EX-4.44



 Exhibit 4.44 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 
 TO

 SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT 

This AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (Amendment No. 4), dated as of 21 July 2014, is entered into by and
among MCE Cotai Investments Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (MCE Cotai), New Cotai, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (New Cotai), Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman
Islands (MCE), and Studio City International Holdings Limited (formerly known as Cyber One Agents Limited), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (Company). Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the
meanings given such terms in the Shareholders’ Agreement (as defined below). 
 BACKGROUND 

 

	(A)	MCE Cotai, New Cotai, MCE and the Company entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement, dated 27 July 2011 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3, each as defined below,
the Shareholders’ Agreement), which governs their relationship in connection with, and the conduct and operations of, the Company and its Subsidiaries; 


 

	(B)	Pursuant to clause 17 of the Shareholders’ Agreement, MCE Cotai and New Cotai agreed to invest equity capital in the Company up to an aggregate amount of US$1,250 million (Phase I Capital Commitments);


  

	(C)	On the date of this Amendment No. 4, the Board approved a budget of * for the preliminary development and initial concept design work of Phase II of the MSC Property (Phase II Preliminary Design Work);


  

	(D)	In order to fund the Phase II Preliminary Design Work, MCE Cotai and New Cotai have agreed, as more fully set out below, (i) to commit to invest an additional US$30 million equity capital in the Company (Phase
II Capital Commitment), and (ii) that the Company could forthwith make a Capital Call with respect to the Phase II Capital Commitment; and 

  

	(E)	This Amendment No. 4 is being executed and delivered by the parties in accordance with clause 41.1 of the Shareholders’ Agreement. 


AGREED TERMS 
  

	1.	Phase II Capital Commitment 

  

	 	(a)	MCE Cotai and New Cotai hereby agree to purchase additional Securities up to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the Phase II Capital Commitment of US$30 million, in which MCE Cotai has a Financial Interest of 60% and
New Cotai has a Financial Interest of 40%. 

  

	*	Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 









	 	(b)	Clause 17.5 of the Shareholders’ Agreement is hereby amended to increase the maximum amount payable on all Capital Calls under clause 17 of the Shareholders’ Agreement (“Clause 17”) by the
amount of the Phase II Capital Commitment, from US$1,250 million to US$1,280 million. 

  

	 	(c)	Schedule 1 of the Shareholders’ Agreement is hereby supplemented to reflect the Phase II Capital Commitment and the Financial Interests held by each Shareholder therein. 


 

	 	(d)	The Funding Schedule of Phase II Preliminary Design Work, as agreed and confirmed by MCE Cotai and New Cotai is attached as annexure A to this Amendment No. 4. Such Funding Schedule of Phase II Preliminary Design
Work forms an integral part of the Financing and Funding Schedule. 

  

	 	(e)	The Company must issue the Securities in respect of the Phase II Capital Commitment under Clause 17 pursuant to a valid Capital Call made on the date hereof and in accordance with such clause. Such Call Notice shall be
in the form of annexure B to this Amendment No. 4. The parties hereto further agree that, Clause 17.6 notwithstanding, the funds subject to such Call Notice issued on the date hereof shall be used to fund Phase II Preliminary Design Work which
may be incurred in the fourth Quarter of 2014 and the first two quarters of 2015, and the date for payment of such Capital Call shall be 22 July 2014. 

  

	2.	General 

  

	 	(a)	Except as expressly modified by this Amendment No. 4, all of the terms, covenants, agreements, conditions and other provisions of the Shareholders’ Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
with their respective terms. As used in the Shareholders’ Agreement, the terms “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall mean and refer
to, from and after the date hereof, unless the context otherwise requires, the Shareholders’ Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 4. 

  

	 	(b)	This Amendment No. 4 may be executed in multiple counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which shall
together be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment
No. 4 by facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission of a .pdf or other electronic file shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Amendment No. 4. 


 

	 	(c)	This Amendment No. 4 is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws applicable in Hong Kong. 


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	Executed as an agreement
	
	SIGNED by
	
	 Lawrence Yau Lung Ho

	
	for and on behalf of
	
	MCE COTAI INVESTMENTS LIMITED
	
	as its authorized representative
	
	 /s/ Lawrence Yau Lung Ho

	Authorized Representative
	
	SIGNED by
	
	 Lawrence Yau Lung Ho

	
	for and on behalf of
	
	MELCO CROWN ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
	
	as its authorized representative
	
	 /s/ Lawrence Yau Lung Ho

	Authorized Representative









	
	 SIGNED by

	
	 David Reganato

	
	 for and on behalf of

	
	NEW COTAI, LLC
	
	 as its authorized representative

	
	 /s/ David Reganato

	 Authorized Representative

	
	 SIGNED by

	
	  

	 for and on behalf of

	
	STUDIO CITY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
	
	 as its authorized representative

	
	  

	 Authorized Representative










	
	SIGNED BY
	
	  

	
	for and on behalf of
	
	NEW COTAI, LLC
	
	as its authorized representative
	
	  

	Authorized Representative
	
	SIGNED by
	
	 Lawrence Yau Lung Ho

	
	for an on behalf of
	
	STUDIO CITY INTERNATIONAL
	
	HOLDINGS LIMITED
	
	as its authorized representative
	
	 /s/ Lawrence Yau Lung Ho

	Authorized Representative

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to SCIH Shareholders’ Agreement] 







 ANNEXURE A 

Funding Schedule of Phase II Preliminary Design Work 
  

																																							
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	*	Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 








 ANNEXURE B 

Form of Call Notice 

STUDIO CITY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 

(FORMERLY KNOWN AS CYBER ONE AGENTS LIMITED) 

(the “Company”) 

Capital Call Notice 

(the “Call Notice”) 
 21 July
2014 
  

							
	 To:
		MCE Cotai Investments Limited		New Cotai LLC
			 36/F, The Centrium
 60 Wyndham
Street
 Central
 Hong Kong
		 c/o New Cotai Holdings
 Two Greenwich
Plaza
 Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830
 USA

				
			Attn:		 Geoffrey Davis,
 Chief Financial Officer,

Melco Crown Entertainment
		Attn: Frederick Fogel
			Fax:		+ 852 2537 3618		Fax: +1 203 542 4308

 Reference is made to the Shareholders’ Agreement between MCE Cotai Investments Limited (“MCE Cotai”),
New Cotai, LLC (“New Cotai”), Melco Crown Entertainment Limited and Studio City International Holdings Limited (formerly known as Cyber One Agents Limited) dated 27 July 2011, as amended by the Amendment No.1 to
Shareholders’ Agreement dated 25 September 2012, the Amendment No.2 to Shareholders’ Agreement dated 17 May 2013, the Amendment No. 3 to Shareholders’ Agreement dated 3 June 2014 and the Amendment No. 4 to Shareholders’ Agreement
(“Amendment No. 4”) dated 21 July 2014 (“Shareholders’ Agreement”). 
 Capitalised words and expressions used
in this Call Notice shall have the same meaning as contained in the Shareholders’ Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein. 
  

	I	Capital Call Details 

 In accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement, a Call Notice is hereby
served to each of the Shareholders for the following: 
  

	(1)	a Capital Call is being made pursuant to the Shareholders’ Agreement; 

  

	(2)	the aggregate amount of the Capital Call is US$30,000,000 (the “Capital Call Amount”). The Capital Call Amount represents the entire Phase II Capital Commitment; 


 

	(3)	the number of Securities corresponding to the Capital Call Amount is to be notified by the Company in a supplemental notice as referred to in Section II below; 









	(4)	the amount to be contributed by each Shareholder is as follows: 

  

	 	(i)	MCE Cotai — US$18,000,000; and 

  

	 	(ii)	New Cotai — US$12,000,000; 

  

	(5)	each of MCE Cotai and New Cotai is required to make payment of its respective portion of the Capital Call no later than 5:00 p.m. on or before 22 July 2014 Hong Kong Time (the “Payment Date”) in
accordance with clause 1(e) of Amendment No.4; and 

  

	(6)	payment under this Call Notice shall be made to the United States dollar account in United States dollars or Hong Kong dollar account in Hong Kong dollars in an amount equivalent to the Capital Call Amount (at the
exchange rate of USD1:HKD7.75) in same day funds: 

  

			
	 For HKD
	  	 
	Account Name:	  	Studio City International Holdings Limited
	Account Number (HK dollar):	  	28-11-10-005886
	Beneficiary Bank:	  	Bank Of China Macau Branch
	Beneficiary Bank Swift Code:	  	BKCHMOMX
	Beneficiary Bank Address:	  	Avenida Doutor Mario Soares Macau
	Correspondent Bank:	  	Bank Of China (Hong Kong) Limited
	Correspondent Bank Swift Code:	  	BKCHHKHH

  

			
	 For USD
	  	 
	Account Name:	  	Studio City International Holdings Limited
	Account Number (US dollar):	  	28-88-10-004588
	Beneficiary Bank:	  	Bank Of China Macau Branch
	Beneficiary Bank Swift Code:	  	BKCHMOMX
	Beneficiary Bank Address:	  	Avenida Doutor Mario Soares Macau
	Correspondent Bank:	  	Bank Of China New York Branch
	Correspondent Bank Swift Code:	  	BKCHUS33









	II	Supplemental Notice 

 The Company, MCE Cotai and New Cotai acknowledge that: 

 

	(1)	MCE Cotai and New Cotai has each notified the other and the Company that the institution set out below beside its respective name, is the entity named by it to be instructed by the Company as Valuation Expert under the
Shareholders’ Agreement: 

  

			
	Shareholder 	  	Valuation Expert
	MCE Cotai	  	Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
	New Cotai	  	Houlihan Lokey

  

	(2)	the issue price for the Securities will be Fair Market Value, which is the arithmetic mean of the calculations of Fair Market Value set out in the Valuation Expert Reports of the second quarter of 2014; and


  

	(3)	the Company intends to remind the Valuation Experts to issue Valuation Expert Reports for the second quarter of 2014 (if the same have not been issued on or before 10 July 2014) pursuant to clause 34.3 of the
Shareholders’ Agreement, so that the Company may issue Securities based on the Fair Market Value determined from the Valuation Expert Reports, and will as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter issue a separate notice setting out the number
of Securities corresponding to the Capital Call amount. 








 This Call Notice is issued as of the date first above written for and on behalf of: 

Studio City International Holdings Limited 
  

	
	  

	 Authorized Signatory
 Lawrence Ho —
Chairman