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Exhibit
10.30
BILOXI WATERFRONT
PROJECT GARAGE-PODIUM LEASE
[AND
EASEMENT]
THIS
AGREEMENT LEASE (herein called this “ Lease
”), made on the 15 th day of August, 2002, by and between the SECRETARY OF
STATE for and on behalf of the State of Mississippi in his
capacity as land commissioner for the State of Mississippi and
as trustee of the Public Trust for Tidelands and Submerged Lands
(herein called “ STATE ”) and as authorized
representative of the State Institutions of Higher Learning
(herein called “ IHL ”), and CITY OF
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI , a municipal corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Mississippi (herein
called “ City ”, and herein collectively with
STATE called “ LANDLORD ”), ISLE OF
CAPRI CASINOS, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called
“ Guarantor ”), and RIVERBOAT CORPORATION
OF MISSISSIPPI, a Mississippi corporation, (herein called
“ Tenant ” or “ RCM ”),
whose permanent resident addresses are declared to
be:
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for Landlord
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City of
Biloxi
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City of
Biloxi
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140
Lameuse Street
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P. O. Box
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Biloxi, MS
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Biloxi, MS
39533
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Secretary
of State
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401 E.
Mississippi St
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P.O. Box
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Jackson,
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Jackson,
MS 39205-0136
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and for Tenant Riverboat
Corporation of Mississippi
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C/O Isle
of Capri Casino
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1641 Popps
Ferry Road
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Biloxi, MS
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respectively.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS, GRANT AND
TERM
Section I.1.
Definitions.
For purposes of
interpretation and implementation of this Lease, the following
terms shall be have the designated definitions or
meanings:
“Access
Tract” – the property designate by cross-hatching
on the plat on Exhibit H, attached hereto and more particularly
described therein;
“Biloxi
Waterfront-Point Cadet Project” or “Biloxi Waterfront
Point Cadet Project area” – whenever those terms
are used in this Lease they shall be defined to have the same
definition and usage as they have when used In a similar context in
the Casino Lease and the Hotel Lease;
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“Casino
Lease” – the “Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cadet
Project Lease” dated May 12,1986, executed by the Point
Cadet Development Corporation as lessor and Seventy-Six, Inc., as
lessee, as thereafter: i) assigned by Seventy-Six, Inc. to the
Factory, Inc, and by the Factory, Inc. to RCM, ii) assigned by PCDC
to the City; and iii) assigned and amended, including the Addendum
to Lease dated August 1,1992, executed by the City of Biloxi
and Riverboat Corporation of Mississippi; the Second Addendum to
Lease dated April 13,1994; the Third Addendum to Casino Lease
effective April 26, 1995; including all renewals thereof and
other amendments, supplements, modifications, and restatements
thereto as made from time to time.
“City” – the City of Biloxi,
Mississippi.
“Comps” – food, beverages, and lodging
furnished to Tenant’s customers free of charge as an
inducement to patronize the gaming establishment now operated by
Tenant pursuant to the Casino Lease.
“Construction Period” – the
construction period shall begin on the Execution Date of this Lease
and shall terminate on the earlier of: Twelve (12) months from
such date; or the date that Phase I of the Facilities is
opened;
“Covacevich Property” – refers to the
property described in the Sublease and Agreement by and between,
Casino Parking Inc., Covacevich Yacht & Sail, Inc. and the
City of Biloxi on September 24, 1993, a Recording Memorandum
of which being of record in Book 263, Page 97, in the Office of the
Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, Second Judicial
District;
“Execution
Date” – August 15, 2002.
“Facilities” – Phase I of the
Facilities, Phase II of the Facilities, and Phase III of the
Facilities, as the case may be or collectively;
“Floor” – see
Section 3.1;
“Force
Majeure” – any severe weather conditions, strike,
lockout, civil commotion, war, war-like operation, invasion,
rebellion, hostilities, military or usurped power, sabotage,
government regulations or controls, inability to obtain any
material through Act of God, or any other cause whatever beyond the
control of that party;
“Gross
Cash Revenue” – see Section 3.3;
“Gross
Retail Revenue” – see Section 3.3;
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“Guaranteed Rent Amounts” – for
Guaranteed Rent Amounts (for Floor Rent, Phase I Supplemental Rent,
Phase II Supplemental Rent, Phase III Supplemental Rent, and
Interim and Additional Interim guaranteed rent amounts), see
Section 3.1;
“Hancock/Harrison Market” – Hancock
County and Harrison County (both judicial districts),
Mississippi;
“Hotel
Lease” – the “Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cadet
Project Lease” dated April 13, 1994, executed by the
City of Biloxi and Riverboat Corporation of Mississippi, as amended
by First Amendment to Biloxi Waterfront Lease dated April 26,
1995, including any renewals thereof and other amendments,
supplements, modifications, and restatements made thereto from time
to time.
“IHL” – the Board of Trustees of State
Institutions of Higher Learning.
“Landlord” – collectively the City of
Biloxi, Mississippi, and the State of Mississippi by and through
the Secretary of State both as administrator and Trustee of Public
Trust Tidelands and as authorized representative of IHL.
“Lease
Year” – for purposes of facilitating rent
computations, the parties intend to conform the Lease Year for this
Lease with the corresponding period for the Casino Lease,
therefore, this term shall mean the twelve month period beginning
on August 1 and each successive twelve month period thereafter
during this Lease’s term.
“Leased
Premises” – see Section 1.2(a);
“New Tract
A” – the property designated by cross-hatching on
the plat on Exhibit I, attached hereto and as described
therein;
“New Tract
B” – the property designated by cross-hatching on
the plat on Exhibit J, attached hereto and as described
therein;
“Phase I
of the Facilities” – a public parking garage
consistent with the terms allowed in the Settlement Agreement to be
constructed on New Tract “A”.
“Phase II
of the Facilities” – a hotel proposed to be built
on New Tract “B”, containing at least two hundred
(200) rooms, or (ii) two (2) or more restaurant
facilities containing at least two hundred (200) seats in the
aggregate;
“Phase III
of the Facilities” – a hotel proposed to be built
on the garage podium to be constructed on New Tract
“A”;
“Point
Cadet Settlement Agreement” – The Point Cadet
Compromise and Settlement Agreement dated August 15, 2002 among
(i) the Secretary of State for and on behalf of the
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State of
Mississippi in his capacity as land commissioner for the State of
Mississippi and as trustee for the Public Trust for Tidelands and
Submerged Lands, ii) the City, iii) the IHL in its own capacity and
on behalf of the University of Southern Mississippi, the Gulf Coast
Research Laboratory, and the J. L. Scott Marine Education Center,
and iv) RCM, as it may from time to time be amended, modified,
supplemented, or restated;
“RCM” – Riverboat Corporation of
Mississippi, a Mississippi corporation;
“State” – State of Mississippi, as
represented by the Secretary of State in his capacity as land
commissioner for the State of Mississippi and as trustee for the
Public Trust for Tidelands and Submerged Lands;
“Tenant” – Riverboat Corporation of
Mississippi, a Mississippi corporation, its successors or assigns,
and any person or entity which succeeds to the rights of Tenant
under this lease;
“Tidelands
Leases” – the agreements between the State of
Mississippi and the City of Biloxi, Mississippi dated July 15,
1988 and recorded in Deed Book 197 at Pages 546-561 of the Land
Records maintained in the Second Judicial District Office of the
Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi (the “fee
simple tidelands lease” ) and in Deed Book 197 at Pages
531-545 of said records (the “IHL Tidelands
Lease” ), as thereafter amended.
Section 1.2. Leased
Premises and Easement.
(a) In
consideration of the rents hereinafter set out to be paid by
Tenant, and in further consideration of the mutual covenants and
promises hereinafter set out to be observed and performed by Tenant
and Landlord, Landlord demises and leases to Tenant, and Tenant
rents from Landlord, that certain real property located in the
Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cadet Project, in Biloxi, Mississippi, as
described with more particularity as New Tract A and New Tract B
(the “Leased Premises”); and Landlord further grants
the Tenant a non-exclusive easement for the purpose of ingress and
egress, as well as for use for surface parking, across the Access
Tract.
(b) Tenant will
have no riparian or littoral rights in the Leased Premises, except
for the right to construct and maintain bulkheads for the purpose
of shore protection on those portions of the Leased Premises
bounded by the Mississippi Sound.
(c) The parties
acknowledge that Tenant contemplates expanding New Tract A in the
area of its southwestern boundary by filling or wharfing submerged
lands, as designated on Exhibit L, attached hereto, which will
require the consent and cooperation of other public entities. To
the extent that the consent or cooperation of Landlord is required
in order to implement any such change, Landlord agree not to
unreasonably withhold, delay, or condition such consent or
cooperation. Further, subject to the consent and permitting of
other applicable public entities, all riparian and littoral rights
created by such changes shall inure to the benefit of Landlord as
if the newly created shoreline were the original boundary of New
Tract A. The parties further agree that any such artificial
accretion, as well as any natural accretions, to New Tract A shall
automatically be included in the definition of New Tract A and
shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this
Lease.
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(d) Tenant has
inspected the Leased Premises and accepts same in its present
condition. Landlord makes no warranty regarding the condition of
the Leased Premises and makes no covenant to alter, repair or
construct any improvements on the Leased Premises.
(e) Tenant
acknowledges the presence of fuel tanks and fuel lines on New Tract
A which are being used by the Biloxi Port Commission in conjunction
with the Point Cadet Marina and Tenant accepts the Leased Premises
in its “as is” condition. Tenant assumes responsibility
for relocating said tanks and fuel lines at no cost or expense to
Landlord and indemnifies and holds Landlord harmless for any cost,
expense or damage which may result from or be associated with the
relocation of said fuel tanks and fuel lines. The location of the
existing tanks and the proposed relocation is shown on Exhibit K,
attached hereto (depicting the Park Conversion Tract under the
Point Cadet Settlement Agreement and the parking area south
thereof).
(f) The easement
over the Access Tract in favor of Tenant shall be coextensive with
the term of this Lease. Tenant shall be entitled to construct and
maintain over the Access Tract such access roads to the Phase I and
Phase III Facilities (located on New Tract A) as it deems
appropriate from time to time, and otherwise to provide surface
parking and landscaping; provided, however, that such access routes
and parking will be available at all times to all other tenants and
customers of the Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cade Project, including
but not limited to employees and staff of both the J. L. Scott
Marine Education Center, the former Gulf Marine State Park
property, and the Point Cadet Marina, as well as members of the
public and customers, of and visitors to those entities and any
other tenant of the Point Cadet site of the Biloxi Waterfront-Point
Cadet Project; and provided further that Tenant shall maintain the
road along the northern and eastern perimeter as set forth in
Section 6.1(b) hereof to provide access for vehicular traffic
to and from the Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cadet Project area to the
east of New Tract A.
Section I.3. Use of
Additional Areas.
Tenant’s use
and occupation of the Leased Premises shall include the use, in
common with others entitled thereto, of the common areas,
employees’ parking areas, service roads, common mall areas,
hallways, loading facilities, sidewalks, customer car parking areas
and other facilities as may be designated from time to time by
Landlord as common areas for the use and benefit of the tenants,
customers, patrons and general public users of the Biloxi
Waterfront-Point Cadet Project; subject, however, to the terms and
conditions of the Casino Lease and the Hotel Lease as they affect
such area and to reasonable rules and regulations of the use
thereof as prescribed from time to time by Landlord.
Section I.4. Term and
Commencement.
(a) The primary
term of this Lease shall commence on the Execution Date and
continue for forty (40) years; however, Tenant shall have the
right to terminate this Lease on July 31, 2009
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(and on each successive fifth
anniversary of that date for the remainder of the primary term) by
giving the Landlord written notice of such intent to terminate at
lease 6 months prior to each such potential termination date.
Tenant may extend this Lease for one (1) extended term of
twenty-five (25) years by giving Landlord written notice of
the intent to exercise such option. Such notice must be received by
Landlord at least six (6) months prior to the termination of
each option period thereafter for the exercise of each succeeding
option period. Notice to extend the comparable term of the Hotel
Lease or the casino Lease shall constitute appropriate notice
hereunder. The City hereby agrees to grant additional extensions
sufficient to extend the term of this Lease to coincide with the
term of the Hotel Lease, subject to the agreement and consent of
the State at the time of such extension; and the State acknowledges
and grants to the Tenant the right, exclusive of all other persons,
to further continue leasing the Leased Premises for that additional
time as provided in Section 29-1-107, Mississippi Code of
1972, as amended. During the initial extension period, if
exercised, as well as during any additional subsequent extension
period, the Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease at
the end of each successive fifth Lease Year of such extension
period by giving the Landlord written notice of that intention at
least six months prior to the end of any such fifth Lease Year.
Should Tenant either terminate this Lease in any manner provided
above or end it by non-renewal, or should Tenant either terminate
or end by non-renewal the Casino Lease or the Hotel Lease,
Tenant’s exclusive right to operate or conduct a gaming or
gambling enterprise shall also terminate, revoked, and rescinded
whether such exclusive rights are granted in this Lease or in any
other agreement. Notice of termination or non-renewal of the Casino
Lease by Tenant shall be deemed notice of termination or
cancellation of this Lease without need for separate
notice.
(b) Upon the
Execution Date, Tenant shall be liable for payment of all sums and
charges which become due hereunder, including but not limited to
Guaranteed Rent Amounts (which shall progressively become due as
set out in Section 3.1), percentage rent, additional rent and
all other sums and charges which are required to be paid by Tenant
hereunder. All sums payable hereunder other than Guaranteed Rent
Amounts shall be due and payable upon receipt of an invoice as
provided for herein or as otherwise specified herein.
ARTICLE II.
CANCELLATION AND EXCUSE OF
PERFORMANCE
Section II.1. Excuse of
Performance – Force Majeure.
Anything elsewhere
in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, neither party shall
be deemed in default with respect to the performance of any of the
non-monetary obligations, terms, covenants and conditions of this
Lease to be performed by it if any failure of its performance shall
be due to any Force Majeure, and the time for performance by that
party shall be extended by the period of delay resulting from or
due to any above said causes.
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ARTICLE
III.
RENT
Section III.1. Guaranteed
Rent.
(a) Interim Floor
Rent Guaranty. Tenant guaranties payments to the City for Lease
Year ending July 31, 2003 (and thereafter for each Lease Year
until the Floor Rent Guaranty provided in subsection 3.1
(b) takes effect), as combined base rent and percentage rent
from the Hotel Lease and the Casino Lease of an aggregate sum of at
least $2,500,000.00, such that the total combined base rent and
percentage rent payable to the Landlord by Tenant under those two
leases is no less than $2,500,000.00 (the “Interim
Floor”). If such payments to the City in any given Lease Year
when this Interim Floor Rent Guaranty is applicable fall below the
Interim Floor, Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord, prior to sixty
(60) days following such Lease Year, the difference between
the Interim Floor and the aggregate of those base and percentage
rent payments made by Tenant during that preceding Lease
Year.
(b) Floor Rent
Guaranty. By August 31 following the earlier of either the
opening of Phase I of the Facilities or eighteen (18) months
from the Execution Date, Tenant shall guaranty payments to the City
for the Lease Year in which such event occurs as combined base rent
and percentage rent from the Hotel Lease, the Casino Lease, and
this Lease of an aggregate sum of at least $2,733,000, such that
total combined base rent and percentage rent payable to the
Landlord by Tenant under those three leases is no less than
$2,733,000 (the “Floor”). Thereafter, if payments to
the City in any given Lease Year fall below the Floor, Tenant
agrees to pay to Landlord, prior to August 31 following such
Lease Year, the difference between the Floor and the aggregate of
those base and percentage rent payments made by Tenant during that
preceding Lease Year. The first such payment shall be pro-rated
based upon the greater of either the portion of the previous Lease
Year that said Phase I Facility was open or six months. The first
such payment shall be pro-rated based upon the greater of either
the portion of the previous Lease Year that said Phase I Facility
was open or six months; provided that if the Phase I Facility is
open in the Lease Year ending July 31, 2003, the first such
payment shall be pro-rated based upon the portion of the previous
Lease Year that said Phase I Facility was open.
(c) Phase I
Supplemental Guaranteed Rent. In addition to the rent guaranty
provided in subsection (b), by August 31 following the earlier
of either the opening of Phase I of the Facilities, or eighteen
(18) months from the Execution Date, Tenant guaranties that
Landlord will receive as Supplemental Guaranteed Rent for the
Leased Premises the amount, if any, by which the “New Revenue
Amount” [which is defined as the amount by which the
aggregate of both i) the total of base rent and percentage rent
paid to the City of Biloxi under the Hotel Lease and the Casino
Lease during the previous Lease Year period, and ii) the Percentage
Rent from this Lease for the same period, exceed the sum of
$2,733,000.00] of the Lease Year in which such event occurs, and
thereafter for each Lease Year, is less than the sum of Five
Hundred Thousand ($500,000.00) Dollars. For example, when it is
both initiated and coupled with the guaranty set out in subsection
(b) above, the Phase I Supplemental Guaranteed Rent will
result in a minimum guaranteed rent to the Landlord from the
aggregate of the Casino Lease, the Hotel Lease, and this Lease of
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$3,233,000.00. The first such
payment shall be pro-rated based upon the greater of either the
portion of the previous Lease Year that said Phase I Facility was
open or six months; provided that if the Phase I Facility opens in
the Lease Year ending July 31, 2003, the first such payment
shall be prorated based upon the portion of the previous Lease Year
that said Phase I Facility was open.
(d) Phase II
Supplemental Guaranteed Rent. In addition to the rent guaranty
provided in subsection (b) (and as a successor guaranty to the
Phase I Supplemental Guaranteed Rent formula), on the earlier of
either the August 31 following the opening of Phase II of the
Facilities, or August 31, 2005, the Tenant guaranties that
Landlord will receive as Supplemental Guaranteed Rent for the
Leased Premises the amount, if any, by which the “New Revenue
Amount” [which is defined as the amount by which the
aggregate of both i) the total of base rent and percentage rent
paid to the City of Biloxi under the Hotel Lease and the Casino
Lease during the previous twelve month period, and ii) the
Percentage Rent from this Lease for the same period, exceed the sum
of $2,733,000.00] of the Lease Year in which such event occurs, and
thereafter for each Lease Year, is less than the sum of Seven
Hundred Fifty Thousand ($750,000.00) Dollars. For example, when it
is both initiated and coupled with the guaranty set out in
subsection (b) above, the Phase II Supplemental Guaranteed
Rent will result in a minimum guaranteed rent to the Landlord from
the aggregate of the Casino Lease, the Hotel Lease, and this Lease
of at least $3,483,000.00 [subject to the Market Adjustment
provision in subsection (f) below]. The first such payment
shall be pro-rated based upon the portion of the previous Lease
Year that said Phase II Facility was open.
(e) Phase III
Supplemental Guaranteed Rent. In addition to the rent guaranty
provided in subsection (b) (and as a successor guaranty to the
Phase II Supplemental Guaranteed rent formula, and subject further
to the operation of subsection 3.1(f)), on the earlier of either
the August 31 following the opening of Phase III of the
Facilities, or August 31, 2008, the Tenant guaranties that
Landlord mill receive as Supplemental Guaranteed Rent for the
Leased Premises the amount, if any, by which the “New Revenue
Amount” [which is defined as the amount by which the
aggregate of both i) the total of base rent and percentage rent
paid to the City of Biloxi under the Hotel Lease and the Casino
Lease during the previous twelve month period, and ii) the
Percentage Rent from this Lease for the same period, exceed the sum
of $2,733,000.00] of the Lease Year in which such event occurs, and
thereafter for each Lease Year, is less than the sum of One Million
($1,000,000.00) Dollars. For example, when it is both initiated and
coupled with the guaranty set out in subsection (b) above, the
Phase III Supplemental Guaranteed Rent will result in a minimum
guaranteed rent to the Landlord from the aggregate of the Casino
Lease, the Hotel Lease, and this Lease of at least $3,733,000.00
[subject to the Market Adjustment provision in subsection
(f) below]. After the Phase III Guaranteed Rent has been in
effect for one year, it shall be subject to the provisions of
subparagraph (f) below. The first such payment shall be
pro-rated based upon the portion of the previous Lease Year that
said Phase III Facility was open.
(f) Market
Adjustments to Phase II Guaranty and Phase III Guaranty.
1.) Beginning one
year after the Phase II Supplemental Rent Guaranty becomes
applicable, in any Lease Year in which both: i) the overall gaming
market in the combined Harrison County/Hancock County market falls
below $1,250,000,000.00 (according to the aggregate of all gross
gaming revenues reported to the Mississippi Gaming Commission for
that period); and ii) the
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gross gaming revenue of
Tenant from its Biloxi property (according to gross gaming revenues
reported to the Mississippi Gaming Commission for that period) is
less than $90,000,000.00; then the Phase II Supplemental Rent
Guaranty shall not be applicable but the Phase I Supplemental Rent
Guaranty shall be applicable; and,
2) Beginning one
year after the Phase III Supplemental Rent Guaranty becomes
applicable, in any Lease Year in which both: i) the overall gaming
market in the combined Harrison County/Hancock County market falls
below $1,250,000,000.00 (according to the aggregate of all gross
gaming revenues reported to the Mississippi Gaming Commission for
that period); and ii) the gross gaming revenue of Tenant from its
Biloxi property (according to gross gaming revenues reported to the
Mississippi Gaming Commission for that period) falls below
$100,000,000.00 but is not less than $90,000,000.00; then the Phase
III Supplemental Rent Guaranty shall not be applicable but the
Phase II Supplemental Rent Guaranty shall be applicable.
3) For example,
after this provision (f) takes effect those specific adverse
market conditions cannot reduce the cumulative minimum guaranteed
rent [subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e)] below
$3,233,000.00.
(g) Additional
Interim Guaranteed Rent. In addition, until such time as payments
under the Phase I Guaranteed Rent begin, Tenant shall annually pay
the lesser of $125,000.00 (intended by Landlord and Tenant for the
benefit and account of IHL as provided in the Point Cadet
Settlement Agreement) or such lesser amount that Landlord (City) is
required to pay IHL under Paragraph III(2) of the Point Cadet
Settlement Agreement. This supplemental amount shall be over and
above the rent generated by or required to be paid under the Hotel
Lease and the Casino Lease, even though its amount is affected by
or calculated from increases in said revenue. The first such
payment shall be made one year after the last payment of rent by
the City to IHL under their prior agreement (the IHL Lease). When
the Phase I Guaranteed Rent payments begin, this additional
guaranteed rent obligation shall terminate.
(h) The
rent guaranties described in Section 3.1(c) [$500,000.00],
Section 3.1(d) [$750,000.00], Section 3.1(e)
[$1,000,000.00], and Section 3.1(b) [$2,733,000.00] above,
as well as the floor amount upon which they are based
[$2,733,000.00], shall increase every five (5) years in
accordance with the Consumer Price Index based calculation set
out in this paragraph. The first such increase shall take effect
beginning the sixth (6 th ) Lease Year,
and thereafter increases shall take effect on every fifth
anniversary of that date. The new numbers for each such increase
shall be the previous year’s numbers increased by the
increase in the Consumer Price Index, as promulgated by the U.S.
Department of Labor or successor entity for the previous five
(5) year period, but not to exceed a total increase of ten
percent (10%) in any single five (5) year
period.
(i) All rental
payments provided above shall be payable to Landlord at such place
as is set forth in the Point Cadet Settlement Agreement, without
any demand therefor, and without any deduction or set-off
whatsoever. Supplemental Guaranteed Rent payments for each
applicable Lease Year must be paid within the first month (August
1-31) following that Lease Year. Landlord may charge interest on
all past-due payments of base rental in accordance with the
provisions of Section 20.4.
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Section III.2. Percentage
Rent.
(a) Upon completion
of each Phase of the Facilities, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in
the manner and upon the conditions and at the time hereinafter set
forth during each Lease Year of the term hereof, percentage rent
equivalent to four percent (4%) of Gross Retail Revenue and
Gross Cash Revenue generated by all food, beverage, hotel, lodging,
retail facilities and all other commercial activities located on or
in that Phase of the Facilities, whether said Gross Retail Revenue
or Gross Cash Revenue is generated by Tenant, by a subcontractor of
Tenant, by an approved sublessee of Tenant, or by any other person
or entity operating on the Leased Premises, whether in privity with
Tenant, with the approval or consent of Tenant, or by mere
sufferance of Tenant.
(b) Percentage Rent
under this Lease shall be considered in the Supplemental Rent
computations under Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(c), and 3.1(d), however: i)
where more than the minimum rent amounts guaranteed therein are
generated and paid by Tenant in any given time period, Percentage
Rent under this Lease is due in addition to all other forms of rent
due by Tenant; and ii) where less than the minimum rent amounts
guaranteed therein are generated by Tenant from the sources cited
therein, it shall be considered as being subsumed in and a part of
the guaranteed rent amount actually paid by Tenant.
(c) Percentage rent
for each month shall become due and payable twenty (20) days
after the last day of each month of each Lease Year.
(d) All percentage
rent shall be payable at such place as is set forth in the Point
Cadet Settlement Agreement, without any prior demand therefor, and
without any set-off or deduction whatsoever. Landlord may charge
interest on all past-due payments owed by Tenant as percentage rent
hereunder in accordance with the provisions of
Section 20.4.
Section III.3.
“Gross Retail Revenue” and “Gross Cash
Revenue” Defined.
(a) “Gross
Retail Revenue” and “Gross Cash Revenue” shall
mean, without any double counting, the total amount of the actual
sales price, whether for cash or on credit or partly for cash and
partly on credit, of all: (1) retail or wholesale sales of
merchandise and services, including all gift and merchandise
certificates; (2) all lay-away sales; (3) all credit
charges and carrying charges; (4) all other receipts of
business conducted in or from the Leased Premises; (5) all
mail or telephone orders received or filled at or from the Leased
Premises; (6) all deposits not refunded to purchaser;
(7) all orders taken in and from the Leased Premises whether
or not said orders are filled elsewhere (provided that such orders
filled elsewhere and subject to a percentage rent payable to
Landlord under the Hotel Lease or the Casino Lease shall not be
subject to an additional percentage rent under this Sublease);
(8) revenues and receipts received by Tenant through any
vending machine or other coin-operated device either operated by
Tenant or from which Tenant receives revenues; (9) revenues
received by Tenant based upon sales, revenues and receipts made or
received by any
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subtenant, concessionaire,
licensee and any other person or persons permitted to use the
Leased Premises; (10) all receipts from the operation of a
hotel or other lodging facility; (11) all food and beverage
revenues; and (12) revenues received by Tenant based upon all
uses of the Leased Premises by Tenant, its successors or its
assigns, any subtenant, concessionaire, licensee and any other
person or persons permitted to use the Leased Premises.
(b) No deduction
shall be made from the amount included in “Gross Cash
Revenue” or “Gross Retail Revenue” on account of
the payment of any franchise, income or gross receipts tax, or any
other tax based upon the income of Tenant. “Gross Cash
Revenue” and “Gross Retail Revenue” shall not,
however, include any sums collected and paid out for: any sale or
retail excise tax (including, but not limited to, any hotel or
motel room use tax or tourism tax) imposed by any duly constituted
governmental authority, if stated and collected separately from the
price of the merchandise or service sold; nor the amount of returns
to shippers or manufacturers; nor the amount of any cash or credit
refund made upon any sale where the merchandise sold, or some part
thereof, is thereafter returned by the purchaser and accepted by
Tenant; nor sales of fixtures which are not a part of
Tenant’s stock in trade. Each sale upon installment or credit
shall be treated as a sale in the month during which Tenant shall
receive payment from its customers.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the terms “Gross
Retail Revenue” or “Gross Cash Revenue” shall not
include the value of Comps.
Section III.4. Additional
Rent.
Tenant shall pay
all other sums of money or charges required to be paid by Tenant to
Landlord under this Lease, whether or not the same be designated
“additional rent.” These amounts and charges shall be
due and payable immediately upon receipt by Tenant of an invoice
therefor. All sums of money or other charges payable by Tenant
under this section shall be payable at such place as is set forth
in the Point Cadet Settlement Agreement, without any set-off or
deduction whatsoever. Landlord may charge interest on all such
past-due payments owed by Tenant, regardless of whether they are
designated as additional rent, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 20.4.
Section III.5. Taxes on
Rentals.
In the event that
any federal, state, local or other governmental authority shall
impose or assess any tax, levy or other charge on or against all or
any part of the rentals paid or to be paid by Tenant under the
terms of this Lease, and Landlord is thereby required to collect
from Tenant and/or pay such tax, levy or charge to such authority,
Tenant covenants and agrees, within ten (10) days from written
demand therefor, to pay to or reimburse Landlord (as the case may
be) all such charges as may be imposed or assessed, which, for the
purposes of this Lease, shall be deemed to be due from Tenant as
additional rent.
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Section III.6. Property
Taxes.
Tenant shall be
responsible for payment of all taxes, including, but not limited
to, taxes on Tenant’s leasehold interest, all improvements
located on the Leased Premises and the Access Tract, and all
personal property of Tenant and its licensees, concessionaires,
assigns and subtenants, which may be levied or assessed against
such property and the Leased Premises and the Access Tract by any
lawful authority.
Section III.7. Limits on
Liability–Insurance.
Landlord shall not
be liable to Tenant or to any of its employees, agents, invitees,
visitors, or any other person whomsoever, for any damage to person
or damage to property on or about the Leased Premises and the
Access Tract or in the common areas, caused by the negligence or
misconduct of Tenant, its employees, licensees, concessionaires, or
any other person entering the Leased Premises and the Access Tract,
either under express or implied invitation of Tenant, or arising
out of the use of the Leased Premises and the Access Tract by
Tenant, or arising out of the conduct of Tenant’s business
therein, or arising out of any breach or default by Tenant in the
performance of its obligations hereunder, and Tenant hereby agrees
to indemnify Landlord and hold it harmless from any loss, expense
or claim, including reasonable attorneys’ fees arising out of
any damage or injury.
Section III.8. Public
Liability Insurance.
Tenant agrees to
procure and maintain at its sole cost and expense throughout the
term of this Lease a policy or policies of insurance insuring
Landlord, IHL, and Tenant against all claims, demands or actions
arising out of or in connection with the use and occupancy of the
Leased Premises and the Access Tract by Tenant or its employees,
licensees, concessionaires, subtenants, or any other person
entering the Leased Premises or the Access Tract either under
express or implied invitation of Tenant, or arising out of the use
of the Leased Premises or the Access Tract by Tenant, its
employees, licensees, concessionaires, subtenants, or any other
person or corporation by express or implied invitation of Tenant,
or by the condition of the Leased Premises or the Access Tract; the
limits of such policies to be in an amount not less than One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for injuries or death to any one
person and not less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for
injuries or death concerning more than one person as a result of
one accident and not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) for property damaged or destroyed; said policy or
policies to be written by an insurance company satisfactory to
Landlord and naming Landlord as an additional insured.
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Section III.9. Fire and
Casualty Insurance.
Tenant shall keep
the Leased Premises and the Access Tract insured throughout the
term(s) of this Lease against loss or damage by fire and such other
risks as may be included in the broadest form of extended coverage
insurance from time to time available in such amounts sufficient to
prevent Landlord from becoming a co-insurer within the terms of
applicable policies and, in any event, in an amount not less than
eighty percent (80%) of the then insurable value of the Leased
Premises, Access Tract, and improvements. Landlord shall be named
in all such policies of insurance as a named insured as its
interest may appear.
ARTICLE IV.
REPORTS, RECORDS AND
AUDIT
Section IV.1. Reports by
Tenant.
(a) Tenant shall
submit to Landlord on or before the thirtieth (30th) day
following each month during the term hereof (including the
thirtieth (30th) day of the month following the end of the
term) at the place then fixed for the payment of rent, a written
statement signed by Tenant, and certified by it to be true and
correct, showing the amount of Gross Retail Revenue and Gross Cash
Revenue for the preceding month.
(b) Tenant shall
submit to Landlord on or before the one hundred twentieth
(120th) day following the end of each Lease Year, and after
the termination of this Lease, at the place then fixed for the
payment of rent, an audited financial statement, certified to be
true and correct, showing the amount of Gross Retail Revenue and
Gross Cash Revenue during the preceding Lease Year and duly
certified to Tenant by an independent certified public
accountant.
(c) The statements
referred to herein shall be prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and shall be in sufficient detail to
permit Landlord to determine compliance with the terms of this
Lease and to verify the applicable amount of percentage and
additional rent. Should Landlord fail to receive such report in a
timely fashion, Landlord shall give written notice to Tenant of its
intent to exercise its right to cause a complete audit to be made
of Tenant’s records that relate to the revenues from the
Leased Premises for the period for which the required report has
not been furnished. Upon receipt of such notice, Tenant shall have
seven (7) days to provide the report. If Tenant does not
provide the report in said time period, Landlord may cause such
audit to be made, the cost of which shall be paid by Tenant to
Landlord immediately upon the completion of said audit.
(d) All reports and
other information concerning Tenant provided to or otherwise
obtained by Landlord pursuant to this Article are deemed by Tenant
to be confidential, commercial, financial, and proprietary, and to
the extent that permitted or required by the Mississippi Public
Records Act they shall be held as such by Landlord.
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Section IV.2.
Tenant’s Records.
(a) Tenant, during
the term of this Lease, shall maintain and keep, or cause to be
maintained and kept, on the Leased Premises or at its home office,
a full, complete and accurate record and account of all revenues,
all sales of merchandise and services and all sums of money paid or
payable for or on account of or arising out of the business and all
business transactions conducted in, at or from said Leased Premises
by or for the account of Tenant and all subtenants,
concessionaires, licensees and other persons conducting business in
the Leased Premises, for each day of the term hereof.
(b) Such records
and accounts, and all supporting records and data, at all times
during the term hereof, and for a twelve (12) month period
thereafter, shall be made available to Landlord for inspection,
audit and copying or reproduction at said Leased Premises by
Landlord and its duly authorized agents or representatives at all
reasonable times during ordinary business hours. All such records
shall conform to sound and accepted accounting practices and shall
indicate all amounts of Gross Retail Revenue and Gross Cash Revenue
at, in and upon the Leased Premises for each day of the term hereof
and shall be supported by tax reports, sales slips, sales checks,
bank deposit records and other supporting data. Tenant shall keep
and preserve or cause to be kept and preserved said records for not
less than twelve (12) months after the due date and payment of
the percentage rental based thereon and due under the terms
hereof.
(c) Tenant hereby
authorizes the tax collector or collectors of the appropriate
governmental and taxing authorities, including, without limitation,
the Mississippi State Tax Commission, the Tax Assessor’s
Office of Harrison County, Mississippi, the Office of the Tax
Collector of Harrison County, Mississippi and the Tax Collector of
the City of Biloxi, to disclose to Landlord, upon its request,
Tenant’s sales and/or excise tax returns filed with such
authorities covering the original and any renewal term of this
Lease.
Section IV.3. Right to
Examine Books.
The acceptance by
Landlord of payments of percentage rent shall be without prejudice
to Landlord’s right to an examination of Tenant’s
books, records and supporting data relating to its Gross Retail
Revenue and Gross Cash Revenue and inventories of merchandise at
the Leased Premises in order to verify the amount of annual Gross
Retail Revenue and Gross Cash Revenue made in and from the Leased
Premises.
Section IV.4.
Audit.
(a) At its option,
Landlord may cause, at any reasonable time upon ninety-six
(96) hours prior written notice to Tenant, during the term of
this Lease, and for the twelve (12) month period following the
due date of any percentage rent due hereunder, a complete audit to
be made of Tenant’s records that relate to the sales in the
Leased Premises for the period covered by any statement or report
issued by Tenant as above set forth.
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(b) If such audit
shall disclose an error, difference or discrepancy of five percent
(5%) or more with respect to any rent, including, without
limitation, percentage rent due hereunder, theretofore computed and
paid by Tenant for such period, Tenant shall promptly pay to
Landlord the cost of said audit in addition to any deficiency
disclosed by such audit, which deficiency shall be payable in any
event. Any information obtained by Landlord as a result of such
audit shall be held in strict confidence by Landlord to the fullest
extent authorized by law.
(c) If such audit
shall disclose that Tenant shall have overpaid its rent theretofore
computed, Landlord shall credit any such over payment to subsequent
rent payments.
Section IV.5. HUD
Compliance.
(a) Tenant shall
provide all information required by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), or its successor agency, in the
implementation of its Community Development Block Grant Program and
its Urban Development Action Grant Program, and any other
applicable federal program, as they pertain or apply to the Biloxi
Waterfront-Point Cadet Project.
(b) If Landlord is
penalized, fined or assessed in any manner by HUD based upon the
failure of Tenant to provide such information in a timely manner,
or if Landlord suffers any financial loss by reason of such
failure, then Tenant shall indemnify Landlord for such loss and
shall pay all such sums due. This payment obligation shall
constitute additional rent under this Lease.
ARTICLE V.
CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION
AND RELOCATION
Section V.1.
Tenant’s Obligation.
(a) Tenant shall,
at Tenant’s cost and expense, construct Phase I of the
Facilities in or on the Leased Premises for Tenant’s use and
occupancy substantially in accordance with plans and specifications
consistent with the type and quality of development at the Biloxi
Waterfront-Point Cadet Project–Point Cadet site, and as
approved by applicable regulatory bodies. The cost of said
improvements shall be not less than Fifteen Million
($15,000,000.00) Dollars. Any equipment or work which Tenant or
Tenant’s contractor installs or constructs in or on the
Leased Premises on Tenant’s behalf shall be paid for by
Tenant prior to the date that Tenant opens for business. The taking
of possession of the Leased Premises by Tenant shall be conclusive
evidence that the Leased Premises were in good and satisfactory
condition in accordance with the terms of this Lease at the time
such possession was taken, subject to the ability of Tenant to
obtain necessary permits from the City of Biloxi in conformity with
the intent of this Lease.
(b) Tenant shall
have the right to construct, operate, and maintain, all at its own
expense, such additional retail, food, beverage, hotel and
entertainment facilities on New Tract B, as well as on top of the
initial improvements (garage) contemplated for New Tract A, as it
deems appropriate in its business judgment.
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Section V.2. Changes and
Additions to Project.
Subject to Article
VII of the Point Cadet Settlement Agreement and to Section 7.3
of this Lease, the Hotel Lease, and the Casino Lease, Landlord
reserves the right to construct and remove other buildings or
improvements in the Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cadet Project area
(other than property therein leased to Tenant) from time to time
and to make alterations thereof or additions thereto and to build
additional stories on any such building or buildings and to
construct double-deck or elevated parking facilities. Landlord
further reserves the right to enter and use the Leased Premises and
the Access Tract for the purpose of installing, repairing and
removing wiring, piping, ducts and conduits for service of the
Leased Premises or other buildings in the Biloxi Waterfront-Point
Cadet Project, provided that Landlord shall not unreasonably
interfere with the use of the Leased Premises by Tenant.
Section V.3. Tenant Shall
Discharge All Liens.
Tenant shall
promptly pay all its contractors and materialmen, so as to minimize
the possibility of a lien attaching to the Leased Premises and the
Access Tract; and should any such lien be made or filed, Tenant
shall bond against or discharge the same within ten (10) days
after written request by Landlord.
ARTICLE VI.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY
TENANT
Section VI.1. Use of
Leased Premises.
(a) Tenant shall
not use, permit or suffer the use of the Leased Premises or any
part thereof for any purpose other than the following: Parking
facilities and resort hotel facilities, either casino related or
otherwise, and those activities which are ancillary to a resort
hotel, including, without limitation, dining, amusement, sports or
entertainment facilities, transportation service or other related
activities or enterprises and any additions or improvements
thereto, provided that such use is also in compliance with
applicable zoning laws, provided further that gaming is not
authorized on the Leased Premises (except to the extent hereinafter
provided), and Tenant agrees that the Leased Premises are leased
exclusively for said business and commercial purposes. Although
gaming is not authorized on or from the Leased Premises, Tenant may
operate the commercial enterprises authorized by this Lease in
physical conjunction with or connection to its gaming activities
authorized under the Casino Lease, as amended; and Tenant may
continue to operate its existing gaming enterprise as authorized
under the Casino Lease.
(b) The parties
acknowledge that Landlord, the Biloxi Port Commission and their
subtenants utilize a portion of the property subject to the Casino
Lease, as well as portions of New Tract A and the Access Tract for
access to the Point Cadet Marina and other property in the Biloxi
Waterfront Project-Point Cadet Site. The parties agree to amend the
Boardwalk Agreement, which is recorded in Land Deed Book 207, at
Page 42, to designate the relocation of said boardwalk easement as
necessitated by the new construction contemplated by this Lease.
Further, Landlord
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hereby retains a twenty-four
(24) foot wide easement for purposes of ingress and egress
across the roads to be built on the property, the location of which
shall be hereafter mutually agreed to by the parties and shall be
consistent with the design of the proposed new garage on New Tract
A. Landlord acknowledges the right of Tenant to construct
improvements consistent with the terms and conditions of this Lease
on said easement; however, any improvements so constructed,
excluding support structures, must be constructed a sufficient
elevation above improved surface level to permit vehicular traffic
and must be constructed in such a manner to permit the public,
Landlord, and its assigns and subtenants to exercise the rights of
ingress and egress retained herein. After the roads are
constructed, a separate easement shall be executed by the parties
which shall include a metes and bounds description of the easement
retained by Landlord.
(c) All parking on
the Leased Premises and the Access Tract shall be open to the
general public, including Port Commission employees and users of
the Point Cadet Marina.
Section VI.2. Operation of
Business.
(a) Tenant shall
occupy the Leased Premises promptly after the commencement of the
original term of this Lease and thereafter continuously during the
term of this Lease. Tenant shall conduct and operate in said Leased
Premises the business permitted under Section 6.1 continuously
during such occupancy.
(b) Tenant
covenants that it will use, occupy and operate the entire Leased
Premises continuously and without interruption during the entire
term in a manner consistent with all of the terms, covenants and
conditions of this Lease which will enhance the Biloxi
Waterfront-Point Cadet Project as a whole and its reputation as a
desirable place to visit, shop, dine and patronize and which will
achieve the maximum volume of sales so that Landlord will receive
the maximum amount of percentage rent for the Leased Premises. The
foregoing notwithstanding: (i) Tenant shall have the right to
temporarily cease operation of any of its businesses operated on or
from the Leased Premises for ordinary business purposes; and (ii)
Tenant shall be entitled to exercise its business judgement in
determining whether to construct any Phase of the Facilities as
defined herein.
(c) Tenant agrees
that upon completion of Phase II and Phase III of the Facilities it
will: (i) maintain displays of merchandise in and keep any
display windows of the Leased Premises well lighted in accordance
with the rules and regulations promulgated by Landlord;
(ii) store in or on the Leased Premises only such merchandise
as will be offered for sale at retail from the Leased Premises or
the premises leased under the Hotel Lease and the Casino Lease;
(iii) utilize only those portions of the Leased Premises as
are reasonably required for office and storage purposes;
(iv) be open for business during normal business hours each
and every day of each year of this Lease, except as provided for
herein; and (v) provide, at Tenant’s expense, such
security devices or personnel as may be reasonably required to
prevent theft, vandalism and other losses or nuisances on the
Leased Premises and the Access Tract.
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(d) Tenant shall
procure, at Its sole expense, any permits and licenses required for
the transaction of business with respect to the Leased Premises and
shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and
governmental regulations pertaining to the conduct of such
business.
Section VI.3.
Competition.
Tenant shall not
violate any exclusive right given by Landlord to any other tenant
of the Biloxi Waterfront-Point Cadet Project area; provided, that
such exclusive right does not conflict with Tenant’s then
existing operations, if authorized under this Lease, or
Tenant’s exclusive rights.
Section VI.4. Storage,
Office Space.
Although Tenant may
warehouse, store and/or stock in the Leased Premises such goods as
are reasonably necessary to operate its lodging business, and
businesses ancillary thereto, Tenant shall use the Leased Premises
for income-producing business enterprises as provided in
Section 6.1 herein upon completion of Phase II of the
Facilities and shall not use the Leased Premises primarily as a
warehouse or storage facility.
Section VI.5.
Merchandise.
Tenant shall offer
only such goods, wares and merchandise as are, in Landlord’s
opinion, of the quality and kind suitable for sale on the Leased
Premises or consistent with t
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