect to such Project have been granted and not revoked or
suspended, and (b) any Project which is an expansion,
renovation or refurbishment, when clauses (ii), (iii) and
(iv) have occurred, to the extent applicable.
“Property ” means any right or interest in or to
property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed
and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation,
Capital Stock.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Qualified Capital Stock”
means any Capital Stock that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Reclassified Argentina
Receipts” means all
Argentina Receipts which, as determined in good faith by the
Company, will no longer be deemed available for distributions to
any Argentina Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary under
Section 4.07(b)(14), provided that such amount does not exceed
the balance of the Argentina Contribution Amount immediately prior
to such reclassification.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2009,
among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on
the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any
Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among
the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such
agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of
Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the
Securities Act.
“Regulation S”
means Regulation S promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global
Note” means a
Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on
Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Related Business”
means the gaming (including
pari-mutuel betting) business and/or any and all reasonably related
businesses necessary for, in support or anticipation of and
ancillary to or in preparation for (or required by a Gaming
Authority to be developed, constructed, improved or acquired in
connection with the licensing approval of such Casino or Casinos),
the gaming business including, without limitation, the development,
expansion or operation of any Casino (including any land-based,
dockside, riverboat or other type of Casino), owned, or to be
owned, by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries.
“Responsible Officer,”
when used with respect to the
Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust
Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the
Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
“Restricted Definitive
Note” means a
Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Global Note”
means a Global Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Investment”
means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
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“Restricted Period”
means the 40-day distribution
compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
“Restricted Subsidiary”
of a Person means any Subsidiary of
the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If no
referent Person is specified, “Restricted Subsidiary”
means a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Rule 144”
means Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A”
means Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“Rule 903”
means Rule 903 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904”
means Rule 904 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group,
a division of The McGraw-Hill Industries, Inc., and its
successors.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“Shelf Registration
Statement” means
the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary”
means any Obligor, other than the
Company, that would be a “significant subsidiary” as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is
in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment
of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on
which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be
paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and
shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or
repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“Subsidiary,”
with respect to any Person,
means:
(1) any corporation or comparably organized
entity, a majority of whose voting stock (defined as any class of
capital stock having voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect a majority of the Board of such Person) is owned, directly or
indirectly, by any one or more of the Obligors, and
(2) any other Person (other than a
corporation) in which any one or more of the Obligors, directly or
indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest entitled to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or
of which such Obligor is the managing general partner.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
“Treasury Rate ” means, as of any redemption date, the
yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States
Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and
published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two
business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical
Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of
similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the
redemption
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date to
August 1, 2013; provided , however , that if the
period from the redemption date to August 1, 2013 is less than
one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States
Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year
will be used.
“Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A. until a successor replaces it in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor serving hereunder.
“Unrestricted Definitive
Note” means a
Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the
Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Global
Note” means a
Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the
Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Company
that is designated by the Board of the Company as its Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to a Board resolution; but only to the extent
that such Subsidiary:
(A) has, or will have after giving effect
to such designation, no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse
Indebtedness,
(B) is not party to any agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding with any Obligor unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding
are no less favorable to such Obligor than those that might be
obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of such
Obligor, or such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding
constitutes a Restricted Payment that is made in accordance with
Section 4.07, the definition of a Permitted Investment, or an
Asset Sale that is made in accordance with
Section 4.10,
(C) is a Person with respect to which none
of the Obligors has any direct or indirect obligation (i) to
subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (ii) to maintain
or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause
such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating
results,
(D) has not guaranteed or otherwise
directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness
of any Obligor, and
(E) has at least one member on its Board
who is not a member of the Board or executive officer of any
Obligor and has at least one executive officer who is not a member
of the Board or executive officer of any Obligor;
provided,
however, that the Company or any of its Guarantors may execute an
Investment Guarantee or Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well
Agreement for the benefit of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or may
Incur Investment Guarantee Indebtedness or Completion
Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness, for the purpose of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary developing, constructing, opening and
operating a new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities
or businesses, and the execution and performance (if such
performance is permitted under Section 4.07 hereof) of such
Investment Guarantee, Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement,
Investment Guarantee Indebtedness, or Completion
Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness shall not prevent a Subsidiary
from becoming or remaining an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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“U.S. Person”
means a U.S. Person as defined in
Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Voting Stock”
of any Person as of any date means
the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to
vote in the election of the Board of such Person.
“Weighted Average Life to
Maturity” means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the Company’s
calculations of the number of years obtained by
dividing:
(1) the then outstanding aggregate
principal amount of such Indebtedness into,
(2) the total of the products obtained by
multiplying:
(A) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in
respect thereof, by
(B) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the
making of such payment.
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of
the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a
part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:
“indenture securities”
means the Notes;
“indenture security
Holder” means a
Holder of a Note;
“indenture to be
qualified” means
this Indenture;
“indenture trustee”
or “institutional
trustee” means the Trustee; and
“obligor” on the Notes and the Guaranties means the
Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor
upon the Notes and the Guaranties, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are
defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or
defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to
them.
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;
(3) “or” is not
exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the
plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) “will” shall be interpreted to
express a command;
(6) provisions apply to successive events
and transactions;
(7) references to sections of or rules
under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute,
replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from
time to time; and
(8) references to any contract, instrument
or agreement shall be deemed to include any amendments,
modifications or supplements thereto or restatements thereof not
prohibited hereby, through the date of reference
thereto.
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Section 2.01 Form and
Dating.
(a) General . The Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations,
legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The
Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess of $2,000.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes
will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and the Company, the 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 Note conflicts with the express
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes . Notes issued in
global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A 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 will represent such of the outstanding Notes as
will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount
of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee
or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance
with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by
Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Euroclear and Clearstream
Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating
Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General
Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and
“Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable
to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S
Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or
Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and
Authentication.
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no
longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the
Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be
conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
All Notes shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written
order of the Company signed by two Officers (an " Authentication
Order ”), authenticate Notes for original issue up to the
aggregate principal amount that may be validly issued under this
Indenture, including any Additional Notes.
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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating
agent may authenticate Notes 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 2.03 Registrar and Paying
Agent.
The Company will maintain an office or agency
where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency
where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying
Agent ”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes
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 may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Company will 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 Custodian with
respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money
in Trust.
The Company will require each Paying Agent other
than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will
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
Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require
a Paying Agent 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) will have
no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent, it will 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 will serve as Paying Agent for
the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder
Lists.
The Trustee will 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 will 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 Notes and the Company shall otherwise
comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global
Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole
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
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successor
Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global
Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes
if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee
notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to
continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
120 days after the date of such notice from the
Depositary;
(2) 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; or
(3) there has occurred and is continuing a
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding
events in (1) or (2) 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 or in
part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a
Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this
Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other
than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial
interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as
provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or
(f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial
Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through
the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture
and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer
comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the
Securities Act or by the provisions of this Indenture. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require
compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as
applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the
Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted
Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global
Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Private Placement Legend; provided, however , that prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a
U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other
than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any
Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall
be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the
transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) 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 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such
beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar
either:
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(i) a written 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
(ii) instructions given in accordance with
the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase;
or
(i) a written 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
(ii) 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 (1) above.
Upon
consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this
Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon
receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the
Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all
of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes
or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall
adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant
to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to
Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar
receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in
the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
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(B) if the transferee will take delivery in
the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in
an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above
and:
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(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the
case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a
Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the
Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a)
thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests
transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or
(D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global
Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial
Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note
or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then,
upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation:
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(A) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate
from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including
the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor or other Person
in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs
(B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(d)
thereof,
the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h)
hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(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 Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private
Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on
transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only
if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
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(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the
Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted
Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of
a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted 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 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the
Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in
the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) (3) will be
registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or
through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in
whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive
Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a
Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such
Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note,
then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation:
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(A) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is
being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is
being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction
in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is
being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with
Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(a)
thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is
being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor or other
Person in reliance on an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in
subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by
item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is
being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is
being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4)(d)
thereof,
the Trustee
will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
(A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case
of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and, in the case of
clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global
Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a
Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted
Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only
if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer,
(ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
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(C) such transfer is effected by a
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the
following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted
Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of
the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will
cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased
the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global
Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of
an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such
Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any
time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer,
the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note
and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a
Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to
subparagraphs (2)(B), (2)(D) or (3) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.
(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 2.06(e), the Registrar will
register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to
such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder
must 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. In addition, the
requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the
following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
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(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be
transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant
to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant
to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver
a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant
to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note
may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer,
(ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the
following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
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and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted
Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the
Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant
to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the
occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted
for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the
applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not
Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a
distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not
affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange
Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of
Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers,
(B) they are not participating in a distribution of the
Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in
Rule 144) of the Company.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes,
the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and
the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive
Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate
principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends
will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes
issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in
the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend .
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph
(B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS
NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR
(B) IT IS NOT A U.S.
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PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING ITS NOTE IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION”
PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH
IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE
144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER)
AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR OF ANY
PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR THE LAST DAY ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR
ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS
MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE”), OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS
NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A,
(D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT
OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION, ALL
IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND
WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
“OFFSHORE TRANSACTION”, “UNITED STATES” AND
“U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs
(b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or
(f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note
will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE
DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS
NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF,
AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE,
(2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE
TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(3) Gaming Law Legend. Each Global Note and
Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the
following form:
“THE NOTES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER IMPOSED BY
APPLICABLE GAMING LAWS, THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE
COMPANY’S RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, INCLUDING
ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISIONS THERETO, AND
SECTION 3.07(e) OF THE INDENTURE (WHICH IS SUMMARIZED ON THIS
CERTIFICATE). A COPY OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE COMPANY’S
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION IS ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF
THE COMPANY, AND MADE A PART HEREOF AS FULLY AS THOUGH THE
PROVISIONS OF SAID PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANY’S RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION WERE PRINTED IN FULL ON THIS
CERTIFICATE, TO ALL OF WHICH THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, ASSENTS AND AGREES TO BE BOUND. ANY HOLDER OF A
NOTE MAY OBTAIN, UPON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF SUCH
PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANY’S RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION. ANY SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMPANY.”
(h) 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 canceled
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