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Exhibit 10.(vi)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made the 28th day of February 2011 (the “Effective Date”), between PENNS WOODS BANCORP, INC. (“Penns Woods”), a Pennsylvania business corporation, JERSEY SHORE STATE BANK (“JSSB”), a Pennsylvania banking institution and wholly owned subsidiary of Penns Woods (Penns Woods and JSSB are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “Employer”), and ANN M. RILES, an adult individual (“Executive”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Executive is presently employed by JSSB as its Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer;

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of JSSB that Executive continue Executive’s employment, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, in order that the experience Executive has gained throughout Executive’s career will continue to be available to JSSB; and

 

WHEREAS, Executive is willing to continue such employment, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

1.             Employment.  JSSB hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment with JSSB, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.             Titles and Duties of Executive.  Executive shall perform and discharge well and faithfully such management and administrative duties as a senior officer of JSSB as may be assigned to Executive from time to time by the President and Chief Executive Officer of JSSB and which are consistent with Executive’s positions set forth in the following sentence.  Executive shall be employed as the Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of JSSB.  Executive shall report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of JSSB.  Executive shall devote Executive’s full time, attention and energies to the business of JSSB during the Employment Period (as defined in Section 3); provided, however, that this section shall not be construed as preventing Executive from (a) investing Executive’s personal assets in enterprises that do not compete with Penns Woods, JSSB or any of their majority-owned subsidiaries (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly-owned company), or (b) being involved in any civic, community or other activities with the prior approval of the President and Chief Executive Officer of JSSB.

 

3.             Term of Agreement.

 

(a)     This Agreement shall be for a period (the “Employment Period”) commencing on the Effective Date and ending three years thereafter; provided, however, that, commencing on the third anniversary of the Effective Date and on each anniversary thereafter (each an “Annual Renewal Date”), the Employment Period shall be automatically extended for one (1) additional year from the applicable Annual Renewal Date, unless JSSB or Executive shall give written notice of nonrenewal to the other party at least sixty (60) days prior to an

 

 

Annual Renewal Date, in which event this Agreement shall terminate at the end of the then existing Employment Period.  Neither the expiration of the Employment Period, nor the termination of this Agreement, shall affect the enforceability of the provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 9.

 

(b)     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a), this Agreement shall terminate automatically for Cause (as defined below) upon fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice (setting forth the section relied upon and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide the basis for termination for Cause) from the Board of Directors of JSSB to Executive, unless such Cause has been cured within such fifteen (15) day period (if capable of being cured).  As used in this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean any of the following:

 

(i)       Executive’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, a crime of falsehood, or a crime involving moral turpitude, or the actual incarceration of Executive for a period of at least thirty (30) days;

 

(ii)      Executive’s failure to follow the good faith lawful instructions of the President and Chief Executive Officer of JSSB, following Executive’s receipt of written notice of such instructions;

 

(iii)     Executive’s intentional failure to substantially perform Executive’s duties to, or on behalf of, JSSB, other than a failure resulting from Executive’s incapacity because of disability;

 

(iv)     Executive’s intentional violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses), Executive’s intentional violation of any memorandum of understanding or cease and desist order of a federal or state banking agency applicable to JSSB, Executive’s intentional violation of any code of conduct or ethics applicable to officers or employees of JSSB, or Executive’s intentional violation of any material provision of this Agreement;

 

(v)      dishonesty on the part of the Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties or conduct on the part of the Executive which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of JSSB, brings public discredit to Penns Woods or JSSB;

 

(vi)     Executive’s breach of fiduciary duty, in connection with Executive’s employment hereunder, which involves personal profit or which results in demonstrable material injury to Penns Woods or JSSB; or

 

(vii)    Executive’s removal or prohibition from being an institution-affiliated party by a final order of an appropriate federal banking agency pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking pursuant to state law.

 

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If this Agreement is terminated for Cause, Executive’s rights under this Agreement shall cease as of the effective date of such termination.

 

(c)     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s voluntary termination of employment (other than for Good Reason), retirement at Executive’s election, or Executive’s death, and Executive’s rights under this Agreement shall cease as of the date of such voluntary termination, retirement at Executive’s election, or death; provided, however, that, if Executive dies after Executive delivers a Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 5(d)), the provisions of Section 16(b) shall apply.

 

(d)     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a), this Agreement shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s disability and Executive’s rights under this Agreement shall cease as of the date of such termination; provided, however, that, if Executive becomes disabled after Executive delivers a Notice of Termination, Executive shall be entitled to receive all of the compensation and benefits provided for in, and for the term set forth in, Section 5 of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, disability shall mean Executive’s incapacitation by accident, sickness, or otherwise which renders Executive mentally or physically incapable of performing the services required hereunder of Executive for a period of six (6) consecutive months.  During any such six-month period of incapacitation prior to termination of this Agreement under this Section 3(d), Executive shall be paid her regular salary in accordance with Section 4(a) less any amounts paid to Executive under any short-term or long-term program then in effect.  Termination of the Agreement under this Section 3(d) shall not affect benefits otherwise due and payable to Executive under any other plan, agreement, arrangement in existence at the date of termination, including without limitation benefits payable under any short-term or long-term disability program then in effect.

 

(e)     Executive agrees that, in the event Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates for any reason, Executive shall concurrently resign as a director of Penns Woods, JSSB and any affiliate of either, if Executive is then serving as a director of any of such entities.

 

4.                                   Employment Period Compensation.

 

(a)     Salary.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall be paid a base salary at the rate of $133,354 per year, payable at such times as salaries are paid to other senior officers of JSSB.  The Board of Directors of JSSB shall review Executive’s base salary annually and may, from time to time, in its discretion increase Executive’s base salary.  Any and all such increases in base salary shall be deemed to constitute amendments to this subsection to reflect the increased amounts, effective as of the dates established for such increases by appropriate corporate action.

 

(b)     Discretionary Bonus.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to participate in an equitable manner by pay grade with other senior management employees of JSSB in such annual or other periodic bonus programs (if any) as may be maintained from time to time by JSSB for its senior officers.

 

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(c)     Vacation and Sick Leave.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to such paid vacation as may be determined in accordance with the personnel policies of JSSB from time to time in effect, but in no event less than five (5) weeks per annum.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to an annual sick leave benefit as may be determined in accordance with the personnel policies of JSSB from time to time in effect, but in no event less than forty (40) hours per year.  Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional compensation from JSSB for failure to take all of Executive’s entitled vacation or sick leave time, nor shall Executive be able to accumulate unused vacation or sick leave time from one year to the next, unless otherwise provided by the personnel policies of JSSB from time to time in effect.

 

(d)     Employee Benefit Plans.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to participate in and receive the benefits of any pension or other retirement benefit plan, welfare benefit plan or similar employee benefit plans or arrangements (including stock option plans, short- or long-term disability plans, life insurance programs, and health insurance) made available from time to time to employees of JSSB in accordance with the provisions of such plans.  The base salary and any bonus payable to Executive under Section 4 shall be considered covered compensation for purposes of such plans to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of such plans.  Nothing paid to Executive under any plan or arrangement presently in effect or made available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of the amounts payable to Executive pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof.

 

(e)     Expense Reimbursement.  JSSB shall promptly reimburse Executive, upon submission of appropriate documentation, for reasonable business expenses, including travel and reasonable entertainment expenses, incurred by Executive in accordance with the expense reimbursement policies of JSSB in effect from time to time.

 

(f)      Automobile. During the Employment Period, JSSB shall provide Executive with a mid-size automobile selected by JSSB (which shall be owned or leased by JSSB) for the Executive’s business use (and ancillary personal use).  JSSB will cover all repairs and operating expenses of said automobile, including the cost of liability insurance, comprehensive and collision insurance.  Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason, Executive shall either immediately return the vehicle to JSSB or purchase the vehicle (or assume the lease) in accordance with JSSB’s vehicle purchase policy.  Upon request by JSSB, Executive shall submit to JSSB on a timely basis documentation which defines the percentage of Executive’s use of the vehicle which was for business purposes.

 

(g)     Club Dues.  During the Employment Period, JSSB shall pay the initiation fees, assessments, and dues for Executive and Executive’s spouse, if any, to be members of the Williamsport Country Club and the Ross Club and reimburse Executive for all ordinary, necessary, and reasonable business-related expenses incurred by Executive on JSSB business at said clubs.  As a condition to receiving such reimbursements, Executive shall submit to JSSB on a timely basis business expense reports in accordance with the expense reimbursement policies of JSSB in effect from time to time.

 

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5.             Rights in Event of Termination of Employment Following a Change in Control.

 

(a)     Benefits.  If a Change in Control (as defined below) shall occur and concurrently therewith or during a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by JSSB without Cause (other than for the reasons set forth in Section 3(d)) or by Executive with Good Reason (as defined below), Executive shall be entitled to receive a lump-sum cash payment, no later than thirty (30) days following the date of such termination, in an amount equal to two (2.0) times the sum of (i) Executive’s annual base salary then in effect (or immediately prior to any reduction resulting in a termination for Good Reason) and (ii) the average of the last three (3) annual bonuses paid by JSSB to Executive.

 

(b)     Limitation on Benefits.  Notwithstanding anything in this section or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the payments and benefits payable hereunder to or on behalf of Executive (which the parties agree will not include any portion of payments allocated to the non-compete and non-solicitation provisions of Sections 7 and 9 that are classified as payments of reasonable compensation for purposes of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), when added to all other amounts and benefits payable to or on behalf of Executive, would result in the loss of a deduction under Code Section 280G, or the imposition of an excise tax under Code Section 4999, the amounts and benefits payable hereunder shall be reduced to such extent as may be necessary to avoid such loss of deduction or imposition of excise tax.  In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A and where two or more economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction, but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis.  All calculations required to be made under this subsection will be made by JSSB’s independent public accountants, subject to the right of Executive’s professional advisors to review the same.  The parties recognize that the actual implementation of the provisions of this subsection are complex and agree to deal with each other in good faith to resolve any questions or disagreements arising hereunder.

 

(c)     Exclusive Remedy.  The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute Executive’s sole and exclusive remedy in the event of the termination of Executive’s employment in accordance with Section 5(a).

 

(d)     Good Reason Defined.  For purposes of this Section 5, Executive shall be considered to have terminated employment hereunder for “Good Reason” if such termination of employment occurs on or within twenty-four (24) months after a Change in Control and is on account of any of the following actions by JSSB without Executive’s express written consent:

 

(i)       A material diminution in Executive’s authority, duties or other terms or conditions of employment as the same exist on the date of the Change in Control, or the assignment of duties inconsistent with the duties provided in Section 2;

 

(ii)      Any reassignment of Executive to a location greater than 50 miles from the location of Executive’s office on the date of the Change in Control, unless such new location is closer to Executive’s primary residence than the location on the date of the Change in Control;

 

(iii)     Any failure to pay Executive any amounts due and owing to Executive under Section 4 of this Agreement;

 

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(iv)     Any failure to provide Executive with any benefits enjoyed by Executive under any of JSSB’s retirement or pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, disability or other material employee plans in which Executive participated at the time of the Change in Control or the taking of any action that would materially reduce any of such benefits in effect at the time of the Change in Control, except for any reductions in benefits or other actions resulting from changes to or reductions in benefits applicable to employees generally;

 

(v)      Any requirement that Executive travel in the performance of Executive’s duties on behalf of JSSB for a significantly greater period of time during any year than was required of Executive during the year preceding the year in which the Change in Control occurred, which results in a material negative change to Executive in the employment relationship; or

 

(vi)     Any other material breach of this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a termination by Executive shall not be for Good Reason, unless Executive shall have given JSSB at least ten (10) business days written notice (a “Notice of Termination”) specifying the grounds upon which Executive intends to terminate Executive’s employment hereunder for Good Reason and such notice is received by JSSB within ninety (90) days of the date the event of Good Reason occurred.  In addition, any action or inaction by JSSB which is remedied within thirty (30) days following a Notice of Termination shall not constitute Good Reason for termination hereunder and shall render such Notice of Termination null and void.

 

(e)     Change in Control Defined.  As used in this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following:

 

(i)       (A) a merger, consolidation, or division involving Penns Woods or JSSB, (B) a sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of Penns Woods or JSSB, or (C) a purchase by Penns Woods or JSSB of substantially all of the assets of another entity, unless (x) such merger, consolidation, division, sale, exchange, transfer, purchase or disposition is approved in advance by 66-2/3% or more of the members of the Board of Directors of Penns Woods who are not interested in the transaction and (y) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the legal entity resulting from or existing after any such transaction and of the Board of Directors of such entity’s parent corporation, if any, are former members of the Board of Directors of Penns Woods or JSSB;

 

(ii)      a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 25% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of Penns Woods;

 

(iii)     at any time during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of Penns Woods cease to constitute a majority of such Board (unless the election or nomination of each new director was

 

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approved by a vote of at least 51% of the directors who were directors at the beginning of such period); or

 

(iv)     any other change in control similar in effect to any of the foregoing and designated as a change in control by the Board of Directors of Penns Woods or JSSB.

 

(f)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the definition of “Change in Control” as set forth in Section 5(e) does not amount to a “change in control event” as defined under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(5), then the benefits set forth in Section 5(a) shall be paid at the same time and in the same form as benefits are paid under Section 6(a).

 

6.             Rights in Event of Termination of Employment absent a Change in Control.

 

(a)     Benefits.  In the event that Executive’s employment is involuntarily terminated by JSSB (other than by reason of Section 3(d)) without Cause and no Change in Control shall have occurred at the date of such termination, Executive shall be entitled to receive the following benefits:

 

(i)       JSSB shall continue to pay Executive’s then base salary under Section 4(a) for the number of full months remaining in the Employment Period as of the date of termination of employment.  A final pro rated payment shall be made for any fraction of a month remaining in the Employment Period as of the date of Executive’s termination of employment.

 

(ii)      For a period of two (2) years following Executive’s termination, Executive shall be provided, at no charge, with a continuation of health and medical benefits no less favorable than the health and medical benefits in effect on the date of termination of the Executive’s employment.  To the extent such benefits cannot be provided under a plan because Executive is no longer an employee of JSSB or it is not in JSSB’s best interests to provide such benefits due to the applicable nondiscrimination requirements set forth in Section 1001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended, a dollar amount equal to the after-tax cost (estimated in good faith by JSSB) of obtaining such benefits, or substantially similar benefits, shall be paid to the Executive within thirty (30) days following the date of termination.

 

(b)     Exclusive Remedy.  The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6 shall constitute Executive’s sole and exclusive remedy in the event of involuntary termination of Executive’s employment by JSSB (other than by reason of Section 3(d)) without Cause in the absence of a Change in Control.

 

(c)     Limitation on Benefits.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent the provisions of Code Section 280G become applicable to payments or benefits to be provided under this Section 6, the provisions of Section 5(b) shall apply to such payments or benefits.

 

7.             Covenant Not to Compete.

 

(a)     Executive hereby acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of Penns Woods and JSSB and accordingly agrees, in consideration of this

 

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Agreement, including without limitation the three-year initial term hereof, that, during and for the applicable period set forth in Section 7(c), Executive shall not:

 

(i)       be engaged, directly or indirectly, either for Executive’s own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly-owned company) or otherwise of any person, firm, corporation, or enterprise that provides any banking or financial services provided by Penns Woods, JSSB or any of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries at the date of termination of employment, in any county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in which, at the date of termination of the Executive’s employment, a branch, office or other facility of Penns Woods, JSSB or any of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries is located, or in any county contiguous to such a county, whether located inside or outside of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Non-Competition Area”); or

 

(ii)      provide financial or other assistance to any person, firm, corporation, or enterprise that provides any banking or financial services provided by Penns Woods, JSSB or any of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries at the date of termination of employment, in the Non-Competition Area.

 

(b)     It is expressly understood and agreed that, although Executive, Penns Woods and JSSB consider the restrictions contained in Section 7(a) reasonable for the purpose of preserving for Penns Woods and JSSB their goodwill and other proprietary rights, if a final judicial determination is made by a court or arbitrator having jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in Section 7(a) is an unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of Section 7(a) shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such other extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be reasonable.

 

(c)     The provisions of this Section 7 shall be applicable commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on one of the following dates, as applicable:

 

(i)       if Executive voluntarily terminates Executive’s employment (other than for Good Reason) or Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(b), one (1) year following the effective date of termination of employment;

 

(ii)      if Executive becomes entitled to receive the payment set forth in Section 5(a), one (1) year following the effective date of termination of employment;

 

(iii)     if Executive’s employment is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(d) or 6, and Executive actually receives payments under a disability plan or program maintained by JSSB or severance payments under Section 6, respectively, the lesser of one (1) year following the effective date of termination of employment or the period during which such payments remain in effect;

 

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(iv)     if Executive’s employment terminates as a result of delivery of a notice of nonrenewal by JSSB in accordance with Section 3(a), the ending date of the then existing Employment Period; or

 

(v)      if Executive’s employment terminates as a result of delivery of a notice of nonrenewal by Executive in accordance with Section 3(a), one (1) year following the ending date of the then existing Employment Period.

 

8.             Unauthorized Disclosure.  During the Employment Period and at any time thereafter, Executive shall not, without the written consent of the Boards of Directors of Penns Woods and JSSB, or a person authorized thereby, knowingly disclose to any person, other than an employee of Penns Woods or JSSB, or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder, any material confidential information obtained by Executive while in the employ of JSSB with respect to Penns Woods’, JSSB’s or any of their majority-owned subsidiaries’ services, products, improvements, formulas, designs or styles, processes, customers, methods of business or any business practices the disclosure of which could be or would be damaging to Penns Woods, JSSB or any such subsidiary; provided, however, that confidential information shall not include any information known generally to the public (other than as a result of unauthorized disclosure by Executive or any person with the assistance, consent, or direction of Executive), or any information that must be disclosed as required by law.

 

9.             Nonsolicitation of Customers and Employees.  Executive hereby agrees that Executive shall not during any period that Executive is subject to the provisions of Section 7, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit any customer of Penns Woods, JSSB or any majority-owned subsidiary of either of them located in the Non-Competition Area for any banking or financial services business, or (ii) solicit or hire any persons who are currently or were within six (6) months prior to Executive’s termination date employees of Penns Woods, JSSB or any majority-owned subsidiary of either of them for engagement or employment by any person, firm, corporation, or enterprise that provides any banking or financial services provided by Penns Woods, JSSB or any of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries at Executive’s termination date.  Executive also agrees that Executive shall not, for the period described in the preceding sentence, encourage or induce any of such customers or employees of Penns Woods, JSSB or any majority-owned subsidiary of either of them to terminate their business relationship with any of such entities.

 

10.           Remedies.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the remedy at law of the Employer for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 7, 8 or 9 would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by Executive of any of the provisions of Section 7, 8 or 9, it is agreed that the Employer shall be entitled to, without posting any bond, and the Executive agrees not to oppose any request of the Employer for, equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction, or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the Employer from pursuing any other remedies available to them, at law or in equity, for such breach or threatened breach.

 

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11.          Legal Expenses.  If Executive obtains a judgment, award or settlement which enforces a material disputed right or benefit under this Agreement, JSSB shall pay to Executive, within ten days after demand therefor, all legal fees and expenses incurred by Executive in seeking to obtain or enforce such right or benefit.

 

12.          Notices.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be deemed properly given if in writing and if mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid with return receipt requested, to Executive’s residence (as then reflected in the personnel records of JSSB), in the case of notices to Executive, and to the then principal offices of JSSB, in the case of notices to JSSB.

 

13.          Waiver.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived, or discharged unless such waiver, modification, or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by Executive and the President and Chief Executive Officer of JSSB.  No waiver by any party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

 

14.          Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by any party, except by the Employer to any affiliated company or to any successor in interest to its businesses.

 

15.          Entire Agreement; Effect on Prior Agreements.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes and replaces any prior written or oral agreements between them respecting the within subject matter.

 

16.          Successors; Binding Agreement.

 

(a)     The Employer will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the businesses and/or assets of Penns Woods and/or JSSB to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  Failure by the Employer to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and the provisions of Section 5 (relating to termination of employment following a Change in Control) shall apply as though a Notice of Termination was authorized and had been timely given.  As used in this Agreement, “Penns Woods”, and “JSSB” shall mean Penns Woods and JSSB, as defined previously, and any successor to their respective businesses and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.

 

(b)     This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees.  If Executive should die after a Notice of Termination is delivered by Executive, or following termination of Executive’s employment without Cause, and any amounts would be payable to Executive under this Agreement if Executive had continued to live, all such amounts shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee,

 

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legatee, or other designee, or, if there is no such person, to Executive’s estate.  The preceding sentence shall also apply to the last clause of Section 3(c).

 

17.          No Mitigation or Offset.  Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking employment or otherwise.  Further, there shall be no offset against any amount or benefit payable or provided hereunder following Executive’s termination of employment solely by reason of Executive’s employment with another employer.

 

18.          Validity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

19.          Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

 

20.          Headings.  The section headings of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction, or limit the scope or intent, of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

21.          Number.  Words used herein in the singular form shall be construed as being used in the plural form, as the context requires, and vice versa.

 

22.          Regulatory Matters.  The obligations of JSSB under this Agreement shall in all events be subject to any required limitations or restrictions imposed by or pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or the Pennsylvania Banking Code of 1965 as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

23.          Tax Withholding.  All payments made and benefits provided hereunder shall be subject to such federal, state and local tax withholding as may be required by law.

 

24.          Compliance with Code Section 409A.

 

(a)     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the receipt of any benefits under this Agreement as a result of a termination of employment shall be subject to satisfaction of the condition precedent that Executive undergo a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h) or any successor thereto.  In addition, if Executive is deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the provisions of any benefit that is required to be delayed pursuant to Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6) month period measured from the date of Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h)), or (ii) the date of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”).  Within ten (10) days following the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this section (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in

 

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the absence of such delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.  To the extent that the foregoing applies to the provision of any ongoing welfare benefits to Executive that would not be required to be delayed if the premiums therefore were paid by Executive, Executive shall pay the full costs of premiums for such welfare benefits during the Delay Period and JSSB shall pay Executive an amount equal to the amount of such premiums paid by Executive during the Delay Period within ten (10) days after the conclusion of such Delay Period.

 

(b)     Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to the extent any expense reimbursement or other in-kind benefit is determined to be subject to Code Section 409A, the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits in one calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits in any other taxable year (except under any lifetime limit applicable to expenses for medical care), in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed or in-kind benefits be provided after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive incurred such expenses or received such benefits, and in no event shall any right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

(c)     Any payments made pursuant to Sections 5 and 6, to the extent of payments made from the date of termination through March 15th of the calendar year following such date, are intended to constitute separate payments for purposes of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(2) and thus payable pursuant to the “short-term deferral” rule set forth in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4); to the extent such payments are made following said March 15th, they are intended to constitute separate payments for purposes of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(2) made upon an involuntary termination from service and payable pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii), to the maximum extent permitted by said provision.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if JSSB determines that any other payments hereunder fail to satisfy the distribution requirement of Section 409A(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the payment of such benefit shall be delayed to the minimum extent necessary so that such payments are not subject to the provisions of Code Section 409A(a)(1).

 

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(d)     To the extent it is determined that any benefits described in Section 6(b) are taxable to Executive, they are intended to be payable pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v), to the maximum extent permitted by said provision.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement, or caused it to be executed, as of the date first above written.

 

	
PENNS   WOODS BANCORP, INC.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Richard A. Grafmyre
    	
 
    	
Date:
    	
February   28, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(“Penns   Woods”)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
JERSEY   SHORE STATE BANK
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Richard A. Grafmyre
    	
 
    	
Date:
    	
February   28, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(“JSSB”)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/   Ann M. Riles
    	
(SEAL)
    	
 
    	
Date:
    	
February   28, 2011
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ANN   M. RILES
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(“Executive”)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
						

 

13Exhibit 10.04

	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
    
	
 
    
	
among
    
	
 
    
	
MONARCH CASINO &   RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    
	
GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.
    
	
 
    
	
and
    
	
 
    
	
MONARCH GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    
	
as Borrowers,
    
	
 
    
	
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
    
	
 
    
	
and
    
	
 
    
	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    
	
 
    
	
as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and Lead   Arranger,
    
	
 
    
	
and
    
	
 
    
	
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
    
	
 
    
	
as Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner,
    
	
 
    
	
BANK OF AMERICA N.A.,
    
	
 
    
	
as Syndication Agent
    
	
 
    
	
Dated as of November 15, 2011
    
	
 
    
	
 
    

 

 

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ARTICLE I.
    	
INTERPRETATION
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.01.
    	
Definitions
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.02.
    	
GAAP
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.03.
    	
Headings
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.04.
    	
Plural   Terms
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.05.
    	
Time
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.06.
    	
Governing   Law
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.07.
    	
Construction
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.08.
    	
Entire   Agreement
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.09.
    	
Calculation   of Interest and Fees
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.10.
    	
References
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.11.
    	
Other   Interpretive Provisions
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.12.
    	
Rounding
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.13.
    	
Joint   and Several Obligations
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.14.
    	
Amendment   and Restatement
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE II.
    	
CREDIT   FACILITIES
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.01.
    	
Loan   Facility
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.02.
    	
Letters   of Credit
    	
43
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.03.
    	
Swing   Line
    	
51
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.04.
    	
Amount   Limitations, Commitment Reductions, Etc.
    	
55
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.05.
    	
Fees
    	
56
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.06.
    	
Prepayments
    	
57
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.07.
    	
Other   Payment Terms
    	
60
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.08.
    	
Loan   Accounts; Notes
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.09.
    	
Loan   Funding
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.10.
    	
Pro   Rata Treatment
    	
63
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.11.
    	
Change   of Circumstances
    	
65
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.12.
    	
Taxes   on Payments
    	
67
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.13.
    	
Funding   Loss Indemnification
    	
69
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.14.
    	
Security
    	
70
    

 

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2.15.
    	
Replacement   of the Lenders
    	
70
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE III.
    	
CONDITIONS   PRECEDENT
    	
71
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.01.
    	
Initial   Conditions Precedent
    	
71
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.02.
    	
Conditions   Precedent to each Credit Event
    	
71
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.03.
    	
Conditions   Precedent to Funding of Acquisition
    	
72
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IV.
    	
REPRESENTATIONS   AND WARRANTIES
    	
72
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.01.
    	
Representations   and Warranties
    	
72
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.02.
    	
Reaffirmation
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V.
    	
COVENANTS
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.01.
    	
Affirmative   Covenants
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.02.
    	
Negative   Covenants
    	
87
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.03.
    	
Financial   Covenants
    	
94
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI.
    	
EVENTS   OF DEFAULT
    	
95
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.01.
    	
Events   of Default
    	
95
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.02.
    	
Remedies
    	
98
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VII.
    	
ADMINISTRATIVE   AGENT AND RELATIONS AMONG LENDERS
    	
100
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.01.
    	
Appointment,   Powers and Immunities
    	
100
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.02.
    	
Reliance   by the Administrative Agent
    	
102
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.03.
    	
Defaults
    	
102
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.04.
    	
Indemnification
    	
102
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.05.
    	
Non-Reliance
    	
103
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.06.
    	
Resignation   of the Administrative Agent
    	
103
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.07.
    	
Collateral   Matters
    	
104
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.08.
    	
Performance   of Conditions
    	
104
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.09.
    	
The   Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity; Other Relationships
    	
105
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.10.
    	
Collateral   Matters/Lender Rate Contracts/Lender Bank Products
    	
105
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.11.
    	
Administrative   Agent May File Proofs of Claim
    	
105
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.12.
    	
Application   of Gaming Laws
    	
106
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VIII.
    	
MISCELLANEOUS
    	
106
    

 

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8.01.
    	
Notices
    	
106
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.02.
    	
Expenses
    	
109
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.03.
    	
Indemnification
    	
109
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.04.
    	
Waivers;   Amendments
    	
111
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.05.
    	
Successors   and Assigns
    	
114
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.06.
    	
Setoff;   Security Interest
    	
118
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.07.
    	
No   Third Party Rights
    	
119
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.08.
    	
Partial   Invalidity
    	
119
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.09.
    	
Jury   Trial
    	
119
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.10.
    	
Confidentiality
    	
119
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.11.
    	
Counterparts
    	
120
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.12.
    	
Consent   to Jurisdiction
    	
120
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.13.
    	
Relationship   of Parties
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.14.
    	
Time
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.15.
    	
Waiver   of Punitive Damages
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.16.
    	
USA   PATRIOT Act
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.17.
    	
Waivers   and Agreements of Borrowers
    	
121
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.18.
    	
Clarification
    	
122
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.19.
    	
Costs   to Prevailing Party
    	
122
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.20.
    	
Consent   to Release of Lithia Property
    	
122
    

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

	
SCHEDULE   I
    	
-
    	
THE   LENDERS
    	
S-1
    
	
SCHEDULE   II
    	
 
    	
EXISTING   LETTERS OF CREDIT
    	
S-9
    
	
SCHEDULE   A
    	
 
    	
ATLANTIS   REAL PROPERTY
    	
S-10
    
	
SCHEDULE   B
    	
 
    	
V/P   PROPERTY
    	
S-16
    
	
SCHEDULE   3.01
    	
-
    	
CONDITIONS   PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
    	
S-19
    
	
SCHEDULE   3.03
    	
 
    	
CONDITIONS   PRECEDENT TO ACQUISITION
    	
S-25
    
	
SCHEDULE   4.01(G)
    	
-
    	
LITIGATION
    	
S-29
    
	
SCHEDULE   4.01(H)
    	
-
    	
REAL   PROPERTY
    	
S-30
    
	
SCHEDULE   4.01(J)(II)
    	
-
    	
EQUITY   SECURITIES
    	
S-31
    
	
SCHEDULE   4.01(K)
    	
-
    	
MULTIEMPLOYER   PLANS
    	
S-32
    
	
SCHEDULE   4.01(O)
    	
-
    	
SUBSIDIARIES
    	
S-33
    

 

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SCHEDULE   4.01(U)
    	
-
    	
INSURANCE
    	
S-34
    
	
SCHEDULE   4.01(V)
    	
-
    	
AGREEMENTS   WITH AFFILIATES, ETC.
    	
S-38
    
	
SCHEDULE   5.02(B)
    	
-
    	
EXISTING   LIENS
    	
S-39
    
	
SCHEDULE   5.02(E)
    	
-
    	
EXISTING   INVESTMENTS
    	
S-40
    

 

EXHIBITS

 

	
EXHIBIT A
    	
 
    	
NOTICE   OF LOAN BORROWING
    	
A-1
    
	
EXHIBIT B
    	
 
    	
NOTICE   OF CONVERSION
    	
B-1
    
	
EXHIBIT C
    	
 
    	
NOTICE   OF INTEREST PERIOD SELECTION
    	
C-1
    
	
EXHIBIT D
    	
 
    	
NOTICE   OF SWING LOAN BORROWING
    	
D-1
    
	
EXHIBIT E
    	
 
    	
REVOLVING   LOAN NOTE
    	
E-1
    
	
EXHIBIT F
    	
 
    	
SWING   LOAN NOTE
    	
F-1
    
	
EXHIBIT G
    	
 
    	
ASSIGNMENT   AGREEMENT
    	
G-1
    
	
EXHIBIT H
    	
 
    	
COMPLIANCE   CERTIFICATE
    	
H-1
    
	
EXHIBIT I
    	
 
    	
COLLATERAL   CERTIFICATE
    	
I-1
    
	
EXHIBIT J
    	
 
    	
NON-BANK   CERTIFICATE
    	
J-1
    
	
EXHIBIT K
    	
 
    	
FORM OF   GUARANTY
    	
K-1
    

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 15, 2011, is entered into by and among: (1) MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”), MONARCH GROWTH INC., a Nevada corporation  (“MGI” and together with Parent, Golden Road and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, Riviera Black Hawk, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Acquired Company”), each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party to this Agreement from time to time (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  Wells Fargo Securities, LLC has been given the title of sole lead arranger (in such capacity, the “Lead Arranger”) and sole bookrunner in connection with this Agreement.  BANK OF AMERICA N.A.  has been given the title of syndication agent in connection with this Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

A.            Golden Road, Parent, the Administrative Agent and certain of the Lenders previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 20, 2009 (as it existed immediately prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein), the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

 

B.            Golden Road has requested (i) an extension of the Maturity Date, (ii) an increase in the amount of the revolving credit facility on the Closing Date (as defined herein), (iii) an additional increase in the amount of the revolving credit facility on the Acquisition Closing Date (as defined herein) to fund a portion of the acquisition by MGI of the Acquired Company, (iv) adjustments to the financial covenant levels and (v) the other amendments set forth herein.

 

C.            As a result of such request, the parties wish to add MGI and Parent as Borrowers hereunder and to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety by entering into this Agreement.  For convenience, certain matters relating to the period prior to this Agreement have been deleted.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above Recitals and the mutual covenants herein contained, effective as of the Closing Date, the parties hereby amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety as follows:

 

ARTICLE I. INTERPRETATION.

 

1.01.        Definitions.  Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each term set forth below, when used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall have the respective meaning given to that term below or in the provision of this Agreement or other document, instrument or agreement referenced below.

 

“Acquired Company” shall have the meaning given in the recitals hereto.

 

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“Acquired Portion” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(b)(v).

 

“Acquisition” shall mean, the acquisition of all of the Equity Securities of the Acquired Company pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.

 

“Acquisition Agreement” shall mean that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of September 29, 2011, by and among Riviera Operating Corporation, Riviera Holdings Corporation, the Acquired Company, MGI and the Borrower.

 

“Acquisition Closing Date” shall mean the time and Business Day on which the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated in Section 3.03 occurs.

 

“Acquisition Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Acquisition Agreement and all documents executed in connection therewith and any other document(s) evidencing the Acquisition.

 

“Additional Commitment Reduction Amount” means, as of the date of any increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment under Section 2.01(b), the amount resulting from the following calculation with respect to such increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment: (a) the principal amount of such increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment on such date, multiplied by (b) 1.5% multiplied by (c) the number of Reduction Dates between and including the last day of the first fiscal quarter ending after the one year anniversary of the Acquisition Closing Date and the Maturity Date divided by (d) the number of Reduction Dates remaining between the date of such increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and the Maturity Date.

 

“Adjacent Driveway Property” shall mean the leasehold interest of Golden Road in that portion of the Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property which is designated as Parcel 2 on Schedule A attached hereto, which leasehold interest is evidenced by the Adjacent Driveway Lease.

 

“Adjacent Driveway Lease” shall mean that certain Lease Agreement and Option to Purchase dated January 29, 2004, by and between BLILP, as lessor, and Golden Road, as lessee, pursuant to which, among other things, Golden Road is granted a leasehold interest in, and an option to purchase, the Adjacent Driveway Property.

 

“Adjacent Driveway Estoppel” shall mean the Estoppel Certificate executed as of February 20, 2004, by Biggest Little City Investments L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and recorded on February 20, 2004 in the Official Records of Washoe County, Nevada, as Document No. 2996371, pursuant to which: (a) it certified and represented to Administrative Agent that the Adjacent Driveway Lease represents the entire agreement between the parties thereto with respect to the Adjacent Driveway Property and supersedes all other previous documents and agreements between them, that the Adjacent Driveway Lease had not been modified, supplemented or amended except as set forth therein and that there are no defaults existing or continuing under any of the provisions of the Adjacent Driveway Lease; and (b) other agreements are made regarding notice to Administrative Agent in the event of a default under this Adjacent Driveway Lease, Administrative Agent’s right to cure and the rights of the Lenders and their successors to continue in possession of the Adjacent Driveway Property.

 

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“Administrative Agent” shall mean Wells Fargo, when acting in its capacity as the administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 7.06.  In such capacity, Wells Fargo is also acting as collateral agent for the Lender Rate Contract Counterparties and Lender Bank Product Providers.

 

“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, ten percent (10%) or more of any class of Equity Securities of such Person, (b) each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person or (c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, managers, joint venturers and partners; provided, however, that in no case shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Loan Party for purposes of this Agreement.  For the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.

 

“Aggregate Additional Commitment Reduction Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Additional Commitment Reduction Amounts calculated in connection with each increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment under Section 2.01(b) on or prior to such date.

 

“Anti-Terrorism Law” shall mean each of: (a) the Executive Order; (b) the Patriot Act; (c) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. Sect. 1956; and (d) any other Governmental Rule now or hereafter enacted to monitor, deter or otherwise prevent terrorism or the funding or support of terrorism.

 

“Applicable Lending Office” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a) in the case of its Base Rate Loans, its Domestic Lending Office, and (b) in the case of its LIBOR Loans, its Foreign Lending Office.

 

“Applicable Margin” shall mean, with respect to each Loan (and with respect to the calculation of Letter of Credit fees pursuant to Section 2.02(i)), the per annum margin which is determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.  The Applicable Margin shall be determined as provided in the Pricing Grid and may change as set forth in the definition of Pricing Grid.

 

“Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

“Assignee Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.05(c).

 

“Assignment” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.05(c).

 

“Assignment Agreement” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.05(c).

 

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“Assignment Effective Date” shall have, with respect to each Assignment Agreement, the meaning set forth therein.

 

“Assignor Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.05(c).

 

“Atlantis Casino Resort Spa” shall mean collective reference to the Atlantis Real Property, the improvements located thereon and the hotel and casino business and related activities conducted on the Atlantis Real Property.

 

“Atlantis Deed of Trust” shall mean the Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Fixture Filing and Security Agreement with Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated as of the date hereof, by Golden Road in favor of Western Title Company, Inc., for the benefit of the Administrative Agent.

 

“Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property” shall mean that certain real property more particularly described on that certain schedule marked Schedule A, affixed hereto and by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof, and the CC Skybridge Peckham Lane Entitlements.

 

“Atlantis Real Property” shall mean collective reference to the Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property, the Pedestrian Crossing Airspace, the V/P Property and the CC Skybridge Easements.

 

“Base Rate” shall mean, on any day, the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on the Business Day prior to such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 1.50%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (c) the One Month LIBOR Rate for such day (determined on a daily basis as set forth below) plus 1.50%.  As used in this definition, “One Month LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to any interest rate calculation for a Loan or other Obligation bearing interest at the Base Rate, a rate per annum equal to the quotient (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 1/100 of one percent) of (i) the rate per annum referred to as the BBA (British Bankers Association) LIBOR RATE as reported on Reuters LIBOR page 1, or if not reported by Reuters, as reported by any service selected by the Administrative Agent, on the applicable day (provided that if such day is not a Business Day for which a LIBOR Rate is quoted, the next preceding Business Day for which a LIBOR Rate is quoted) at or about 11:00 a.m., London time (or as soon thereafter as practicable), for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank eurodollar currency market for a term of one month commencing on such date of determination, divided by (ii) one minus the Reserve Requirement in effect on such day.  If for any reason rates are not available as provided in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, the rate to be used in clause (i) shall be, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion (in each case, rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 1/100 of one percent), (A) the rate per annum at which Dollar deposits are offered to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank eurodollar currency market or (B) the rate at which Dollar deposits are offered to the Administrative Agent in, or by the Administrative Agent to major banks in, any offshore interbank eurodollar market selected by the Administrative Agent, in each case on the applicable day (provided that if such day is not a Business Day for which Dollar deposits are offered to the Administrative Agent in the London or such offshore interbank eurodollar currency market, the next preceding Business Day for which Dollar deposits are offered to the Administrative Agent in the London or such offshore interbank eurodollar currency market) at or

 

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about 11:00 a.m., London time (or as soon thereafter as practicable) (for delivery on such date of determination) for a one month term.

 

“Base Rate Loan” shall mean, at any time, a Revolving Loan which then bears interest as provided in Section 2.01(d)(i).

 

“BLILP” shall mean Biggest Little Investments L.P.

 

“Borrower” and “Borrowers” shall have the meaning given to such terms in clause (1) of the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Borrower Representative” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 8.01(c).

 

“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 5.01(a).

 

“Borrowing” shall mean a Revolving Loan Borrowing or a Swing Loan Borrowing, as the context may require.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day on which (a) commercial banks are not authorized or required to close in San Francisco, California or New York, New York and (b) if such Business Day is related to a LIBOR Loan, dealings in Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.

 

“Capital Adequacy Requirement” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.11(d).

 

“Capital Asset” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any tangible fixed or capital asset owned or leased (in the case of a Capital Lease) by such Person, or any expense incurred by such Person that is required by GAAP, as in effect on the Closing Date, to be reported as a non-current asset on such Person’s balance sheet.

 

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, with respect to any Person and any period, all amounts expended by such Person during such period to acquire or to construct Capital Assets (including renewals, improvements and replacements, but excluding repairs in the ordinary course) computed in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date (including all amounts paid or accrued on Capital Leases and other Indebtedness incurred or assumed to acquire Capital Assets).

 

“Capital Leases” shall mean any and all lease obligations that, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, are required to be capitalized on the books of a lessee.

 

“Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its own benefit and for the benefit of the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and/or the Lenders, as applicable, as collateral subject to a first priority, perfected security interest securing the Obligations or the obligations of a Defaulting Lender, as applicable, cash or deposit account balances in an amount equal to the L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or obligations of a Defaulting Lender, as applicable, pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer

 

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or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).  Derivatives of such term shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

“Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

 

(a)           Direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or obligations of any agency of the United States to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(b)           Certificates of deposit maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof issued by a commercial bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof or that is a Lender; provided that (i) such deposits are denominated in Dollars, (ii) such bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and (iii) such bank or trust company has certificates of deposit or other debt obligations rated at least A-1 (or its equivalent) by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services or P-1 (or its equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;

 

(c)           Open market commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued by a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof; provided such commercial paper is rated at least A-1 (or its equivalent) by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services or P-1 (or its equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; and

 

(d)           Any repurchase agreement entered into with a commercial bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof or that is a Lender; provided that (i) such bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000, (ii) such bank or trust company has certificates of deposit or other debt obligations rated at least A-1 (or its equivalent) by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services or P-1 (or its equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (iii) the repurchase obligations of such bank or trust company under such repurchase agreement are fully secured by a perfected security interest in a security or instrument of the type described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above and (iv) such security or instrument so securing the repurchase obligations has a fair market value at the time such repurchase agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of such repurchase obligations.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall “Cash Equivalents” include auction rate securities.

 

“CC Skybridge” shall mean a collective reference to: (i) the elevated pedestrian walkway which extends, from Parcel 1 of the Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property to the CC Skybridge Tower, over and across Peckham Lane and the north parking lot of the Convention Center Property to the Reno Sparks Convention Center; (ii) the CC Skybridge Tower; and (iii) all elevators, escalators, support columns, landscaping, paving and other facilities and fixtures which are related to the foregoing, all as particularly set forth by the CC Skybridge Agreement.

 

“CC Skybridge Agreement” shall mean that certain Atlantis Convention Center Skybridge Agreement and Easement, dated May 9, 2007, between RSCVA and Golden Road, which was recorded in the Official Records of Washoe County, Nevada on May 10, 2007, as

 

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Document No. 3530942, pursuant to which, among other things: (i) RSCVA granted the CC Skybridge Easements to Golden Road; (ii) Golden Road granted, to RSCVA, certain access easements over Parcels 3 through 5 of the Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property; (iii) Golden Road agreed to construct and operate the CC Skybridge within the applicable CC Skybridge Easements; and (iv) Golden Road agreed that RSCVA would be entitled to reserve blocks of rooms at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa for certain types of events being conducted by RSCVA; all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein.

 

“CC Skybridge Documentation” shall mean a collective reference to: (i) the CC Skybridge Agreement; and (ii) the CC Skybridge Peckham Lane Entitlements.

 

“CC Skybridge Easements” shall mean certain permanent and temporary easements over the Convention Center Property which are granted to Golden Road by RSCVA, pursuant to the CC Skybridge Agreement, in order to facilitate Golden Road’s construction and operation of the CC Skybridge, all as more particularly set forth therein.

 

“CC Skybridge Estoppel” shall mean the Estoppel Statement dated as of January 13, 2009 executed by RSCVA: (i) consenting to encumbrance of Golden Road’s interest in the CC Skybridge, and in the CC Skybridge Agreement, with the lien and security agreement of the Deed of Trust; (ii) acknowledging that the CC Skybridge Agreement is in full force and effect and that Golden Road is not in default of any of its material obligations thereunder; and (iii) providing such other assurances as may be required by Administrative Agent.

 

“CC Skybridge Peckham Lane Entitlements” shall mean the documentation which sets forth the agreement, by all appropriate Governmental Authorities, authorizing and entitling Golden Road to construct and maintain the CC Skybridge over Peckham Lane in accordance with the CC Skybridge Agreement.

 

“CC Skybridge Tower” shall mean the pedestrian dispersal site for the CC Skybridge, which is situate on the Convention Center Property, including the dispersal tower, lobby, escalators, elevators and stairs.

 

“Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following:

 

(a)           Parent shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Securities of each of Golden Road, MGI and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Acquired Company; or

 

(b)           The ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) other than the Farahi Family Group, of Equity Securities representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of Parent or any such person or group acquires control of Parent; or

 

(c)           The occupation after the Closing Date of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors or other governing body of any Loan Party by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors or other governing body of any

 

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Loan Party nor (ii) appointed by directors or members of such other or other governing body so nominated, or

 

(d)           A “change of control” or “change in control” or any similar term as defined in any document governing Indebtedness exceeding $10,000,000 of any Loan Party which gives the holders of such Indebtedness the right to accelerate or otherwise require payment of such Indebtedness prior to the maturity date thereof or the right to require such Loan Party to redeem, purchase or otherwise defease, or offer to redeem, purchase or otherwise defease, all or any portion of such Indebtedness.

 

For the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Change of Law” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.11(b).

 

“Closing Date” shall mean the time and Business Day on which the satisfaction of all the conditions precedent and the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated in Section 3.01 occurs.

 

“Collateral” shall mean all property in which the Administrative Agent or any Lender has a Lien to secure the Obligations or the Guaranty.

 

“Collateral Certificate” shall mean a Collateral Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit I, appropriately completed and duly executed by Parent.

 

“Commercial Letter of Credit” shall mean any documentary letter of credit issued by the L/C Issuer under this Agreement; either as originally issued or as the same may be supplemented, modified, amended, extended, restated or supplanted.

 

“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.05(c).

 

“Commitment Fee Percentage” shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Loan Commitments at any time, the per annum percentage which is used to calculate Commitment Fees for such Revolving Loan Commitments determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.

 

“Communications” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.01(b).

 

“Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 5.01(a)(iii).

 

“Confidential Information” shall mean information delivered to any Lender or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents that is proprietary in nature and that is clearly marked or labeled as being confidential information of such Loan Party; provided; however, that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to the receiving party prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by the receiving party or any person acting on its behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to the receiving party other than

 

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through disclosure by any Loan Party or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 5.01(a) that are otherwise publicly available.

 

“Contingent Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) any Guaranty Obligation of that Person; and (b) any direct or indirect obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (i) in respect of any Surety Instrument issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings or payments, (ii) as a partner or joint venturer in any partnership or joint venture, (iii) to purchase any materials, supplies or other property from, or to obtain the services of, another Person if the relevant contract or other related document or obligation requires that payment for such materials, supplies or other property, or for such services, shall be made regardless of whether delivery of such materials, supplies or other property is ever made or tendered, or such services are ever performed or tendered, or (iv) in respect to any Rate Contract that is not entered into in connection with a bona fide hedging operation that provides offsetting benefits to such Person.  The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall (subject, in the case of Guaranty Obligations, to the last sentence of the definition of “Guaranty Obligation”) be deemed equal to the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, and shall, with respect to item (b)(iv) of this definition be marked to market on a current basis.

 

“Contractual Obligation” of any Person shall mean, any indenture, note, lease, loan agreement, security, deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, guaranty, instrument, contract, agreement or other form of contractual obligation or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its property is bound.

 

“Control Agreement” shall mean a control agreement among a Borrower or a Guarantor, a depository bank, a securities intermediary or a commodity intermediary, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Convention Center Property” shall mean that certain real property owned by RSCVA, which is designated by Washoe County Assessor’s Parcel No. 025-011-19 and upon which Reno Sparks Convention Center is situate.

 

“Credit Event” shall mean the making of any Loan (including a Swing Line Loan) or the making of an L/C Credit Extension.  “Credit Event” shall not include the conversion of any Loan or the selection of a new Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan.

 

“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Governmental Rules from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

“Decreasing Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(b)(v).

 

“Default” shall mean an Event of Default or any event or circumstance not yet constituting an Event of Default which, with the giving of any notice or the lapse of any period of time or both, would become an Event of Default.

 

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“Default Rate” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.07(c).

 

“Defaulting Lender” shall mean (a) a Lender which has failed to fund its portion of any amount required to be funded by it under this Agreement and has continued in such failure for two (2) Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent, (b) a Lender which has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) a Lender which has notified the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) has not or cannot be satisfied, (d) a Lender which has failed within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (d) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers) or (e) a Lender (or the entity that controls such Lender) which has been deemed insolvent by a court or applicable regulators or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or is reasonably believed by the Administrative Agent to be insolvent.  For the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Lender shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Designated Person” shall mean any Person who (i) is named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and/or any other similar lists maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control pursuant to authorizing statute, executive order or regulation, (ii) (A) is a Person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of the Executive Order or any related legislation or any other similar executive order(s) or (B) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of the Executive Order or is otherwise associated with any such Person in any manner violative of Section 2 of the Executive Order or (iii)(X) is an agency of the government of a country, (Y) an organization controlled by a country, or (Z) a Person resident in a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or as otherwise published from time to time, as such program may be applicable to such agency, organization or Person.

 

“Disqualified Securities” shall mean any Equity Security which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year following the date of payment and satisfaction in full of the Obligations, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Security referred to in (a) above, in each case at any time on or prior to the date that is one year following the date of payment and satisfaction in full of the Obligations, or (c) is entitled to

 

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receive a cash Distribution (other than for taxes attributable to the operations of the business) or a Distribution of Disqualified Securities on or prior to the date that is one year following the date of payment and satisfaction in full of the Obligations.

 

“Distributions” shall mean the payment of any distributions or dividends (in cash, property or obligations) on, or other payments on account of, or the setting apart of money for a sinking or other analogous fund for, or the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any Equity Securities of any Person or of any warrants, options or other rights to acquire the same (or to make any payments to any Person, such as “phantom membership” or “phantom stock” payments or similar payments, where the amount is calculated with reference to the fair market or equity value of any Person), but excluding distributions or dividends payable by a Person solely in membership interests or shares of common stock of such Person.

 

“Dollars” and “$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States and, in relation to any payment under this Agreement, same day or immediately available funds.

 

“Domestic Lending Office” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a) initially, its office designated as such in Schedule I (or, in the case of any Lender which becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or by an assignment pursuant to Section 8.05(c), its office designated as such in the applicable documentation executed pursuant to those Sections, as applicable) and (b) subsequently, such other office or offices as such Lender may designate to the Administrative Agent as the office at which such Lender’s Base Rate Loans will thereafter be maintained and for the account of which all payments of principal of, and interest on, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans will thereafter be made.

 

“EBITDA” shall mean, for any period to be measured, (a) Net Income (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) for such period, plus, without duplication (b) to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period, the sum of the following for such period: (i) Interest Expense (including expensed and capitalized), (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense and other non-cash expenses, including non-cash expenses related to stock based compensation, (iv) transaction fees and expenses relating to the Acquisition paid in cash and (v) extraordinary losses on sales of assets and other extraordinary losses and non-cash charges (other than any such non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period, other than such accruals that result from a change in accounting method), minus, without duplication (c) to the extent included as income in determining such Net Income for such period, the sum of the following for such period: (i) extraordinary gains and non-recurring gains, (ii) interest income and minus (d) cash expenditures made during such period to the extent an accrual resulting from a change in accounting method with respect to such cash expenditures was added to Net Income in determining EBITDA for any prior period.  Pro forma credit shall be given for the Acquired Company and for an Acquired Person’s EBITDA as if owned on the first day of the applicable period; companies (or identifiable business units or divisions) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of during any period will be treated as if not owned during the entire applicable period.

 

In addition, if after the Acquisition Closing Date a Loan Party acquires the gaming machines currently leased by the Acquired Company as described by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date (the “Gaming Machine Acquisition”), EBITDA

 

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shall be increased by (i) $1,000,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the first fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition, (ii) $750,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the second fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition, (iii) $500,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the third fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition and (iv) $250,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the fourth fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition.

 

“Effective Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to (A) any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and (B) with respect to Swing Line Loans, any risk participation amongst the Lenders, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

 

“Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Approved Fund of any Lender; and (b) a Person that is (i) a commercial bank, savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”), or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in which it is organized or another country which is also a member of the OECD, (iii) a finance company, insurance company or other financial institution that is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having total assets in excess of $100,000,000, or (iv) a Person that is primarily engaged in the business of commercial lending and that is (x) a Subsidiary of a Lender, (y) a Subsidiary of a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary, or (z) a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party or any natural person or (ii) any Person that has been found unsuitable by any Gaming Board or as to whom such assignment would violate any Gaming Law.

 

“Environmental Damages” shall mean all claims, judgments, damages, losses, penalties, liabilities (including strict liability), costs and expenses (including costs of investigation, remediation, defense, settlement and attorneys’ fees and consultants’ fees and any diminution in the value of the security afforded to the Lenders with respect to any real property owned or used by any Loan Party), that are incurred at any time (a) as a result of the existence of any Hazardous Materials upon, about or beneath any real property owned by or leased by any Loan Party or migrating or threatening to migrate to or from any such real property regardless of whether or not caused by or within the control of any Loan Party, (b) arising from any investigation, proceeding or remediation of any location at which any Loan Party or any predecessors are alleged to have directly or indirectly disposed of Hazardous Materials or (c) arising in any manner whatsoever

 

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out of any violation of Environmental Laws by any Loan Party or with respect to any real property owned or used by any Loan Party.

 

“Environmental Laws” shall mean the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et  seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et  seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et  seq.; the Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (including the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, “CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et  seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et  seq.; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 651; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Section 11001 et  seq.; the Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. Section 801 et  seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et  seq.; and all other Governmental Rules relating to the protection of human health and safety and the environment, including all Governmental Rules pertaining to the reporting, licensing, permitting, transportation, storage, disposal, investigation or remediation of emissions, discharges, releases, or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials into the air, surface water, groundwater, or land, or relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation or handling of Hazardous Materials.

 

“Equity Securities” of any Person shall mean (a) all common stock, preferred stock, participations, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equity interests in and of such Person (regardless of how designated and whether or not voting or non-voting) and (b) all warrants, options and other rights to acquire any of the foregoing.

 

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any Person which is treated as a single employer with any Loan Party under Sections 414(b) and (c) of the IRC (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the IRC for purposes of the provisions relating to Section 412 of the IRC).

 

“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability with respect to such withdrawal; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 6.01.

 

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“Evergreen Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.02(b)(iii).

 

“Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) a Subsidiary which does not own, operate or hold any assets or property or (ii) a single purpose Subsidiary which is formed to own, operate and hold, and at all time only owns, operates and holds assets and property not related to the gaming operations of the Loan Parties and which do not directly or indirectly affect such gaming operations and with respect to which none of the Loan Parties has any obligations, direct or contingent.  As of the Closing Date, Golden North, Inc., a Nevada corporation, High Desert Sunshine, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Golden Town, a Nevada corporation and Golden East, Inc., a Nevada corporation are Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

“Executive Order” shall mean Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financings: - Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism issued on 23rd September, 2001.

 

“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean the letters of credit described on Schedule II and issued by Wells Fargo prior to the Closing Date.

 

“Farahi Family Group” shall mean a collectively reference to John Farahi, Bahram (Bob) Farahi, Behrouz (Ben) Farahi, Jila Farahi Trust created by agreement dated May 20, 2002, and their respective children, grandchildren, executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, heirs, legatees and beneficiaries.

 

“FASB ASC” shall mean the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

 

“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Wells Fargo on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Federal Reserve Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

“Fee Letter” shall mean, collectively, (a) the letter agreement dated as of August 23, 2011  among Parent, Golden Road, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger regarding certain fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger as expressly indicated therein and (b) any other fee letter executed after the Closing Date by one or more Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent and/or the Lead Arranger in connection with this Agreement.

 

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“Financial Statements” shall mean, with respect to any accounting period for any Person, statements of income and cash flows (and, in the case of financial statements in respect of a fiscal year, statements of retained earnings, or stockholders’ equity or members’ equity or partners’ capital) of such Person for such period, and a balance sheet of such Person as of the end of such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year if such period is less than a full fiscal year or, if such period is a full fiscal year, corresponding figures from the preceding annual audited financial statements and, in each case, corresponding figures from the comparable budgeted and projected figures for such period, all prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as at any date of determination, with respect to the Loan Parties for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or most recently ended prior to such date (a) the sum of (i) EBITDA minus (ii) income taxes paid in cash during such period minus (iii) Distributions made during such period (other than Distributions made pursuant to Section 5.02(f)(i)) minus (iv) Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries made during such period minus (v) Maintenance Capital Expenditures made during such period divided by (b) Fixed Charges for such period; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period that includes that third full fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (“FQ3”), the second full fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (“FQ2”), the first full fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (“FQ1”) or the fiscal quarter in which the Acquisition Closing Date occurs (“FQ”), (A) (1) income taxes paid in cash by the Acquired Company during each of FQ3, FQ2 and FQ1 shall be deemed to be $500,000 per quarter and (2) income taxes paid in cash by the Acquired Company during FQ shall be deemed to be the greater of (x) income taxes actually paid in cash by the Acquired Company on or after the Acquisition Closing Date during FQ and (y) $500,000, (B) Distributions and Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries attributable to the Acquired Company shall be deemed to be zero for each such fiscal quarter and (C) Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Acquired Company for each such fiscal quarter shall be Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Acquired Company actually made during such fiscal quarter, excluding any Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Acquired Company made to repair or restore the parking facility of the Acquired Company pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.

 

“Fixed Charges” shall mean, for any four consecutive fiscal quarter period, the sum, for the Loan Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication), of the following items: (a) Interest Expense required to be paid in cash during such period, (b) principal payments on Indebtedness required to be paid during such period, (c) the aggregate of the Scheduled Reduction Payments for each fiscal quarter during such period and (d) the portion of payments under Capital Leases that should be treated as payment of principal in accordance with GAAP scheduled to be paid during such period, provided, that for purposes of calculating Fixed Charges for each of the four fiscal quarter periods ending with the first full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date, the second full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date and the third full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date, Interest Expense for each such four fiscal quarter period shall be deemed equal to the aggregate Interest Expense for the full quarters after the Acquisition Closing Date ending thereon multiplied by 4, by 2 and by 4/3rds, respectively; provided, further that Fixed Charges of or attributable to the Acquired Company for any time prior to the Acquisition Closing Date shall be disregarded in calculating Fixed Charges.

 

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“Foreign Lending Office” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a) initially, its office designated as such in Schedule I (or, in the case of any Lender which becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or by an assignment pursuant to Section 8.05(c), its office designated as such in the applicable documentation executed pursuant to those Sections, as applicable) and (b) subsequently, such other office or offices as such Lender may designate for a particular currency to the Administrative Agent as the office at which such Lender’s LIBOR Loans will thereafter be maintained and for the account of which all payments of principal of, and interest on, such Lender’s LIBOR Loans will thereafter be made.

 

“Foreign Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate which is mandated or governed by any Governmental Rule of any Governmental Authority other than the United States.

 

“Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

 

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles and practices as in effect in the United States from time to time, consistently applied.

 

“Gaming Board” shall mean any Governmental Authority that holds licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming or casino activities conducted by any Loan Party within its jurisdiction.

 

“Gaming Laws” shall mean all Laws pursuant to which any Gaming Board possesses licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming, or casino activities conducted by any Loan Party within its jurisdiction.

 

“Governmental Authority” shall mean any international, domestic or foreign national, state or local government, any political subdivision thereof, any department, agency, authority or bureau of any of the foregoing, or any other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, tax or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including, without limitation, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, any central bank or any comparable authority and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union.

 

“Governmental Authorization” shall mean any permit, license, registration, approval, finding of suitability or licensing, authorization, plan, directive, order, consent, exemption, waiver, consent order or consent decree of or from, or notice to, action by or filing with, any Governmental Authority (including any Gaming Board).

 

“Governmental Charges” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all levies, assessments, fees, claims or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority upon such Person or any of its property or otherwise payable by such Person.

 

“Governmental Rule” shall mean any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code interpretation, judgment, decree, directive, Governmental Authorization, guidelines, policy or similar form of decision of any Governmental Authority (including all Gaming Laws).

 

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“Guarantor” shall mean  each now existing or hereafter acquired or created direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent (other than any Borrower and Excluded Subsidiary) which becomes a party to the Guaranty.

 

“Guaranty” shall mean the Guaranty Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K delivered by each Guarantor from time to time party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties.

 

“Guaranty Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation (the “primary obligations”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), including any obligation of that Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligations or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, or (b) to advance or provide funds (i) for the payment or discharge of any such primary obligation, or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the primary obligor, or (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof, provided that the term “Guaranty Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum liability in respect thereof.

 

“Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants and other materials, substances and wastes which are hazardous, toxic, caustic, harmful or dangerous to human health or the environment, including petroleum and petroleum products and byproducts, radioactive materials, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and all materials, substances and wastes which are classified or regulated as “hazardous,” “toxic” or similar descriptions under any Environmental Law.

 

“Honor Date” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.02(c)(i).

 

“Increase Effective Date” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(b)(iv).

 

“Increasing Lenders” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(b)(i).

 

“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication:

 

(a)           All obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments and all other obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including obligations to repurchase receivables and other assets sold with recourse);

 

(b)           All obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including obligations under letters of credit and other credit facilities which secure or finance such purchase price), except for trade accounts payable, provided that (A) such trade

 

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accounts payable arise in the ordinary course of business and (B) no material part of any such account is more than one hundred twenty (120) days past due, unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding and the contesting Loan Party has maintained adequate reserves for the payment thereof;

 

(c)           All obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements with respect to property acquired by such Person (to the extent of the value of such property if the rights and remedies of the seller or the lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited solely to repossession or sale of such property);

 

(d)           All obligations of such Person as lessee under or with respect to Capital Leases;

 

(e)           All obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, under or with respect to Surety Instruments;

 

(f)            All Unfunded Pension Liabilities of such Person;

 

(g)           All Disqualified Securities of such Person;

 

(h)           With respect to any Rate Contracts that have been terminated, the Termination Value thereof;

 

(i)            All obligations of such Person arising under acceptance facilities or under facilities for the discount of accounts receivable of such Person;

 

(j)            All Contingent Obligations of such Person;

 

(k)           All obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit, whether drawn or undrawn, contingent or otherwise;

 

(l)            All Guaranty Obligations of such Person with respect to the obligations of other Persons of the types described in clauses (a) - (k) above; and

 

(m)          All obligations of other Persons (“Primary Obligors”) of the types described in clauses (a) - (l) above to the extent secured by (or for which any holder of such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any property (including accounts and contract rights) of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligations (and, for purposes of this clause (m), the amount of the Indebtedness of such Person shall be deemed to be the lesser of (x) the amount of all obligations of such Primary Obligors so secured by (or for which any holder of such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) the property of such Person and (y) the value of such property).

 

To the extent not included above, “Indebtedness” shall include all Obligations.

 

“Indemnifiable Taxes” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.12(a).

 

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“Indemnitees” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.03.

 

“Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the sum, for the Loan Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP), of the following: (a) all interest, fees, charges and related expenses payable during such period to any Person in connection with Indebtedness or the deferred purchase price of assets that are treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, (b) the portion of rent actually paid during such period under Capital Leases that should be treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and (c) the net amounts payable (or minus the net amounts receivable) under Rate Contracts accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period).

 

“Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, the time periods selected by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or Section 2.01(e) which commences on the first day of such Loan or the effective date of any conversion and ends on the last day of such time period, and thereafter, each subsequent time period selected by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(f) which commences on the last day of the immediately preceding time period and ends on the last day of that time period.

 

“Investment” of any Person shall mean any loan or advance of funds by such Person to any other Person (other than advances to employees of such Person for moving and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), any purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Securities or Indebtedness of any other Person, any capital contribution by such Person to or any other investment by such Person in any other Person (including (x) any Guaranty Obligations of such Person with respect to any obligations of any other Person and (y) any payments made by such Person on account of obligations of any other Person); provided, however, that Investments shall not include (a) accounts receivable or other indebtedness owed by customers of such Person (other than any Loan Party) which are current assets and arose from sales of inventory in the ordinary course of such Person’s business consistent with past practice or (b) prepaid expenses of such Person incurred and prepaid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

“IRC” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“ISP” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.02(h).

 

“Joint Venture” shall mean a joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, partnership, other entity or other legal arrangement (whether created pursuant to a contract or conducted through a separate legal entity) formed by a Loan Party and one or more other Persons who are not Loan Parties.

 

“L/C Advance” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s payment or participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Revolving Proportionate Share.

 

“L/C Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Loan Borrowing.

 

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“L/C Credit Extension” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof, the amendment thereof, the extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.

 

“L/C Issuer” shall mean Wells Fargo in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

“L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.

 

“Lead Arranger” shall have the meaning given to that term in the introductory paragraph hereof.  Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 8.04(g), the capacity of the Lead Arranger is titular in nature, and the Lead Arranger shall have no special rights or obligations over those of a Lender by reason thereof.

 

“Lender” and “Lenders” shall have the meaning given to such terms in clause (2) of the introductory paragraph hereof and includes the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.

 

“Lender Bank Product Provider” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender which provides one or more Lender Bank Products  but in each case, only so long as such Person remains a Lender or an Affiliate of a Person that remains a Lender.

 

“Lender Bank Products” shall mean each and any of the following types of services or facilities extended to any Borrower by any Lender Bank Product Provider: (a) commercial credit cards; (b) cash management services (including daylight overdrafts, multicurrency accounts, foreign cash letters, merchant card services, controlled disbursement services, ACH transactions, and interstate depository network services), and (c) returned items.  The obligations with respect to Lender Bank Products shall be secured by the Liens created by the Security Documents to the extent set forth in Section 2.14(a).

 

“Lender Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Lenders, the Lead Arranger, the Lender Rate Contract Counterparties, the Lender Bank Product Providers and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Lender Rate Contract(s)” shall mean one or more Rate Contracts between a Borrower or the Borrowers and one or more Lender Rate Contract Counterparties with respect to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement, on terms acceptable to such Borrower or the Borrowers and such Lender Rate Contract Counterparty that is a party to such Rate Contract.  Each Lender Rate Contract shall be a Loan Document and shall be secured by the Liens created by the Security Documents to the extent set forth in Section 2.14(a).

 

“Lender Rate Contract Counterparty” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender which enters into a Lender Rate Contract (but in each case, only so long as such Person remains a Lender or an Affiliate of a Person that remains a Lender).

 

“Lenders” shall have the meaning given to that term in clause (2) of the introductory paragraph hereof and includes the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (unless the context otherwise requires).

 

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“Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued hereunder.  A Letter of Credit may be a Commercial Letter of Credit or a Standby Letter of Credit.

 

“Letter of Credit Application” shall mean an application and agreement (including any master letter of credit agreement) for the issuance or amendment of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

 

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” shall mean the day that is thirty days prior to the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

 

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 and (b) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.

 

“LIBOR Loan” shall mean, at any time, a Revolving Loan which then bears interest as provided in clause (ii) of Section 2.01(d).

 

“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period for the LIBOR Loans in any Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans, a rate per annum equal to the quotient (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 1/100 of one percent) of (a) the rate per annum referred to as the BBA (British Bankers Association) LIBOR RATE as reported on Reuters LIBOR page 1, or if not reported by Reuters, as reported by any service selected by the Administrative Agent on the first day of such Interest Period at or about 11:00 a.m., London time (or as soon thereafter as practicable), for delivery on the second Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period, divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement for such Loans in effect from time to time.  If for any reason rates are not available as provided in clause (a) of the preceding sentence, the rate to be used in clause (a) shall be, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion (in each case, rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 1/100 of one percent), (i) the rate per annum at which Dollar deposits are offered to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank eurodollar currency market or (ii) the rate per annum at which Dollar deposits are offered to the Administrative Agent in, or by the Administrative Agent to major banks in, any offshore interbank market selected by the Administrative Agent, in each case on the second Business Day prior to the commencement of such Interest Period at or about 10:00 a.m. London time (or as soon thereafter as practicable) (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) for a term comparable to such Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to the amount of the Loan to be made or funded by the Administrative Agent as part of such Borrowing.  The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted automatically as to all LIBOR Loans then outstanding as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve Requirement.

 

“Licenses” shall mean, collectively, any and all licenses (including provisional licenses), certificates of need, accreditations, permits, franchises, rights to conduct business, approvals (by a Governmental Authority or otherwise), consents, qualifications, operating authority and any other authorizations.

 

“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance in, of, or on such property or the income therefrom, including,

 

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without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under a conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement, or any agreement to provide any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction.

 

“Loan” shall mean a Revolving Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

 

“Loan Account” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.08(a).

 

“Loan Documents” shall mean and include this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, the Security Documents, each Letter of Credit Application, each Notice of Borrowing, each Notice of Interest Period Selection, each Notice of Conversion, all Lender Rate Contracts, all documents related to Lender Bank Products, the Collateral Certificate, the Fee Letter, and all other documents, instruments and agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.03 and all other documents, instruments and agreements delivered by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document on or after the date of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any amendments, consents or waivers, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

“Loan Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

 

“Maintenance Capital Expenditure” shall mean, with respect to any Person and any period, all amounts expended by such Person during such period for the maintenance, repair, restoration or refurbishment of the Capital Assets of such Person computed in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning given to that term in Regulation U issued by the Federal Reserve Board.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event or circumstance that has or could reasonably be expected to  have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Borrower to pay or perform the Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the ability of the Guarantors, collectively, to pay or perform any portion of their obligations in accordance with the terms of the Guaranty and the other Loan Documents; (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any related document, instrument or agreement; (d) the value of the Collateral, the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s security interest in the Collateral or the perfection or priority of such security interests; or (e) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.

 

“Material Contract” shall mean any agreement or arrangement to which any Loan Party is a party (other than the Loan Documents) with respect to which breach, termination, nonperformance or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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“Material Documents” shall mean (i) the Organizational Documents of the Loan Parties and (ii) the Material Contracts.

 

“Maturity” or maturity” shall mean, with respect to any Loan, interest, fee or other amount payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the date such Loan, interest, fee or other amount becomes due, whether upon the stated maturity or due date, upon acceleration or otherwise.

 

“Maturity Date” shall mean November 15, 2016.

 

“MGI” shall have the meaning given to that term in clause (1) of the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Negative Pledge” shall mean a Contractual Obligation which contains a covenant binding on any Loan Party that prohibits Liens on any of its Property, other  than (a) any such covenant contained in a Contractual Obligation granting or relating to a particular Permitted Lien which affects only the Property that is the subject of such Permitted Lien and (b) any such covenant that does not apply to Liens securing the Obligations.

 

“Net Condemnation Proceeds” shall mean an amount equal to: (a) any cash payments or proceeds received by a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent as a result of any condemnation or other taking or temporary or permanent requisition of any Property of a Loan Party, any interest therein or right appurtenant thereto, or any change of grade affecting such Property, as the result of the exercise of any right of condemnation or eminent domain by a Governmental Authority (including a transfer to a Governmental Authority in lieu or anticipation of a condemnation), minus (b) (i) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by a Loan Party in connection with any such condemnation or taking (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), and (ii) provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such condemnation, without regard to the consolidated results of operations of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole.

 

“Net Income” shall mean with respect to any fiscal period, the net income of the Loan Parties for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied; provided, that Net Income shall not include any income (or loss) attributable to any net income or (net loss) of any Excluded Subsidiary; provided, further that Net Income shall not include any dividends or distributions received by any Loan Party from any Excluded Subsidiary during such fiscal period other than cash dividends or distributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of (x)  the net income of such Excluded Subsidiary for such fiscal period and (y) the aggregate amount of cash distributions or dividends made by such Excluded Subsidiary to any Loan Party at a time when the Net Investment for such Excluded Subsidiary was equal to or less than zero.

 

“Net Insurance Proceeds” shall mean an amount equal to: (a) any cash payments or proceeds received by a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent under any key man life insurance policy or any casualty policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder with respect to any property, minus (b) (i) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by a Loan Party in connection with the

 

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adjustment or settlement of any claims of a Loan Party in respect thereof (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) and (ii)  provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such event without regard to the consolidated results of operations of Loan Parties, taken as a whole.

 

“Net Investment” shall mean, at any time with respect to any Excluded Subsidiary, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate amount of Investments made by the Loan Parties in such Excluded Subsidiary since the Original Closing Date minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash dividends or distributions received by the Loan Parties from such Excluded Subsidiary since the Original Closing Date.

 

“Net Proceeds” shall mean:

 

(a)           With respect to any sale of any asset or property by any Person, the aggregate consideration received by such Person from such sale less the sum of (i) the actual amount of the reasonable fees and commissions payable by such Person other than to any of its Affiliates, (ii) the reasonable legal expenses and other costs and expenses directly related to such sale that are to be paid by such Person other than to any of its Affiliates (including, without limitation, transfer, sale, use and other similar taxes payable in connection with such sale), (iii) income taxes reasonably estimated to be payable by such Person as a result of such sale, and (iv) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) which is secured by such asset and is required to be repaid or prepaid by such Person as a result of such sale; and

 

(b)           With respect to any issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Person, the aggregate consideration received by such Person from such issuance or incurrence less the sum of (i) the actual amount of the reasonable fees and commissions payable by such Person other than to any of its Affiliates and (ii) the reasonable legal expenses and the other reasonable costs and expenses directly related to such issuance or incurrence that are to be paid by such Person other than to any of its Affiliates; and

 

(c)           With respect to any issuance of Equity Securities by any Person, the aggregate consideration received by such Person from such issuance less the sum of (i) the actual amount of the reasonable fees and commissions payable by such Person other than to any of its Affiliates and (ii) the reasonable legal expenses and the other reasonable costs and expenses directly related to such issuance that are to be paid by such Person other than to any of its Affiliates.

 

“New Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(b)(ii).

 

“Non-Bank Certificate” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.12(e).

 

“Non-Bank Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.12(e).

 

“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.04.

 

“Nonrenewal Notice Date” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.02(b)(iii).

 

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“Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

 

“Note” shall mean a Revolving Loan Note or a Swing Loan Note.

 

“Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a Notice of Loan Borrowing or a Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing.

 

“Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(e).

 

“Notice of Interest Period Selection” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(f)(ii).

 

“Notice of Loan Borrowing” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(c).

 

“Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing” shall mean a notice of a Swing Loan Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

“Obligations” shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, howsoever arising, owed or owing by one or more of the Borrowers of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including without limitation all interest (including interest that accrues after the commencement of any bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding by or against one or more of the Borrowers, whether or not allowed or allowable), fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and accountants’ fees chargeable to and payable by the Borrowers hereunder and thereunder.

 

“Organizational Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Person, collectively, (a) such Person’s articles or certificate of incorporation, articles or certificate of organization, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation, or comparable documents filed or recorded with the applicable Governmental Authority of such Person’s jurisdiction of formation and (b) such Person’s, bylaws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other comparable organizational or governing documents.

 

“Original Closing Date” shall mean January 20, 2009.

 

“Other Taxes” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.12(b).

 

“Parent” shall have the meaning given to such term in clause (1) of the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Pari mutuel Accounts” shall mean, collectively, any deposit account of any Loan Party used exclusively for pari-mutuel activities conducted by a third party pari-mutuel operator so long as the aggregate amount of available funds on deposit does not at any time exceed $50,000 for all such accounts.

 

“Participant” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.05(b).

 

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“Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (commonly known as the USA Patriot Act).

 

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

“Pedestrian Crossing” shall mean the elevated pedestrian crossing which is constructed between the Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property and the V/P Property which includes, among other things, a restaurant, bar, gaming space and other public areas.

 

“Pedestrian Crossing Air Space” shall mean that portion of the airspace between the Atlantis Hotel/Casino Property and the V/P Property within which the Pedestrian Crossing is constructed.

 

“Pedestrian Crossing Air Space License” shall mean that certain Application and Permit for Occupancy of Nevada Department of Transportation Right of Way, which was issued to Golden Road by the State of Nevada Department of Transportation, under Permit Number 2-28-97, for the purpose of authorizing Golden Road’s construction and use of the Pedestrian Crossing within the Pedestrian Crossing Air Space.

 

“Pension Plan” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan and a Foreign Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute.

 

“Permitted Indebtedness” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 5.02(a).

 

“Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 5.02(b).

 

“Person” shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a corporation (including a business trust), a joint stock company, an unincorporated association, a limited liability company, a joint venture, a trust or other entity or a Governmental Authority.

 

“Platform” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(b).

 

“Pledged Intercompany Notes” shall mean original demand promissory notes in favor of one or more of the Borrowers and the Guarantors evidencing intercompany advances pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement.

 

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Pricing Grid

 

	
Tier
    	
 
    	
Total Leverage Ratio
    	
 
    	
Applicable Margin
   for LIBOR Loans
    	
 
    	
Applicable Margin
   for Base Rate Loans
    	
 
    	
Commitment
   Fee Percentage
    	
 
    
	
I
    	
 
    	
> 2.50
    	
 
    	
2.500
    	
%
    	
1.500
    	
%
    	
0.375
    	
%
    
	
II
    	
 
    	
> 2.00 < 2.50
    	
 
    	
2.250
    	
%
    	
1.250
    	
%
    	
0.300
    	
%
    
	
III
    	
 
    	
> 1.50 < 2.00
    	
 
    	
2.000
    	
%
    	
1.000
    	
%
    	
0.250
    	
%
    
	
IV
    	
 
    	
> 1.00 < 1.50
    	
 
    	
1.500
    	
%
    	
0.500
    	
%
    	
0.200
    	
%
    
	
V
    	
 
    	
< 1.00
    	
 
    	
1.250
    	
%
    	
0.250
    	
%
    	
0.175
    	
%
    

 

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee Percentage resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first day of the third calendar month following the end of the fiscal quarter for which the Administrative Agent receives a Compliance Certificate indicating the then current Total Leverage Ratio and applicable Tier level; provided, however, that if no Compliance Certificate is delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Tier I shall apply as of the date of the failure to deliver such Compliance Certificate until such date as the Borrowers deliver such Compliance Certificate in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and thereafter the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee Percentage shall be based on the Total Leverage Ratio indicated on such Compliance Certificate until such time as the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee Percentage are further adjusted as set forth in this definition.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee Percentage in effect as of the Closing Date shall be set at Tier III until the first adjustment to occur after March 31, 2012.  If the Total Leverage Ratio reported in any Compliance Certificate shall be determined to have been incorrectly reported and if correctly reported would have resulted in a higher Applicable Margin or Commitment Fee Percentage, then the Applicable Margin or Commitment Fee Percentage, as applicable, shall be retroactively adjusted to reflect the higher rate that would have been applicable had the Total Leverage Ratio been correctly reported in such Compliance Certificate and the additional amounts resulting therefrom shall be due and payable upon demand from the Administrative Agent or any Lender (the Borrowers’ obligations to pay such additional amounts shall survive the payment and performance of all other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement).  If the Total Leverage Ratio reported in any Compliance Certificate shall be determined to have been incorrectly reported and if correctly reported would have resulted in a lower Applicable Margin or Commitment Fee Percentage, then the Applicable Margin or Commitment Fee Percentage, as applicable, shall be retroactively adjusted to reflect the lower rate that would have been applicable had the Total Leverage Ratio been correctly reported in such Compliance Certificate and the adjusted amounts resulting therefrom shall be credited against future payments of interest and Commitment Fees owing by the Borrowers to the Lenders.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Applicable Margin in effect under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Closing Date shall be applicable to all interest and commitment fees accruing prior to the Closing Date.

 

“Prime Rate” shall mean the per annum rate of interest most recently announced within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco, California as its Prime Rate, with the

 

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understanding that Wells Fargo’s Prime Rate is one of its base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publication or publications as Wells Fargo may designate.  Any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in the Prime Rate shall become effective on the Business Day on which each such change in the Prime Rate occurs.

 

“Proposed Change” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.04.

 

“Public Lender” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 5.01(a).

 

“Rate Contract” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, cap, collar, hedge, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.

 

“Real Property Security Documents” shall mean (a) the Atlantis Deed of Trust and (b) each deed of trust or mortgage delivered from time to time in accordance with Section 5.01(k) or Schedule 3.03 or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents.

 

“Receipt Date” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.06(c)(v).

 

“Reduction Amount” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.04(b).

 

“Reduction Date” shall mean each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

 

“Reduction Notice” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.04(a).

 

“Register” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.05(d).

 

“Relevant Sale” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.06(c)(iv).

 

“Reportable Event” shall mean any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and applicable regulations thereunder (other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived).

 

“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, the Lenders whose Revolving Proportionate Shares then exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total Revolving Proportionate Shares of all Lenders; provided that at any time any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be excluded in determining “Required Lenders”, and “Required Lenders” shall mean at such time non-Defaulting Lenders having total Revolving Proportionate Shares exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the total Revolving Proportionate Shares of all non-Defaulting Lenders; provided that, in no event shall Required Lenders consist of fewer than three non-Defaulting Lenders at any time at which there shall be at least three non-Defaulting Lenders party to this Agreement, and for purposes of the foregoing, Lenders that are Affiliates of one another shall be treated as a single Lender.

 

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“Requirement of Law” applicable to any Person shall mean (a) such Person’s Organizational Documents, (b) any Governmental Rule applicable to such Person, (c) any Governmental Authorization granted by or obtained from any Governmental Authority or under any Governmental Rule for the benefit of such Person or (d) any judgment, decision, award, decree, writ or determination of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

“Reserve Requirement” shall mean, with respect to any day in an Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan and for any calculation of the One Month LIBOR Rate, the aggregate of the maximum of the reserve requirement rates (expressed as a decimal) in effect on such day for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.  As used herein, the term “reserve requirement” shall include, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency reserve requirements imposed on any Lender by any Governmental Authority.

 

“Responsible Officer” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, vice president of finance or treasurer of such Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party and any request or other communication conveyed telephonically or otherwise by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party (or any Person reasonably believed by the Administrative Agent to be a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party) shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer (or such Person reasonably believed by the Administrative Agent to be a Responsible Officer) shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 

“Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.01(a).

 

“Revolving Loan Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing by the Borrowers consisting of the Revolving Loans made by each of the Lenders to the Borrowers on the same date and of the same Type pursuant to a single Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans.

 

“Revolving Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the Dollar amount set forth under the caption “Revolving Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Part A of Schedule I, or, if changed in accordance with this Agreement, such Dollar amount as may be set forth for such Lender in the Register.

 

“Revolving Loan Note” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.08(b).

 

“Revolving Proportionate Share” shall mean:

 

(a)           With respect to any Lender so long as the Revolving Loan Commitments are in effect, the ratio (expressed as a percentage rounded to the eighth digit to the right of the decimal point) of (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment at such time to (ii) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time; and

 

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(b)           With respect to any Lender at any other time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage rounded to the eighth digit to the right of the decimal point) of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Effective Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, (B) such Lender’s pro rata share of the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (C) such Lender’s pro rata share of the aggregate Effective Amount of all Swing Line Loans to (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and (B) the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations.

 

The initial Revolving Proportionate Share of each Lender is set forth under the caption “Revolving Proportionate Share” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I.

 

“RSCVA” shall mean the Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, a political subdivision of the County of Washoe, State of Nevada.

 

“Sale and Leaseback” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sale of Property owned by such Person (the “Seller”) to another Person (the “Buyer”), together with the substantially concurrent leasing of such Property by the Buyer to the Seller.

 

“Scheduled Reduction Payment” shall mean, for any fiscal quarter, the amount, if any, by which (a) the highest aggregate Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations at any time during such fiscal quarter exceeds (b) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as of the last day of such fiscal quarter (after giving effect to any scheduled reduction in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment on such day).

 

“Security Agreement” shall mean that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among each Loan Party party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Security Documents” shall mean and include the Security Agreement, each Control Agreement, each Real Property Security Document, each pledge agreement or security agreement delivered in accordance with Section 5.01(i) and all other instruments, agreements, certificates, opinions and documents (including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and fixture filings) delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with any Collateral or to secure the Obligations or the obligation of a Guarantor under the Loan Documents.

 

“Sole Bookrunner” shall mean Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in its capacity as sole bookrunner in connection with this Agreement.

 

“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the fair value of the liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, matured and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in or about to engage in business or transactions for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital.

 

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“Spaceleases” shall mean the executed leases and concession agreements pertaining to the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa or any portion thereof where Golden Road is the lessor.

 

“Standby Letter of Credit” shall mean any of the standby letters of credit issued by the L/C Issuer under this Agreement, either as originally issued or as the same may be supplemented, modified, amended, extended, restated or supplanted.

 

“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean (a) any corporation of which more than 50% of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries, (b) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other association of which more than 50% of the Equity Securities having the power to vote, direct or control the management of such partnership, joint venture or other association is at the time owned and controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of the other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries or (c) any other Person included in the Financial Statements of such Person on a consolidated basis.  Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of Parent.

 

“Surety Instruments” shall mean all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), banker’s acceptances, bank guaranties, shipside bonds, surety bonds and similar instruments.

 

“Swing Line” shall mean the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.03.

 

“Swing Line Lender” shall mean Wells Fargo in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

 

“Swing Line Loan” shall mean the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).

 

“Swing Line Settlement Date” shall mean the fifteenth day of each month and the last Business Day of each month.

 

“Swing Line Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000  and (b) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.

 

“Swing Loan Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan.

 

“Swing Loan Note” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.08(c).

 

“Syndication Agent” shall mean Bank of America N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent in connection with this Agreement.  The capacity of the Syndication Agent is titular in nature, and the Syndication Agent shall have no special rights or obligations over those of a Lender by reason thereof.

 

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“Taxes” shall mean all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges, including, without limitation, all U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other income, franchise, profits, gross receipts, capital gains, capital stock, transfer, property, sales, use, value-added, occupation, property, excise, severance, windfall profits, stamp, license, payroll, social security, withholding and other taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (whether payable directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing of a Tax Return), all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments, additions to tax, penalties and interest and shall include any liability for such amounts as a result either of being a member of a combined, consolidated, unitary or affiliated group or of a contractual obligation to indemnify any person or other entity.

 

“Tax Return” shall mean all tax returns, statements, forms and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) for Taxes.

 

“Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Rate Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Rate Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Rate Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Rate Contracts, as determined by the Administrative Agent based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Rate Contracts which may include any Lender.

 

“Ticking Fee” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.05(b).

 

“Total Funded Debt” shall mean all Indebtedness of the Loan Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP).

 

“Total Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any time, the ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt at such time, to (b) EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which Financial Statements are available.

 

“Total Available Commitment” shall mean, at any time, (i) prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) and (ii) from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.

 

“Total Revolving Loan Commitment” shall mean, at any time, One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) or, if such amount is reduced pursuant to Section 2.04(a) or (b), the amount to which so reduced and in effect at such time or, if such amount is increased pursuant to Section 2.01(b), the amount to which it is increased and in effect at such time.

 

“Transactions” shall mean, collectively (a) the transactions contemplated under the Acquisition Agreement, including the Acquisition, and the acquisition of the other real properties relating to the Acquisition, (b) the Borrowings of the Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date and (c) the payment of fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the foregoing.

 

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“Type” shall mean, with respect to any Loan or Borrowing at any time, the classification of such Loan or Borrowing by the type of interest rate it then bears, whether an interest rate based upon the Base Rate or the LIBOR Rate.

 

“UCP” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 2.02(h).

 

“Unfunded Pension Liability” shall mean the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the IRC for the applicable plan year.

 

“United States” and “U.S.” shall mean the United States of America.

 

“Unreimbursed Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c)(i).

 

“Unused Revolving Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the remainder of (a) the Total Available Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans and the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time.  For the avoidance of doubt, Swing Line Loans shall not be counted as Revolving Loans for purposes of determining the amount of Unused Revolving Commitment.

 

“Village Shopping Center” shall mean the shopping center known as “The Village” and formerly known as the Sierra Marketplace Shopping Center, located at the southeast corner of Virginia Street and Moana Lane, Reno, Nevada, that is owned by BLILP, a portion of which is the subject of the Adjacent Driveway Lease.

 

“V/P Property” shall mean the real property more particularly described on that certain schedule marked Schedule B, affixed hereto and by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

 

“Wells Fargo” shall have the meaning given to that term in clause (3) of the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean any Person in which 100% of the Equity Securities of each class having ordinary voting power, and 100% of the Equity Securities of every other class, in each case, at the time as of which any determination is being made, is owned, beneficially and of record, by Parent, or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Parent, or both.

 

1.02.       GAAP.  Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all accounting terms used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be construed, and all accounting and financial computations hereunder or thereunder shall be computed, in accordance with GAAP applied in a consistent manner with the principles used in the preparation of the Financial Statements referred to in item (d) of Schedule 3.01.  To the extent that the Financial Statements of the Acquired Company are computed using different principles than those used in preparation of the Financial Statements referred to in item (d) of Schedule 3.01, after the consummation of the Acquisition, adjustments to the Financial Statements of the Acquired Company shall be made to conform to principles used in preparation

 

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of the Financial Statements referred to in item (d) of Schedule 3.01.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness and other liabilities of the Loan Parties shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and, to the extent applicable, the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.  If GAAP changes during the term of this Agreement such that any covenants contained herein would then be calculated in a different manner or with different components,  the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement in such respects as are necessary to conform those covenants as criteria for evaluating the Loan Parties’ financial condition to substantially the same criteria as were effective prior to such change in GAAP; provided, however, that, until the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent so amend this Agreement, all such covenants shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP, as in effect immediately prior to such change in GAAP.

 

1.03.       Headings.  The table of contents, captions and section headings appearing in this Agreement are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

1.04.       Plural Terms.  All terms defined in this Agreement or any other Loan Document in the singular form shall have comparable meanings when used in the plural form and vice versa.

 

1.05.       Time.  All references in this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to a time of day shall mean San Francisco, California time, unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.06.       Governing Law.  This Agreement and, unless otherwise expressly provided in any such Loan Document, each of the other Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to conflicts of law rules.  The scope of the foregoing governing law provision is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be brought in any court or any mediation or arbitration proceeding and that relate to the subject matter of the Loan Documents, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims.

 

1.07.       Construction.  This Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and their respective counsel.  Accordingly, this Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of all parties hereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against the Borrowers, any Lender or the Administrative Agent.

 

1.08.       Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, taken together, constitute and contain the entire agreement of the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and supersede any and all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, understandings and communications among the parties, whether written or oral, respecting the subject matter hereof including, except to the extent expressly set forth therein, the commitment letter dated as of August 23, 2011 among Parent, Golden Road, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger, but excluding the Fee Letter (except to the extent modified as set forth in Section 2.05(a) below).

 

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1.09.       Calculation of Interest and Fees.  All calculations of interest and fees under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents for any period (a) shall include the first day of such period and exclude the last day of such period; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day and (b) shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as appropriate, for actual days elapsed, except that during any period any Loan bears interest based upon the LIBOR Rate, such interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days, for actual days elapsed.

 

1.10.       References.

 

(a)           References in this Agreement to “Recitals,” “Sections,” “Paragraphs,” “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are to recitals, sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated.

 

(b)           References in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any document, instrument or agreement (i) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments hereto or thereto, (ii) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof if such replacement is permitted hereby or thereby, and (iii) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, restated, modified and supplemented from time to time and in effect at any given time if such amendment, restatement, modification or supplement is permitted hereby or thereby.

 

(c)           References in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Governmental Rule (i) shall include any successor Governmental Rule, (ii) shall include all rules and regulations promulgated under such Governmental Rule (or any successor Governmental Rule), and (iii) shall mean such Governmental Rule (or successor Governmental Rule) and such rules and regulations, as amended, modified, codified or reenacted from time to time and in effect at any given time.

 

(d)           References in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Person in a particular capacity (i) shall include any successors to and permitted assigns of such Person in that capacity and (ii) shall exclude such Person individually or in any other capacity.

 

1.11.       Other Interpretive Provisions.  The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be.  The words “include” and “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not be construed to be limiting or exclusive.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.

 

1.12.       Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed in this Agreement and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number

 

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(with a round-up if there is no nearest number) to the number of places by which such ratio is expressed in this Agreement.

 

1.13.       Joint and Several Obligations.  Each of the Borrowers agrees that its obligations, agreements, representations and warranties, covenants and liabilities (including the Obligations) under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents are joint and several obligations.

 

1.14.       Amendment and Restatement.  It is intended by the parties hereto that (a) all obligations of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue to exist under and be evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and (b) except as expressly stated herein or amended hereby, the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed as remaining unmodified and in full force and effect with respect to all obligations thereunder; it being understood that it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement does not constitute a novation of rights, obligations and liabilities of the respective parties existing under the Existing Credit Agreement and such rights, obligations and liabilities shall continue and remain outstanding, and that this Agreement amends, restates and replaces in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement.  On the Closing Date, each Loan Document that was in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date other than the Existing Credit Agreement and such other Loan Documents that are amended or amended and restated in connection herewith shall continue to be effective and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the Existing Credit Agreement contained therein shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement and any reference to the Loans or Obligations shall be deemed to refer to the Loans and Obligations under this Agreement.  Prior to the Closing Date, all Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall remain in full force in effect in accordance with their existing terms.

 

ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITIES.

 

2.01.       Loan Facility.

 

(a)           Revolving Loan Availability.  On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to advance to the Borrowers from time to time during the period beginning on the Closing Date up to, but not including the Maturity Date such loans in Dollars as the Borrowers may request under this Section 2.01(a) (individually, a “Revolving Loan”); provided, however, that (i) the sum of (A) the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender at any time outstanding and (B) such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations and all Swing Line Loans at any time outstanding shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Total Available Commitment at such time and (ii) the sum of (A) the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans made by all the Lenders at any time outstanding and (B) the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans at any time outstanding shall not exceed the Total Available Commitment at such time.  All Revolving Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Proportionate Shares, with each Revolving Loan Borrowing to be comprised of a Revolving Loan by each Lender equal to such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of such Revolving Loan Borrowing.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans until the Maturity Date.

 

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(b)          Optional Increases.

 

(i)            On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below, Borrower may, at any time after the Acquisition Closing Date and before the Maturity Date, increase the Total Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that:

 

(A)          after giving effect to the requested increase, the aggregate amount of the increases in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall not exceed $50,000,000;

 

(B)          all required third party consents and approvals shall have been obtained;

 

(C)          prior to the date of any proposed increase, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall not have been decreased pursuant to Section 2.04(a);

 

(D)          each such increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be equal to $15,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;

 

(E)           no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall occur as a result of such increase; and

 

(F)           the Borrowers and the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered such documents and instruments and taken such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with such increases in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment (including documents related to real property Collateral (if any), title insurance endorsements, new or amended Notes, any related fee letters, documents evidencing the increased Revolving Loan Commitment held by any applicable Lender, a compliance certificate evidencing pro forma compliance with the financial covenants, any joinder agreements related to a New Lender, reaffirmations of the Guaranty, resolutions regarding the increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and related actions taken by the Borrowers and the Guarantors, certified as true and correct by a Responsible Officer and legal opinions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

 

In connection with any such increase, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, agree with the Borrowers to adjust the financial covenant levels set forth in Section 5.03 hereof, provided that the financial covenant levels shall not be amended to levels less restrictive than those set forth in this Agreement as of the Closing Date.

 

Any request under this Section 2.01(b) shall be submitted by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly forward copies to the Lenders), specify the proposed effective date and amount of such increase (and whether such increase shall be an increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment) and be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that no Default exists or will occur as a result of such increase.  If any fees are to be paid or offered in connection with such increase, the Administrative Agent (with the consent of Borrowers) may also specify any fees offered to those Lenders (the “Increasing Lenders”) which agree to increase the amount of their respective Revolving Loan Commitment, which fees may

 

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be variable based upon the amount by which any such Lender is willing to increase the amount of its Revolving Loan Commitment; no Lender which is not an Increasing Lender shall be entitled to receive any such fees.  No Lender shall have any obligation, express or implied, to offer to increase the amount of its Revolving Loan Commitment.  Only the consent of each Increasing Lender shall be required for an increase in the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.01(b)(i).  No Lender which elects not to increase the amount of its Revolving Loan Commitment may be replaced in respect of its existing Revolving Loan Commitment as a result thereof without such Lender’s written consent.

 

(ii)           Each Increasing Lender shall, as soon as practicable after the Borrowers have submitted a request under Section 2.01(b)(i), specify the amount of the proposed increase in its Revolving Loan Commitment which it is willing to offer.  To the extent the increased Revolving Loan Commitment of the Increasing Lenders is insufficient or there are no Increasing Lenders, the Borrowers may designate new lenders who qualify as Eligible Assignees and which are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as additional Lenders hereunder in accordance with this Section 2.01(b)(ii) (each such new Lender being a “New Lender”), which New Lender may assume all or a portion of the increase in the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.  The Borrowers shall pay a fee to the Administrative Agent solely for the account of the Administrative Agent in connection with any such increase as set forth in the Fee Letter.  The Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall have discretion jointly to adjust the allocation of the increased aggregate principal amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment among Increasing Lenders and New Lenders.

 

(iii)          Each New Lender designated by the Borrowers and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent shall become an additional party hereto as a New Lender concurrently with the effectiveness of the proposed increase in the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment upon its execution of an instrument of joinder (which may contain such modifications to this Agreement and terms and conditions relating thereto as may be necessary to ensure that such Revolving Loan Commitments are treated as Revolving Loan Commitments for all purposes under the Loan Documents), in each case prepared by the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Each New Lender shall provide the documentation required by Section 2.12(e).

 

(iv)          Subject to the foregoing, any increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment requested by the Borrowers shall be effective as of the date proposed by the Borrowers (the “Increase Effective Date”) and shall be in the principal amount equal to (i) the amount which the Increasing Lenders are willing to assume as increases to the amount of their Revolving Loan Commitments plus (ii) the amount offered by the New Lenders with respect to the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, in either case as adjusted by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.01(b)(ii).

 

(v)           On or prior to the Increase Effective Date, with respect to any increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount required to be paid by or to such Lender so that the Revolving Loans held by the Lenders on the Increase Effective Date (before giving effect to any new Revolving Loans made on such date) shall be held by each Lender pro rata in accordance with the Revolving Loan

 

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Commitments of the Lenders as adjusted pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.01(b)(ii).  Each Lender which is required to reduce the amount of Revolving Loans held by it (each such Lender, a “Decreasing Lender”) shall irrevocably assign, without recourse or warranty of any kind whatsoever (except that each Decreasing Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Revolving Loans assigned by it under this Section 2.01(b)(v) and that such Revolving Loans are held by such Decreasing Lender free and clear of adverse claims), to each Increasing Lender and New Lender participating in the applicable increase in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, and each applicable Increasing Lender and New Lender shall irrevocably acquire from the Decreasing Lenders, a portion of the principal amount of the Revolving Loans of each Decreasing Lender (collectively, the “Acquired Portion”) outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (before giving effect to any new Revolving Loans made on such date) in an amount such that the principal amount of the Revolving Loans held by each applicable Increasing Lender, New Lender and Decreasing Lender as of the Increase Effective Date shall be held in accordance with each such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share (if any) as of such date.  Such assignment and acquisition shall be effective on the Increase Effective Date automatically and without any action required on the part of any party other than the payment by the applicable Increasing Lenders and New Lenders to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Decreasing Lenders of an aggregate amount equal to the Acquired Portion, which amount shall be allocated and paid by the Administrative Agent at or before 12:00 noon on the Increase Effective Date to the Decreasing Lenders pro rata based upon the respective reductions in the principal amount of the Revolving Loans held by such Lenders on the Increase Effective Date (before giving effect to any new Revolving Loans made on such date).  Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall adjust its records accordingly to reflect the payment of the Acquired Portion.  The payments to be made in respect of the Acquired Portion shall be made by the applicable Increasing Lenders and New Lenders to the Administrative Agent in Dollars in immediately available funds at or before 11:00 a.m. on the Increase Effective Date, such payments to be made by the applicable Increasing Lenders and New Lenders pro rata based upon the respective increases in the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments held by such Lenders on the Increase Effective Date.

 

(vi)          To the extent any of the Revolving Loans acquired by the applicable Increasing Lenders and New Lenders from the Decreasing Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(v) above are LIBOR Loans and the Increase Effective Date is not the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loans, the Decreasing Lenders shall not be entitled to compensation from the Borrowers as provided in Section 2.13 (as if the Borrowers had prepaid such Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the Acquired Portion on the Increase Effective Date).

 

(c)           Notice of Loan Borrowing.  The Borrowers shall request each Revolving Loan Borrowing by delivering to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A (a “Notice of Loan Borrowing”), duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers and appropriately completed (or shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, to be promptly confirmed by the delivery to the Administrative Agent of a signed Notice of Loan Borrowing, which may be delivered by facsimile or e-mail), which specifies, among other things:

 

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(i)            The principal amount of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing, which shall be in the amount of (A) $50,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans or (B) $100,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof in the case of a Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans;

 

(ii)           Whether the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing is to consist of Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans;

 

(iii)          If the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing is to consist of LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Periods selected by the Borrowers for such LIBOR Loans in accordance with Section 2.01(f); and

 

(iv)          The date of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day.

 

The Borrowers shall give each Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans to the Administrative Agent not later than (1) 11:00 a.m. at least three (3) Business Days before the date of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans and (2) 11:00 a.m. at least one (1) Business Day before the date of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans.  Each Notice of Loan Borrowing shall be delivered by first-class mail or facsimile or by e-mail containing a PDF of such signed and completed Notice of Loan Borrowing to the Administrative Agent at the office or facsimile number or e-mail address, as the case may be, and during the hours specified in Section 8.01; provided, however, that, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of Loan Borrowing initially delivered by facsimile or e-mail.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of each Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans and of the amount and Type of (and, if applicable, the Interest Period for) the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender as part of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing.

 

(d)          Interest Rates.  The Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan from the date of such Revolving Loan until paid in full, at one of the following rates per annum:

 

(i)            During such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin therefor, such rate to change from time to time as the Applicable Margin or Base Rate shall change; and

 

(ii)           During such periods as such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan to the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin therefor, such rate to change from time to time during such Interest Period as the Applicable Margin shall change.

 

All Revolving Loans in each Revolving Loan Borrowing shall, at any given time prior to maturity, bear interest at one, and only one, of the above rates.  The number of Revolving Loan Borrowings consisting of LIBOR Loans shall not exceed eight (8) in the aggregate at any time.

 

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(e)          Conversion of Loans.  Subject to Section 2.13, the Borrowers may convert any Revolving Loan Borrowing from one Type of Revolving Loan Borrowing to the other Type; provided that any conversion of a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans into a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans shall be in the amount of $50,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof and any conversion of a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans into a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans shall be in the amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof; provided, further, that (i) no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Loan after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and (ii) any conversion of a LIBOR Loan on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor shall be subject to the payments required under Section 2.13.  The Borrowers shall request such a conversion by delivering to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Notice of Conversion”), duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers and appropriately completed (or shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, to be promptly confirmed by the delivery to the Administrative Agent of a signed Notice of Conversion, which may be delivered by facsimile or e-mail), which specifies, among other things:

 

(i)            The Revolving Loan Borrowing which is to be converted;

 

(ii)           The Type of Revolving Loan Borrowing into which such Revolving Loan Borrowing is to be converted;

 

(iii)          If such Revolving Loan Borrowing is to be converted into a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period selected by the Borrowers for such LIBOR Loans in accordance with Section 2.01(f), as applicable; and

 

(iv)          The date of the requested conversion, which shall be a Business Day.

 

The Borrowers shall give each Notice of Conversion to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least three (3) Business Days before the date of the requested conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan or at least one (1) Business Day before the date of the requested conversion of a LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan.  Each Notice of Conversion shall be delivered by first-class mail or facsimile or by e-mail containing a PDF of such signed and completed Notice of Conversion to the Administrative Agent at the office or to the facsimile number or e-mail address and during the hours specified in Section 8.01; provided, however, that, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of Conversion initially delivered by facsimile or e-mail.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of each Notice of Conversion relating to Revolving Loans.

 

(f)           LIBOR Loan Interest Periods.

 

(i)            The initial and each subsequent Interest Period selected by the Borrowers for a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans shall be one (1), three (3) or six (6) months; provided, however, that (A) any Interest Period which would otherwise

 

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end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day; (B) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (C) no Interest Period shall end after the Maturity Date; (D) no LIBOR Loan shall be made or continued for an additional Interest Period after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and (E) No LIBOR Loan shall be made which would cause the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all LIBOR Loans having Interest Periods ending after any Reduction Date and (2) the undrawn amount of Letters of Credit expiring after such Reduction Date to be in excess of the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, as scheduled to be reduced pursuant to Section 2.04(b) on that Reduction Date.

 

(ii)           The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent of the Borrowers’ selection of a new Interest Period for a Revolving Loan Borrowing by an irrevocable written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C (a “Notice of Interest Period Selection”), duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers and appropriately completed (or shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, to be promptly confirmed by the delivery to the Administrative Agent of a signed Notice of Interest Period Selection, which may be delivered by facsimile or e-mail), not later than 11:00 a.m. at least three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of each Interest Period for a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans; provided, however, that no LIBOR Loan shall be continued for an additional Interest Period after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  Each Notice of Interest Period Selection shall be given by first-class mail or facsimile or by e-mail containing a PDF of such signed and completed Notice of Interest Period Selection to the Administrative Agent to the office or the facsimile number or e-mail address and during the hours specified in Section 8.01; provided, however, that, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of Interest Period Selection initially delivered by facsimile or e-mail.  If (A) the Borrowers shall fail to notify the Administrative Agent of the next Interest Period for a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans in accordance with this Section 2.01(f) or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the last date of an Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, such LIBOR Loan(s) shall automatically convert to Base Rate Loan(s) in Dollars on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of each Notice of Interest Period Selection for the Revolving Loans.

 

(g)          Scheduled Payments.

 

(i)            Interest — All Loans.  The Borrowers shall pay accrued interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan thereof in arrears (i) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2011), (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period therefor (and, if any such Interest Period is longer than three (3) months, every three (3) months after the first day of such Interest Period); and (iii) in the case of all Loans, on the Maturity Date.  All interest that is not paid when due shall be due on demand.

 

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(ii)           Scheduled Principal Payments - Revolving Loans and Reimbursed Amounts.  The Borrowers shall repay the then unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loans and Unreimbursed Amounts on the Maturity Date.  The Borrowers shall also make the mandatory prepayments required by Section 2.06(c).

 

2.02.       Letters of Credit.

 

(a)          The Letter of Credit Commitment.

 

(i)            On the Closing Date, the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued hereunder, and each Revolving Lender shall thereupon acquire a participation interest therein in accordance with its Revolving Proportionate Share and the terms of this Section 2.02.  The Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer (1) shall, from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, issue Letters of Credit in Dollars for the account of a Borrower in support of the obligations of such Borrower or any other Loan Party, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) shall honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of a Borrower in support of the obligations of such Borrower or any other Loan Party; provided that the L/C Issuer shall not be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations would exceed the Total Available Commitment at such time, (y) the aggregate Effective Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Effective Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Total Available Commitment, or (z) the Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.  Each Letter of Credit shall be in a form acceptable to the L/C Issuer.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

 

(ii)           The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(A)          any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing

 

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Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

 

(B)          subject to Section 2.02(b)(iii), (1) in the case of any Standby Letter of Credit, the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal or (2) in the case of any Commercial Letter of Credit, the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than 180 days after the date of issuance or last renewal, in either case unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date;

 

(C)          the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date;

 

(D)          the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer or the terms and conditions of the applicable Letter of Credit Application;

 

(E)           such Letter of Credit is in a face amount less than $25,000, in the case of a Commercial Letter of Credit, or $100,000, in the case of any other type of Letter of Credit, or denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

 

(F)           such Letter of Credit is in violation of the ISP, the UCP or other applicable Governmental Rule;

 

(G)          a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.02(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the Administrative Agent has received (as set forth below) Cash Collateral or similar security satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) from the Borrowers in respect of such Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund under Section 2.02(c) or the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements satisfactory to the L/C Issuer with the Borrowers or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Lender.

 

(iii)          The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit.

 

(b)          Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Evergreen Letters of Credit.

 

(i)            Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrowers delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., at least four (4) Business Days (or such later date and time as the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the

 

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proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which date shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the account party thereunder, and (H) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which date shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require.

 

(ii)           Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrowers and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Upon receipt by the L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

 

(iii)          If the Borrowers so request in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an “Evergreen Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Evergreen Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Nonrenewal Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such renewal.  Once an Evergreen Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to a date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof, or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the Nonrenewal Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such renewal or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrowers that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 3.02 is not then satisfied.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the L/C Issuer shall have no obligation to permit the renewal of any Evergreen Letter of Credit at any time.

 

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(iv)          Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

 

(c)          Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

 

(i)            Upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of the amount to be paid by the L/C Issuer as a result of such drawing and the date on which payment is to be made by the L/C Issuer to the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit in respect of such drawing; provided, however, that in the case of Commercial Letters of Credit, subsequent notification by routine methods shall be deemed sufficient notice.  Not later than 11:00 a.m., on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date of payment, an “Honor Date”), the Borrowers shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, which may be effected through the debiting of one or more deposit accounts maintained with the Administrative Agent.  If the Borrowers fail to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share thereof.  In such event, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Loan Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Business Day following the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.01 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Total Available Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 (other than the delivery of a Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans).  Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.02(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided, that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

 

(ii)           Each Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.02(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Revolving Proportionate Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.02(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.

 

(iii)          With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Loan Borrowing because the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate applicable to Revolving Loans upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.02(c)(ii) shall be

 

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deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.02.

 

(iv)          Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.02(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, interest shall accrue beginning on the Honor Date for any such draw under a Letter of Credit.

 

(v)           Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for, or participate in, amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.02(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  Any such reimbursement shall not relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

 

(vi)          If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.02(c) by the time specified in Section 2.02(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate.  A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d)          Repayment of Participations.

 

(i)            At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.02(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), or any payment of interest thereon, the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Revolving Proportionate Share thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)           If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.02(c)(i) is required to be returned, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Revolving Proportionate Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate.

 

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(e)           Obligations Absolute.  The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit, and to repay each L/C Borrowing and each drawing under a Letter of Credit that is refinanced by a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents under all circumstances, including the following:

 

(i)            any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(ii)           any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of any Letter of Credit or any other amendment or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, all or any of the Loan Documents;

 

(iii)          the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that a Borrower or any other Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

 

(iv)          any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

 

(v)           any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

 

(vi)          the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any property purported to be represented by documents presented in connection with any Letter of Credit or any difference between any such property and the character, quality, quantity, condition, or value of such property as described in such documents;

 

(vii)         the time, place, manner, order or contents of shipments or deliveries of property as described in documents presented in connection with any Letter of Credit or the existence, nature and extent of any insurance relative thereto;

 

(viii)        the solvency or financial responsibility of any party issuing any documents in connection with a Letter of Credit;

 

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(ix)          any failure or delay in notice of shipments or arrival of any property;

 

(x)           any error in the transmission of any message relating to a Letter of Credit not caused by the L/C Issuer, or any delay or interruption in any such message;

 

(xi)          any error, neglect or default of any correspondent of the L/C Issuer in connection with a Letter of Credit;

 

(xii)         any consequence arising from acts of God, war, insurrection, civil unrest, disturbances, labor disputes, emergency conditions or other causes beyond the control of the L/C Issuer;

 

(xiii)        the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any contract or document referred to in any document submitted to the L/C Issuer in connection with a Letter of Credit; or

 

(xiv)        any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrowers.

 

The Borrowers shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrowers’ instructions or other irregularity, the Borrowers will immediately notify the L/C Issuer.  The Borrowers shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

 

(f)           Role of L/C Issuer.  The Borrowers and the Lenders agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor the L/C Issuer nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors nor any of the correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application.  The Borrowers hereby assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor the L/C Issuer nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors nor any of the correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (xiv) of Section 2.02(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers may have a claim

 

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against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrowers, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrowers which are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen from the L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 

(g)          Cash Collateral.

 

(i)            Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (A) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit may for any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the Borrowers shall immediately Cash Collateralize the Obligations in an amount equal to 105% of the then Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations.  The Borrowers hereby grants the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a Lien on all such cash and deposit account balances described in the definition of “Cash Collateralize” as security for the Obligations.  The Lien held by the Administrative Agent in such cash collateral to secure the Obligations shall be released upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions: (1) no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, (2) all L/C Obligations shall have been repaid in full and (3) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(ii)           In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 2.02(a)(ii)(G), if at any time during which one or more Letters of Credit are outstanding, any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender, then no later than five (5) Business Days of written demand thereof from the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers shall provide the Administrative Agent with Cash Collateral or similar security satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) in respect of such Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund under Section 2.02(c) in an amount not less than the aggregate amount of such obligations.  The Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer, a security interest in all such Cash Collateral (and the Cash Collateral described in Section 2.02(a)(ii)(G)) and all proceeds of the foregoing.  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate L/C Obligations in respect of such Defaulting Lender, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate L/C Obligations over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim.

 

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(iii)          Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at Wells Fargo and may be invested in Cash Equivalents reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.  Such accounts must be subject to control agreements pursuant to which the Administrative Agent has “control,” as such term is used in the Uniform Commercial Code, sufficient to perfect on a first priority basis a security interest in such cash collateral.  Upon the drawing of any for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Governmental Rules, to reimburse the L/C Issuer.

 

(h)           Applicability of ISP and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) (the “ISP”) shall apply to each Standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance (the “UCP”), shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit.

 

(i)            Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrowers shall pay, to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Revolving Proportionate Share, a Letter of Credit fee for each such Letter of Credit for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof, at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans (plus two percent (2.00%) during such time that the Default Rate is in effect with respect to the Obligations pursuant to Section 2.07(c) applicable from time to time during such period multiplied by the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  Such fee for each Letter of Credit shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit and on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date.  Each such fee, when due, shall be fully earned and when paid, shall be non-refundable.  If there is any change in the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans during any fiscal quarter, the Applicable Margin used for the calculation of the Letter of Credit fee shall be the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans on each day during such quarter.

 

(j)            Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.  The Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, transfer, negotiation, fronting (which fronting fee shall not exceed 0.125% per annum on the face amount of each Letter of Credit), presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such fees and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

 

(k)           Conflict with Letter of Credit Application.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.

 

2.03.       Swing Line.

 

(a)           The Swing Line.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender shall make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) in Dollars to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the

 

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Closing Date up to but not including the Maturity Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Effective Amount of Revolving Loans of the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as a Lender of Revolving Loans, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the aggregate Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Total Available Commitment at such time, and (ii) the aggregate Effective Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender), plus such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Effective Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the Total Available Commitment, and provided, further, that (x) the Swing Line Lender shall not make any Swing Line Loan to refinance an outstanding Swing Line Loan and (y) the Borrowers shall be entitled to no more than five (5) Swing Line Loans in any month.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.03, prepay under Section 2.06, and reborrow under this Section 2.03.  Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.  Furthermore, before making any Swing Line Loans (if at such time any Lender is a Defaulting Lender), the Swing Line Lender may condition the provision of such Swing Line Loans on its receipt of Cash Collateral or similar security satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender (in its sole discretion) from the Borrowers in respect of such Defaulting Lender’s risk participation in such Swing Line Loans as set forth below.  The Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender, a security interest in all such Cash Collateral and all proceeds of the foregoing.  Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, deposit accounts at Wells Fargo and may be invested in Cash Equivalents reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.  Such accounts must be subject to control agreements pursuant to which the Administrative Agent has “control,” as such term is used in the Uniform Commercial Code, sufficient to perfect on a first priority basis a security interest in such cash collateral.  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate risk participation of such Defaulting Lender in the relevant Swing Line Loan, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate risk participation over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim.  At such times there are Swing Ling Loans outstanding for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied as and when determined by the Swing Line Lender, to the extent permitted under applicable Governmental Approvals, to reimburse and otherwise pay the applicable obligations owing to the Swing Line Lender.

 

(b)           Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Loan Borrowing shall be requested pursuant to the Borrowers’ irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line

 

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Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which amount shall be a minimum amount of $50,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by the delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers, which notice may be delivered by facsimile or e-mail.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 1:00 p.m., on the date of the proposed Swing Loan Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.03(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 3.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 2:00 p.m., on the borrowing date specified in such Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrowers by crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.

 

(c)          Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

 

(i)            The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably requests the Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), under this subsection (c), that each Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Total Available Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section 3.02.  The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrowers with a copy of the applicable Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Revolving Proportionate Share of the amount specified in such Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 noon, on the day specified in such Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans, whereupon, subject to Section 2.03(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

 

(ii)           If for any reason any Revolving Loan Borrowing cannot be requested in accordance with Section 2.03(c)(i) or any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Loan Borrowing, the Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s

 

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payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

 

(iii)          If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(iv)          Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  Any such purchase of participations shall not relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

 

(d)          Repayment of Participations.

 

(i)            At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Revolving Proportionate Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participation was outstanding and funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

 

(ii)           If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender, each Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Revolving Proportionate Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.

 

(e)           Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.  The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans.  Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or participation pursuant to this Section 2.03 to refinance such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest

 

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in respect of such Revolving Proportionate Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.  The Borrowers shall pay accrued interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Swing Line Loan on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter and at maturity.

 

(f)            Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender.  The Borrowers shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

 

2.04.       Amount Limitations, Commitment Reductions, Etc.

 

(a)          Optional Reduction or Cancellation of Revolving Loan Commitments.  From and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Borrowers may, upon three (3) Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent (each a “Reduction Notice”), permanently reduce the Total Revolving Loan Commitment by the amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof or cancel the Total Revolving Loan Commitment in its entirety; provided, however, that:

 

(i)            The Borrowers may not reduce the Total Revolving Loan Commitment prior to the Maturity Date, if, after giving effect to such reduction, the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans then outstanding would exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as so reduced; and

 

(ii)           The Borrowers may not cancel the Total Revolving Loan Commitment prior to the Maturity Date, if, after giving effect to such cancellation, any Revolving Loan would then remain outstanding.

 

Any Reduction Notice shall be irrevocable; provided that any Reduction Notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date previously provided in the applicable Reduction Notice) if such condition is not satisfied.

 

(b)          Scheduled and Mandatory Reductions of Revolving Loan Commitments.

 

(i)            The aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced on the Reduction Date occurring on the first fiscal quarter ending after the one year anniversary of the Acquisition Closing Date and on each Reduction Date thereafter by an amount equal to (i) 1.5% multiplied by the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date plus (ii) the Aggregate Additional Commitment Reduction Amount as in effect on such Reduction Date (each, a “Reduction Amount”).  The Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the Maturity Date.  In the case of any reduction in the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 2.04(a), such reduction shall be applied to the Reduction Amount(s) on the next scheduled Reduction Date(s) until the full amount of such reduction is so applied.  In the case of any other reduction in the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment (including pursuant to clause (ii) below), the amounts determined by reference to this Section 2.04(b)(i) shall not be affected and shall be in addition to the scheduled reductions pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(i).

 

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(ii)           The Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced by an amount equal to the maximum amount that would be required to be applied as a mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(c)(iii)-(vi) if the Effective Amount of the Revolving Loans was then equal to the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment (but without regard to the actual usage of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment), such reduction to be effective on the date of the required prepayment; provided that if equity proceeds are received under Section 2.06(c)(v) for an Investment for which the Collateral related thereto is pledged to the Administrative Agent within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such proceeds, then there shall be no reduction in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment in connection therewith.

 

(c)           Effect of Revolving Loan Commitment Adjustments.  From the effective date of any reduction or increase of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the Commitment Fees payable pursuant to Section 2.05(c) shall be computed on the basis of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as so reduced or increased.  Once reduced or cancelled, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment may not be increased or reinstated without the prior written consent of all Lenders (except as permitted under Section 2.01(b)).  Any reduction of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 2.04(a) shall be applied ratably to reduce each Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment in accordance with clause (i) of Section 2.10(a).

 

2.05.       Fees.

 

(a)           Fees.  The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger, for their own account, agent’s fees and other compensation in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Fee Letter (subject to clause (b) below) and any fees set forth in any fee letter or agreement executed in connection with any increase under Section 2.01(b).

 

(b)           Ticking Fee.  The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a ticking fee at a rate per annum of (i) 0.50% multiplied by (ii) the difference between the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and the Total Available Commitment (the “Ticking Fee”) accruing from and after the Closing Date until the earlier of (i) the Acquisition Closing Date and (ii) the date the Acquisition Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms.  The Borrowers shall pay the Ticking Fee in arrears on the last Business Day in each fiscal quarter (commencing with the first fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date) and on the Acquisition Closing Date (or if the Total Revolving Commitment is cancelled on a date prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, on such prior date).  This Section 2.05(b) amends and restates in its entirety Section 4 of the Fee Letter.

 

(c)           Commitment Fee.  The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender with respect to the period during which it is a Defaulting Lender) as provided in clause (iv) of Section 2.10(a), a commitment fee (collectively, the “Commitment Fee”) equal to the Commitment Fee Percentage multiplied by the daily average Unused Revolving Commitment for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the Maturity Date.  The Borrowers shall pay the Commitment Fee in arrears on the last Business Day in each fiscal quarter (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date) and on the Maturity Date (or if the Total Revolving Commitment is cancelled on a date prior to the Maturity Date, on such prior date).

 

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2.06.       Prepayments.

 

(a)           Terms of All Prepayments.  Upon the prepayment of any Loan (whether such prepayment is an optional prepayment under Section 2.06(b), a mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.06(c) or a mandatory prepayment required by any other provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including a prepayment upon acceleration), the Borrowers shall pay (i) if a LIBOR Loan is being prepaid under Section 2.06(b) or Section 2.06(c), to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender that made such LIBOR Loan all accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid, (ii) if a prepayment is made upon acceleration, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender that made such Loan all accrued interest and fees to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid and (iii) to such Lender if such prepayment is the prepayment of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan, all amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.13.

 

(b)           Optional Prepayments.

 

(i)            At its option, the Borrowers may, without premium or penalty but subject to Section 2.13 in the case of LIBOR Loans, upon one (1) Business Day’s notice from the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent in the case of Base Rate Loans or three (3) Business Days’ notice from the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent in the case of LIBOR Loans, prepay the Loans in any Borrowing and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon in part, in a minimum principal amount of $50,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof, or in whole.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment; provided that if such prepayment is on any day other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan, the Borrowers shall be subject to the payments required by Section 2.13.  If such notice is given by the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  If no Default has occurred and is continuing, all prepayments under this Section 2.06(b) which are applied to reduce the principal amount of the Loans shall be applied to the Loans as directed by the Borrowers.  If the Borrowers fail to direct the application of any such prepayments, then such prepayments shall be applied first to the accrued but unpaid interest on and then any principal of the Swing Line Loans until paid in full, second to the accrued but unpaid interest on and then any principal of the Revolving Loans until paid in full, and finally to Cash Collateralize the Obligations in an amount equal to the Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations.  In each case, to the extent possible, such principal payment shall be first applied to prepay Base Rate Loans and then if any funds remain, to prepay LIBOR Loans; provided that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any such prepayment is made, the Lenders shall apply such prepayments to such Obligations as the Administrative Agent may determine in its discretion which determination shall be effective as to all Lenders (but for regulatory purposes, the Lenders may apply such payments internally as they shall determine).

 

(ii)           At its option, the Borrowers may, upon notice by the Borrowers to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided, that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such

 

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prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $50,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

 

(c)          Mandatory Prepayments.  The Borrowers shall prepay (or Cash Collateralize, as applicable) the Obligations as follows:

 

(i)            If, at any time, the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding exceeds the Total Available Commitment at such time, the Borrowers shall immediately (A) prepay the Swing Line Loans to the extent Swing Line Loans in a sufficient amount are then outstanding, (B) then prepay the Revolving Loans to the extent Revolving Loans in a sufficient amount are then outstanding and (C) otherwise, Cash Collateralize the Obligations in an amount equal to the then Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess.

 

(ii)           The Borrowers shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (A) the second Swing Line Settlement Date occurring after such Swing Line Loan is made and (B) the Maturity Date.

 

(iii)          If, at any time after the Closing Date, any Loan Party sells or otherwise disposes of any assets (other than sales permitted under Section 5.02(c) (excluding clause (iii) thereof)) and the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition, when added to the Net Proceeds of all such sales or dispositions by the Loan Parties during the term of this Agreement, in the aggregate, exceed $2,500,000, the Borrowers shall, not later than five (5) Business Days after the completion of each such sale or other disposition which results in such excess or an increase in such excess, prepay (or Cash Collateralize, as applicable) the outstanding Loans and other Obligations in the manner set forth in Section 2.06(d), in each case, in an aggregate principal amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Proceeds of such excess or increase in such excess.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall not be required to make a prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) with respect to any sale or other disposition (a “Relevant Sale”) if the Borrowers advise the Administrative Agent in writing within four (4) Business Days after the time the Net Proceeds from such Relevant Sale are received that the applicable Loan Party intends to reinvest all or any portion of such Net Proceeds in replacement assets to the extent the acquisition of such replacement assets occurs within 180 days from the date of such Relevant Sale.  If, at any time after the occurrence of a Relevant Sale and prior to the acquisition of the related replacement assets, the 180-day period provided in the preceding sentence shall elapse or an Event of Default shall occur, then the Borrowers shall immediately prepay (or Cash Collateralize, as applicable), the outstanding Loans and other Obligations in the amount and in the manner described in the first sentence of this Section 2.06(c)(iii).

 

(iv)        Reserved.

 

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Borrowers shall, immediately after such issuance or sale, prepay (or Cash Collateralize, as applicable) the outstanding Loans and other Obligations in the manner set forth in Section 2.06(d), in each case, in an aggregate principal amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Securities.

 

(vi)        Not later than five (5) Business Days after the date (the “Receipt Date”) of receipt by a Loan Party (or the Administrative Agent) of any Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds which exceed $2,000,000 in connection with a particular circumstance or event, the Borrowers shall prepay (or Cash Collateralize, as applicable) the outstanding Loans and other Obligations in the manner set forth in Section 2.06(d) in an amount equal to such Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall not be required to make a prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(vi) with respect to any particular Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds if (A) the Borrowers advise the Administrative Agent in writing within four (4) Business Days after the related Receipt Date that it or another Loan Party intends to repair, restore or replace the assets from which such Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds were derived to the extent such repair, restoration or replacement is completed within 180 days after the related Receipt Date and (B) the Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds are sufficient to defray the entire cost of such repair, restoration or replacement or if not, the Borrowers have deposited with the Administrative Agent good funds equal to the difference between the cost of such repair, restoration or replacement and the amount of Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds deposited with the Administrative Agent, and such funds and proceeds will be held by the Administrative Agent and disbursed under procedures established by the Administrative Agent in good faith.  If, at any time after the occurrence of a Receipt Date and prior to the completion of the corresponding repair, restoration or replacement, the applicable 180-day period provided in the preceding sentence shall elapse without the completion of the related repair, restoration or replacement, or the Borrowers shall fail to provide and deposit the funds and proceeds required under clause (B) above, or an Event of Default shall occur, then the Borrowers shall immediately prepay (or Cash Collateralize, as applicable) the outstanding Loans and other Obligations in the amount and in the manner described in the first sentence of this Section 2.06(c)(vi).  If the Borrowers have provided the written notice contemplated by the prior sentence, then until such Net Insurance Proceeds or Net Condemnation Proceeds are needed to pay for the related repair, restoration or replacement such proceeds shall be held by the Administrative Agent as Collateral in an interest bearing account with the Administrative Agent as directed by the Borrowers.  No right to apply proceeds to repair, restoration or replacement shall exist if any such repair, restoration or replacement cannot reasonably be completed prior to 180 days before the Maturity Date.

 

(vii)       The Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time of each prepayment (or Cash Collateralization, as applicable) required under this Section 2.06(c), (A) a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrowers setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and (B) to the extent practicable, at least three days prior written notice of such prepayment (or Cash Collateralization, as applicable).  Each notice of prepayment (or Cash Collateralization, as applicable) shall specify the prepayment (or Cash Collateralization, as applicable) date and the Type and principal amount of each Loan to be prepaid.  In the event that the Borrowers shall subsequently determine that the

 

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actual amount was greater than the amount set forth in such certificate, the Borrowers shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans (and/or, if applicable, the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced) in an amount equal to the amount of such excess, and the Borrowers shall concurrently therewith deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrowers demonstrating the derivation of the additional amount resulting in such excess.

 

(d)       Application of Loan Prepayments.  All prepayments required under Sections 2.06(c)(iii)-(vi) shall be applied:  (A) first, to prepay the Swing Line Loans to the extent Swing Line Loans are then outstanding, (B) then to prepay the Revolving Loans to the extent Revolving Loans are then outstanding and (C) then to Cash Collateralize the Obligations in an amount equal to the then Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations.  Without modifying the order of application of prepayments set forth in the preceding sentence, all such prepayments shall, to the extent possible, be first applied to prepay Base Rate Loans and then if any funds remain, to prepay LIBOR Loans.

 

2.07.       Other Payment Terms.

 

(a)           Place and Manner.  All payments to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  The Borrowers shall make all payments due to each Lender or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by payments to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s office located at the address specified in Section 8.01, with each payment due to a Lender to be for the account of such Lender and such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office.  The Borrowers shall make all payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in Dollars in same day or immediately available funds not later than 12:00 noon on the date due.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly disburse to each Lender each payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender.

 

(b)           Date.  Whenever any payment due hereunder shall fall due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may be.

 

(c)           Default Rate.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default other than an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(a), (f) or (g), at the option of the Required Lenders, from and after the date of such Event of Default (or such later date designated by the Required Lenders) until the time when such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived in writing by the Required Lenders or all the Lenders (as may be required by this Agreement), the Borrowers shall pay interest on the aggregate, outstanding amount of all Obligations hereunder at a per annum rate equal to the otherwise applicable interest rate plus two percent (2.00%) or, if no such per annum rate is applicable to any such Obligations, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate, plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans, plus two percent (2.00%) (the “Default Rate”) payable on demand.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(a), (f) or (g) until the time when such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived in writing by the Required Lenders or all

 

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the Lenders (as may be required by this Agreement), the Borrowers shall pay interest on the aggregate, outstanding amount of all Obligations hereunder at a per annum rate equal to the Default Rate (such Default Rate becoming effective on such date of occurrence of such Event of Default without notice and shall be immediately due and payable without notice or demand).  Overdue interest shall itself bear interest at the Default Rate, and shall be compounded with the principal Obligations daily, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Governmental Rules.

 

(d)           Application of Payments.  All payments hereunder shall be applied first to unpaid fees, costs and expenses then due and payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, second to accrued interest then due and payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and finally to reduce the principal amount of outstanding Loans and L/C Borrowings.  The proceeds of the Collateral will be applied as set forth in Section 6.02.

 

(e)           Failure to Pay the Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that the Borrowers have made or will make such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be paid to the Lenders on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lenders.  If and to the extent the Borrowers shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at a per annum rate equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amount owing by such Lender under this Section 2.07(e) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

2.08.       Loan Accounts; Notes.

 

(a)           Loan Accounts.  The obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans made to it by each Lender and to pay interest thereon at the rates provided herein shall be evidenced by an account or accounts maintained by such Lender on its books (individually, a “Loan Account”), except that any Lender may request that its Loans be evidenced by a note or notes pursuant to Section 2.08(b) and Section 2.08(c).  Each Lender shall record in its Loan Accounts (i) the date and amount of each Loan made by such Lender, (ii) the interest rates applicable to each such Loan and the effective dates of all changes thereto, (iii) the Interest Period for each LIBOR Loan, (iv) the date and amount of each principal and interest payment on each Loan and (v) such other information as such Lender may determine is necessary for the computation of principal and interest payable to it by the Borrowers hereunder; provided, however, that any failure by a Lender to make, or any error by any Lender in making, any such notation shall not affect the Borrowers’ Obligations.  The Loan Accounts shall be conclusive absent manifest error as to the matters noted therein.  In addition to the Loan Accounts, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by

 

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the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control.

 

(b)           Revolving Loan Notes.  Each Lender’s Revolving Loans shall be evidenced by a promissory note in the form of Exhibit E (individually, a “Revolving Loan Note”) which note shall be (i) payable to the order of such Lender, (ii) in the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, (iii) dated the Closing Date and (iv) otherwise appropriately completed.  The Borrowers authorize each Lender to record on the schedule annexed to such Lender’s Revolving Loan Note the date and amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender and of each payment or prepayment of principal thereon made by the Borrowers, and agrees that all such notations shall be conclusive absent manifest error with respect to the matters noted; provided, however, that any failure by a Lender to make, or any error by any Lender in making, any such notation shall not affect the Borrowers’ Obligations.  The Borrowers further authorize each Lender to attach to and make a part of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Note continuations of the schedule attached thereto as necessary.  If, because any Lender designates separate Applicable Lending Offices for Base Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans, such Lender requests that separate promissory notes be executed to evidence separately such Revolving Loans, then each such note shall be in the form of Exhibit E, mutatis mutandis to reflect such division, and shall be (w) payable to the order of such Lender, (x) in the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, (y) dated the Closing Date and (z) otherwise appropriately completed.  Such notes shall, collectively, constitute a Revolving Loan Note.

 

(c)           Swing Loan Notes.  The Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Loans shall be evidenced by a promissory note in the form of Exhibit F (individually, a “Swing Loan Note”) which note shall be (i) payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender, (ii) in the amount of the Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Loans, (iii) dated the Closing Date and (iv) otherwise appropriately completed.

 

2.09.       Loan Funding.

 

(a)           Lender Funding and Disbursement to the Borrowers.  Each Lender shall, before 11:00 a.m. on the date of each Borrowing, make available to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s office specified in Section 8.01, in same day or immediately available funds, such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of such Borrowing.  After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.02 (and, (x) if such Borrowing is the initial Loan or Letter of Credit, Section 3.01 or (y) if such Borrowing is to fund any portion of the Acquisition, Section 3.03), the Administrative Agent shall promptly make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the joint account of the Borrowers maintained by the Borrowers on the books of Wells Fargo with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers; provided, however, that if, on the date of the Borrowing there are Swing Line Loans and/or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Borrowers as provided above.

 

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(b)           Lender Failure to Fund.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that such Lender has made or will make such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.09(a), and the Administrative Agent may on such date, in reliance upon such assumption, disburse or otherwise credit to the Borrowers a corresponding amount.  If any Lender does not make the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of any Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such Borrowing, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, interest which shall accrue on such amount from the date of such Borrowing until such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent at per annum rates equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amount owing by such Lender under this Section 2.09(b) shall be conclusive absent manifest error with respect to such amount.  If the amount of any Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of any Borrowing is not paid to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days after the date of such Borrowing, the Borrowers shall repay such amount to the Administrative Agent, on demand, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount was disbursed to the Borrowers until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing.

 

(c)           Lenders’ Obligations Several.  The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing or to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be funded by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make its Loan as part of such Borrowing or fund its participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans, but no Lender shall be obligated in any way to make any Loan or fund any participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans which another Lender has failed or refused to make or otherwise be in any way responsible for the failure or refusal of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing or to fund any participation required to be funded by such other Lender.

 

2.10.       Pro Rata Treatment.

 

(a)          Borrowings, Commitment Reductions, Etc.  Except as otherwise provided herein:

 

(i)            Each Revolving Borrowing and reduction of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be made or shared among the Lenders pro rata according to their respective Revolving Proportionate Shares;

 

(ii)           Each payment of principal on Loans in any Borrowing shall be shared among the Lenders which made or funded the Loans in such Borrowing pro rata according to the respective unpaid principal amounts of such Loans then owed to such Lenders;

 

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according to (A) the respective unpaid principal amounts of such Loans so made or funded by such Lenders and (B) the dates on which such Lenders so made or funded such Loans;

 

(iv)          Each payment of Commitment Fees payable under Section 2.05(c) and Letter of Credit fees payable under Section 2.02(i) shall be shared among the Lenders with Revolving Loan Commitments (except for Defaulting Lenders) pro rata according to (A) their respective Revolving Proportionate Shares and (B) in the case of each Lender which becomes a Lender hereunder after the date hereof, the date upon which such Lender so became a Lender;

 

(v)           Each payment of interest (other than interest on Loans) shall be shared among the Lenders and the Administrative Agent owed the amount upon which such interest accrues pro rata according to (A) the respective amounts so owed such Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (B) the dates on which such amounts became owing to such Lenders and the Administrative Agent; and

 

(vi)          All other payments under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, fees paid in connection with any amendment, consent, waiver or the like) shall be for the benefit of the Person or Persons specified and entitled to payment.

 

(b)          Sharing of Payments, Etc.  If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it, in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the Loans and the L/C Obligations obtained by all Lenders entitled to such payments, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans and/or participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such other Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such other Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered.  The Borrowers agree that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrowers in the amount of such participation.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 2.10(b) shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant.

 

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2.11.       Change of Circumstances.

 

(a)           Inability to Determine Rates.  If, on or before the first day of any Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, (i) any Lender shall advise the Administrative Agent that the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period cannot be adequately and reasonably determined due to the unavailability of funds in or other circumstances affecting the London interbank market or (ii) any Lender shall advise the Administrative Agent that the rate of interest for such Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining such LIBOR Loan, the Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice of such condition to the Borrowers and the other Lenders.  After the giving of any such notice and until the Administrative Agent shall otherwise notify the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such condition no longer exist, the Borrowers’ right to request the making of, conversion to or a new Interest Period for LIBOR Loans shall be suspended.  Any LIBOR Loans outstanding at the commencement of any such suspension shall be converted at the end of the then current Interest Period for such LIBOR Loans into Base Rate Loans, unless such suspension has then ended.

 

(b)           Illegality.  If, after the Original Closing Date, the adoption of any Governmental Rule, any change in any Governmental Rule or the application or requirements thereof (whether such change occurs in accordance with the terms of such Governmental Rule as enacted, as a result of amendment or otherwise), any change in the interpretation or administration of any Governmental Rule by any Governmental Authority, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority (a “Change of Law”) shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make or maintain any LIBOR Loan, such Lender shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in writing of such Change of Law.  Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrowers’ right to request the making of, conversion to or a new Interest Period for LIBOR Loans with respect to such Lender shall be terminated, and (ii) the Borrowers shall, at the request of such Lender, either (A) pursuant to Section 2.01(e), as the case may be, convert any such then outstanding LIBOR Loans of such Lender into Base Rate Loans at the end of the current Interest Period for such LIBOR Loans or (B) immediately repay or convert any such LIBOR Loans of such Lender if such Lender shall notify the Borrowers that such Lender may not lawfully continue to fund and maintain such LIBOR Loans.  Any conversion or prepayment of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to the preceding sentence prior to the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loans shall not be deemed a prepayment thereof for purposes of Section 2.13.  After any Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers of such a Change of Law and until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it is no longer unlawful or impossible for such Lender to make or maintain a LIBOR Loan, all Revolving Loans of such Lender shall be Base Rate Loans.  For purposes of this Section 2.11(b): (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, interpretations, policies or directives in connection therewith are deemed to have gone into effect and adopted after the Original Closing Date; and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, interpretations, policies or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be an introduction after the Original Closing Date, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

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(i)            Shall subject any Lender to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to any LIBOR Loan or Letter of Credit, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments by the Borrowers to any Lender under this Agreement (except for changes in the rate of taxation on the overall net income of any Lender imposed by its jurisdiction of incorporation or the jurisdiction in which its principal executive office is located); or

 

(ii)           Shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve (excluding any Reserve Requirement or other reserve to the extent included in the calculation of the LIBOR Rate for any Loans), special deposit or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or any other acquisition of funds by any Lender for any LIBOR Loan; or

 

(iii)          Shall impose on any Lender any other condition related to any LIBOR Loan or such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment;

 

and the effect of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, renewing, or maintaining any such LIBOR Loan or its Revolving Loan Commitment or to reduce any amount receivable by such Lender hereunder; then the Borrowers shall from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after written demand by such Lender, pay to such Lender additional amounts sufficient to reimburse such Lender for such increased costs or to compensate such Lender for such reduced amounts.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of such increased costs or reduced amounts, submitted by such Lender to the Borrowers shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 2.11(c) shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section 2.11(c): (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, interpretations, policies or directives in connection therewith are deemed to have gone into effect and adopted after the Original Closing Date; and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, interpretations, policies or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be an introduction after the Original Closing Date, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

(d)           Capital Requirements.  If, after the Original Closing Date, any Lender determines that (i) any Change of Law affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender (a “Capital Adequacy Requirement”) and (ii) the amount of capital maintained by such Lender or such Person which is attributable to or based upon the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Loan Commitments or this Agreement must be increased as a result of such Capital Adequacy Requirement (taking into account such Lender’s or such Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender or such Person, within five (5) Business Days after written demand of such Lender, such amounts as such Lender or such Person shall determine are necessary to compensate such Lender or such Person for the increased costs to such Lender or such Person of such increased capital.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of such increased costs, submitted by any Lender to the Borrowers shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 2.11(d) shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.  For

 

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purposes of this Section 2.11(d): (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, interpretations, policies or directives in connection therewith are deemed to have gone into effect and adopted after the Original Closing Date; and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, interpretations, policies or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be an introduction after the Original Closing Date, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

2.12.       Taxes on Payments.

 

(a)           Payments Free of Taxes.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.12, all payments by the Borrowers under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any and all present or future federal, state, local and foreign taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, assessments, withholdings, or other charges of whatever nature and all interest, penalties and other liabilities with respect thereto, including withholding taxes imposed by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof, but excluding (except as provided in the second succeeding sentence) taxes imposed on a Lender’s overall net income and franchise taxes imposed on such Lender, in each case, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, assessments, withholdings, or other charges of whatever nature and all interest, penalties and other liabilities being referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Taxes”).  If Indemnifiable Taxes are imposed in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender, then (i) subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.12(e), the sum payable shall be increased by the amount necessary so that after making all required deductions such Lender shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make all required deductions and (iii) the Borrowers shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.  If any amounts are payable in respect of Indemnifiable Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the Borrowers jointly and severally agree to reimburse each Lender, upon the written request of such Lender, for Taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which the Applicable Lending Office of such Lender is located and for any withholding of Taxes as such Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such Lender in respect of such amounts so paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender pursuant to this sentence.

 

(b)           Other Taxes.  In addition, the Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any excise, transfer, sales and use, value added or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or in respect of the property encumbered by the Real Property Security Documents or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

 

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(c)           Tax Indemnification.  Subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.12(e), the Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for the full amount of all Indemnifiable Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.12) paid by such Lender, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.  Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days following the date the Administrative Agent or such Lender makes written demand therefor.

 

(d)           Evidence of Payment.  Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes withheld hereunder (and, with respect to any Taxes or Other Taxes not so withheld, to the extent available), the Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at the Administrative Agent’s Office, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

 

(e)           Withholding Exemption Certificates.  On or prior to the date of the initial Loans or, if such date does not occur within thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement, by the end of such 30-day period, each Lender which is not organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (A) two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor applicable form), as the case may be, certifying in each case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments of interest under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, or (B) if the Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC and cannot deliver either United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty) pursuant to clause (A) above (any such lender, a “Non-Bank Lender”), (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J (any such certificate, a “Non-Bank Certificate”) and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement.  Each such Lender further agrees (i) promptly to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of any change of circumstances which would prevent such Lender from receiving payments hereunder without any deduction or withholding of Indemnifiable Taxes and (ii) if such Lender has not so notified the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of any change of circumstances which would prevent such Lender from receiving payments hereunder without any deduction or withholding of Indemnifiable Taxes, then on or before the date that any certificate or other form delivered by such Lender under this Section 2.12(e) expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent such certificate or form previously delivered by such Lender, to deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent a new certificate or form, certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction of Indemnifiable Taxes, but only if and to the extent such Lender is legally entitled to do so.  If a Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrowers under Section 2.15) fails to provide to the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.12(e) (or, in the case of an Assignee Lender, Section 8.05(c)) any certificates or other evidence required by such provision to establish that such Lender is, at the time it becomes a Lender hereunder, entitled to receive

 

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payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, such Lender shall not be entitled to any indemnification under Section 2.12(a) for any such Taxes imposed on such Lender primarily as a result of such failure, except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time such Lender became a Lender hereunder, to receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such Tax pursuant to Section 2.12(a).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.12, the Borrowers agree to pay additional amounts and to indemnify each Lender in the manner set forth in Section 2.12(a) (without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes after the Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of income or similar Taxes.

 

(f)            Lenders to Use Reasonable Efforts.  Any Lender claiming any additional amounts in respect of Indemnifiable Taxes payable pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions and such Lender’s internal policies) to file any certificate or document reasonably requested by the Borrowers, if the making of such a filing would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such Indemnifiable Taxes attributable to the Loans and would not, in the sole determination of such Lender, result in any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense or otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

(g)           Survival.  Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement contained herein, the agreements and obligations contained in this Section 2.12 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other Obligations hereunder.

 

(h)           Tax Returns.  Nothing contained in this Section 2.12 shall require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available any of its Tax Returns or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary.

 

2.13.       Funding Loss Indemnification.  If the Borrowers shall (a) repay, prepay or convert any LIBOR Loan on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor (whether a scheduled payment, an optional prepayment or conversion, a mandatory prepayment or conversion, a payment upon acceleration or otherwise), (b) fail to borrow any LIBOR Loan or for which a Notice of Loan Borrowing has been delivered to the Administrative Agent (whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions or otherwise), (c) fail to convert any Revolving Loans into LIBOR Loans in accordance with a Notice of Conversion delivered to the Administrative Agent (whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions or otherwise) or (D) fail to continue a LIBOR Loan for which a Notice of Interest Period Selection has been delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall pay to the appropriate Lender within five (5) Business Days after demand a prepayment fee, failure to borrow fee, failure to convert fee or failure to continue fee, as the case may be (determined as though 100% of the LIBOR Loan had been funded in the London interbank eurodollar currency market) equal to the sum of:

 

(a)           the amount, if any, by which (i) the additional interest would have accrued on the amount prepaid or not borrowed at the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans if that amount had remained or been outstanding through the last day of the

 

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applicable Interest Period exceeds (ii) the interest that such Lender could recover by placing such amount on deposit in the London interbank eurodollar currency market for a period beginning on the date of the prepayment or failure to borrow and ending on the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, if no deposit rate quotation is available for such period, for the most comparable period for which a deposit rate quotation may be obtained); plus

 

(b)           All reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Lender reasonably attributable to such payment, prepayment or failure to borrow.

 

Each Lender’s determination of the amount of any prepayment fee payable under this Section 2.13 shall be demonstrated pursuant to calculations in reasonable detail and shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 2.13 shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

2.14.       Security.

 

(a)           Security Documents.  The Loans, together with all other Obligations, shall be secured by the Liens granted by the Borrowers under the Security Documents.  All obligations of a Guarantor under the Loan Documents shall be secured by the Liens granted by such Guarantor under the Security Documents.  So long as the terms thereof are in compliance with this Agreement, each Lender Rate Contract and Lender Bank Product shall be secured by the Lien of the Security Documents with the priority set forth in Section 6.02.

 

(b)           Further Assurances.  The Borrowers shall deliver, and shall cause each Guarantor to deliver, to the Administrative Agent such mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, pledge agreements, lessor consents and estoppels (containing appropriate mortgagee and lender protection language), control agreements, and other instruments, agreements, certificates, opinions and documents (including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and fixture filings and landlord waivers) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to:

 

(i)            grant, perfect, maintain, protect and evidence security interests in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, in any or all present and future property of the Borrowers and the Guarantors prior to the Liens or other interests of any Person, except for Permitted Liens; and

 

(ii)           otherwise establish, maintain, protect and evidence the rights provided to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

The Borrowers shall fully cooperate with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and perform all additional acts requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to effect the purposes of this Section 2.14.

 

2.15.       Replacement of the Lenders.  If (a) any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, (b) any Lender shall suspend its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) for a reason which is not applicable to any other Lender, or (c) any Lender shall demand any payment under Section 2.11(c), 2.11(d) or 2.12(a) for a reason which is not

 

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applicable to any other Lender, then the Administrative Agent may (or upon the written request of the Borrowers if the Borrowers have located or identified a replacement Lender that is an Eligible Assignee and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to) replace such Lender (the “affected Lender”), or cause such affected Lender to be replaced, with another lender (the “replacement Lender”) satisfying the requirements of an Assignee Lender under Section 8.05(c), by having the affected Lender sell and assign all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of this Section 2.15, participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) to the replacement Lender pursuant to Section 8.05(c); provided, however, that if the Borrowers seek to exercise such right, it must do so within sixty (60) days after it first knows or should have known of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to such right, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to identify or locate a replacement Lender for the Borrowers (it being expressly agreed that in such circumstances it is the Borrowers’ obligation to identify or locate a replacement Lender that is an Eligible Assignee and is acceptable to the Administrative Agent).  Upon receipt by any affected Lender of a written notice from the Administrative Agent stating that the Administrative Agent is exercising the replacement right set forth in this Section 2.15, such affected Lender shall sell and assign all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of this Section 2.15, participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) to the replacement Lender pursuant to an Assignment Agreement and Section 8.05(c) for a purchase price equal to the sum of the principal amount of the affected Lender’s Loans so sold and assigned or such other amount is agreed to by such affected Lender and such replacement Lender), all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and its ratable share of all fees and other amounts to which it is entitled.

 

ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

 

3.01.       Initial Conditions Precedent.  The obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans comprising the initial Borrowing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth on Schedule 3.01 and receipt by the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each item listed on Schedule 3.01, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and with sufficient copies for, the Administrative Agent and each Lender.

 

3.02.       Conditions Precedent to each Credit Event.  The occurrence of each Credit Event (including the initial  Borrowing) is subject to the further conditions that:

 

(a)           The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Notice of Borrowing or Letter of Credit Application, as the case may be, for such Credit Event in accordance with this Agreement; and

 

(b)           On the date such Credit Event is to occur and after giving effect to such Credit Event, the following shall be true and correct:

 

(i)            The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article IV and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such

 

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representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as if made on such date (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as of such date);

 

(ii)           No Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from such Credit Event; and

 

(iii)          No material adverse change in the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) having occurred since December 31, 2010.

 

3.03.       Conditions Precedent to Funding of Acquisition.  In addition to the conditions set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02, the obligations of the Lenders to make any Loans used to fund any portion of the Acquisition are subject to, on or prior to December 31, 2012, (a) the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth on Schedule 3.03 and (b) the receipt (or waiver of receipt) by the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, of each item listed on Schedule 3.03, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and with sufficient copies for, the Administrative Agent and each Lender.

 

The submission by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent of each Notice of Borrowing and each Letter of Credit Application shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrowers that each of the statements set forth above in Section 3.02(b) is true and correct as of the date of such notice.

 

ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

4.01.       Representations and Warranties.  In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, the Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the Borrowers and each of the other Loan Parties as follows and agrees that each of said representations and warranties shall be deemed to survive until full, complete and indefeasible payment and performance of the Obligations and shall apply anew to each Borrowing hereunder:

 

(a)           Due Formation, Qualification, etc.  Each Loan Party (i) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation; (ii) has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted; and (iii) is duly qualified, licensed to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license and where the failure to be so qualified or licensed, individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Authority.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document executed, or to be executed, by such Loan Party and the consummation

 

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of the transactions contemplated thereby (i) are within the power of such Loan Party and (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary actions on the part of such Loan Party.

 

(c)           Enforceability.  Each Loan Document executed, or to be executed, by each Loan Party has been, or will be, duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes, or will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

 

(d)           Non-Contravention.  The execution and delivery by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents executed by such Loan Party and the performance and consummation of the transactions (including the use of Loan and Letter of Credit proceeds) contemplated thereby do not (i) violate any Requirement of Law applicable to such Loan Party; (ii) violate any provision of, or result in the breach or the acceleration of, or entitle any other Person to accelerate (whether after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both), any Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party; (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (or the obligation to create or impose any Lien) upon any property, asset or revenue of such Loan Party (except such Liens as may be created in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lender Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents), (iv) result in a revocation, termination or other material restriction on any Licenses material to the business, operations or properties of the Loan Parties or (v) violate any provision of any existing law, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or Governmental Authority to which it is subject.

 

(e)           Approvals.

 

(i)            Except as provided in Nevada Gaming Commission Regulations 3.020 or 8.130 with respect to Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person (including, without limitation, the equity holders of any Person) is required in connection with the borrowing of Loans, the granting of Liens under the Loan Documents, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents (or any documents executed in connection therewith) executed by any Loan Party or the performance or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those which have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

(ii)           All Governmental Authorizations required for the activities and operations of the Loan Parties (including gaming operations) and the ownership of all property owned, operated or leased by the Loan Parties have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect without any known conflict with the rights of others and free from any unduly burdensome restrictions, except where any such failure to obtain such Governmental Authorizations or any such conflict or restriction could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  No Loan Party has received any written notice or other written communications from any Governmental Authority regarding (A) any revocation, withdrawal, suspension, termination or modification of, or the imposition of any material conditions with respect to, any Governmental Authorization or License, or (B) any other limitations on the conduct of business by such Loan Party, except where any such revocation,

 

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withdrawal, suspension, termination, modification, imposition or limitation could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii)          No Governmental Authorization is required for either (x) the pledge or grant by any Loan Party as applicable of the Liens purported to be created in favor of the Administrative Agent in connection herewith or any other Loan Document or (y) the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any rights or remedies in respect of any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created pursuant to any of the Security Documents or created or provided for by any Governmental Rule), except for (1) such Governmental Authorizations that have been obtained and are in full force and effect and fully disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing, and (2) filings or recordings contemplated in connection with this Agreement or any Security Document.

 

(f)            No Violation or Default.  No Loan Party is in violation of or in default with respect to (i) any Requirement of Law applicable to such Person (including Gaming Laws) or (ii) any Contractual Obligation of such Person (nor is there any waiver in effect which, if not in effect, could result in such a violation or default), where, in each case, such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

(g)           Litigation.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.01(g), no actions (including derivative actions), suits, proceedings (including arbitration proceedings or mediation proceedings) or investigations are pending or threatened against any Loan Party at law or in equity in any court, arbitration proceeding or before any other Governmental Authority which (i) could reasonably be expected to (alone or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) seek to enjoin, either directly or indirectly, the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby (or any documents executed in connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby).

 

(h)           Real Property, Etc.

 

(i)            All real property owned or leased by the Loan Parties is described (including, as to real property owned, a legal description) in Schedule 4.01(h) (as supplemented from time to time by the Borrowers in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ix)).  The Loan Parties own and have good and marketable title, or a valid leasehold interest in, all their respective properties and assets as reflected in the most recent Financial Statements of Parent delivered to the Administrative Agent (except those assets and properties disposed of in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in compliance with this Agreement since the date of such Financial Statements) and all respective assets and properties acquired by the Loan Parties since such date (except those disposed of in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in compliance with this Agreement), except in each case, such defects in title that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Such assets and properties are subject to no Lien, except for Permitted Liens.  Each of the Loan Parties has complied in all material respects with all material obligations under all material leases to which it is a party and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under such leases.  The real properties owned by the Loan Parties are taxed separately and do not include any other property, and for all purposes

 

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the real properties may be mortgaged, conveyed and otherwise dealt with as a separate legal parcel.

 

(ii)           The Borrowers conduct, in the ordinary course of business, for themselves and the other Loan Parties, a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties.  No Loan Party (A) has violated any Environmental Laws, (B) has any liability under any Environmental Laws or (C) has received notice or other communication of an investigation or is under investigation by any Governmental Authority having authority to enforce Environmental Laws, where such violation, liability or investigation could have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Loan Party’s use and operation of its business properties are in compliance with all applicable Governmental Rules, including all applicable land use and zoning laws, except to the extent that non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)            Financial Statements.  The Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries which have been delivered to the Administrative Agent (i) are in accordance with the books and records of the Loan Parties, which have been maintained in accordance with good business practice; (ii) have been prepared in conformity with GAAP; and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the financial conditions and results of operations of the Loan Parties as of the date thereof and for the period covered thereby.  No Loan Party has any Contingent Obligations, liability for taxes or other outstanding obligations which, in any such case, are material in the aggregate, except as disclosed in the Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to item (d) of Schedule 3.01 or in the Financial Statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 5.01(a).

 

(j)            Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens; Equity Securities.

 

(i)            As of the Closing Date (or as of the date any Loan Party becomes party to the Loan Documents after the Closing Date, as to such Loan Party), (x) the execution and delivery of the Security Documents by the Loan Parties, together with the filing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and the recording of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filings and U.S. Copyright Office filings delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing and recording, and as of the date delivered, the recording of any mortgages or deeds of trust delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording (but not yet recorded), are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lender Parties, as security for the Obligations, a valid and perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral as of the Closing Date (or as of the date any Loan Party becomes party to the Loan Documents after the Closing Date, as to such Loan Party) (subject only to Permitted Liens), and (y) all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and maintain the perfection and first priority status of such Liens have been duly made or taken and remain in full force and effect.  In the case of deposit accounts and accounts with any securities intermediary (other than the Pari-mutuel Accounts) maintained in the United States and pledged to the Administrative Agent under the Security Agreement, when the Control Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by a Borrower or applicable Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the applicable depository bank or securities intermediary, as the case may be, the Security Agreement (together with such

 

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Control Agreements) shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of such Borrower or Guarantor in such Collateral, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior to the Lien of any other Person.

 

(ii)           All outstanding Equity Securities of the Loan Parties are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(j)(ii), there are no outstanding subscriptions, options (excluding officer, director and employee stock options issued pursuant to a stock option plan disclosed to the Administrative Agent), conversion rights, warrants or other agreements or commitments of any nature whatsoever (firm or conditional) obligating the Loan Parties to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, any additional Equity Securities of the Loan Parties, or obligating the Loan Parties to grant, extend or enter into any such agreement or commitment.  All Equity Securities of the Loan Parties have been offered and sold in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and all other Requirements of Law, except where any failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii)          Each of the Real Property Security Documents is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, a legal, valid, binding and enforceable Lien on, and security interest in, the respective Loan Party’s right, title and interest in and to the real property subject thereto and proceeds thereof, and, each such Real Property Security Document shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereof in such real property and proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except with respect to Permitted Liens).

 

(k)           ERISA.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(k):

 

(i)            Based upon the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in the latest valuation of each Pension Plan that any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, the aggregate benefit liabilities of such Pension Plan within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA did not exceed the aggregate value of the assets of such Pension Plan.  Neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has any liability with respect to any post-retirement benefit under any employee welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), other than liability for health plan continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Title I(B) of ERISA, which liability for health plan continuation coverage could not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)           Each Pension Plan complies, in both form and operation, in all material respects, with its terms, ERISA and the IRC, and no condition exists or event has occurred with respect to any such Pension Plan which would result in the incurrence by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any material liability, fine or penalty.  Each Pension Plan, related trust agreement, arrangement and commitment of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is legally valid and binding and in full force and effect.  No Pension Plan is being audited or investigated by any government agency or is subject to any pending or threatened claim or suit.  No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC with respect to any Pension Plan which would result in the incurrence by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of any material liability.

 

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(iii)          No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliates contributes to or has any material contingent obligations to any Multiemployer Plan.  No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has incurred any material liability (including secondary liability) to any Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan under Section 4201 of ERISA or as a result of a sale of assets described in Section 4204 of ERISA.  No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has been notified that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent under and within the meaning of Section 4241 or Section 4245 of ERISA or that any Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate or has been terminated under Section 4041A of ERISA.

 

(iv)          No Loan Party has (A) engaged in any transaction prohibited by any Governmental Rule applicable to any Foreign Plan; (B) failed to make full payment when due of all amounts due as contributions to any Foreign Plan; or (C) otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of any Governmental Rule applicable to any Foreign Plan, where singly or cumulatively, the above could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)            Margin Stock; Other Regulations.  No Loan Party owns any Margin Stock which, in the aggregate, would constitute a substantial part of the assets of Parent or the Loan Parties (taken as a whole), and not more than 25% of the value (as determined by any reasonable method) of the assets of any Loan Party is represented by Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, to purchase, acquire or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit, directly or indirectly, to any Person for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.  No Loan Party is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public utilities code or to any other Governmental Rule limiting its ability to incur indebtedness.

 

(m)          Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Licenses.  The Loan Parties each possess and either own, or have the right to use to the extent required, all necessary trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights and licenses which are material to the conduct of their respective businesses as now operated.  The Loan Parties each conduct their respective businesses without infringement or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, claim of infringement of any trademark, trade name, trade secret, service mark, patent, copyright, license or other intellectual property rights of any other Person (which is not a Loan Party), except where such infringement or claim of infringement could not have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no infringement or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, claim of infringement by others of any material trademark, trade name, trade secret, service mark, patent, copyright, license or other intellectual property right of the Borrowers or any of the other Loan Parties.  Each of the patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights owned by any Loan Party which is Collateral and registered with any Governmental Authority is set forth on the schedules to the Security Agreement.

 

(n)           Governmental Charges.  The Loan Parties have timely filed or caused to be timely filed with the appropriate taxing authorities all federal Tax Returns and Nevada and other material state Tax Returns which are required to be filed by them.  The Tax Returns accurately reflected all material liabilities for Taxes of the Loan Parties for the periods covered thereby.  The Loan Parties have paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes and other Governmental Charges which have or may have become due pursuant to said returns or otherwise and all other indebtedness, except such Governmental Charges or indebtedness, if any,

 

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which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves (determined in accordance with GAAP) have been established.  All Taxes which any Loan Party was required by law to withhold or collect in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party have been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper authorities to the extent due and payable.  No Loan Party has executed or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any taxes or Governmental Charges.

 

(o)           Subsidiaries, Etc.  Schedule 4.01(o) (as supplemented by the Borrowers in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vii)) sets forth each of the Subsidiaries of each Loan Party, its jurisdiction of organization, the classes of its Equity Securities, the number of Equity Securities of each such class issued and outstanding, the percentages of Equity Securities of each such class owned directly or indirectly by each Loan Party and whether such Loan Party owns such Equity Securities directly or, if not, the Subsidiary of such Loan Party that owns such Equity Securities and the number of Equity Securities and percentages of Equity Securities of each such class owned directly or indirectly by such Loan Party.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(o) (as supplemented as set forth above), none of the Loan Parties currently has any Subsidiaries.  All of the outstanding Equity Securities of each such Subsidiary indicated on Schedule 4.01(o) as owned by each Loan Party are owned beneficially and of record by such Loan Party free and clear of all adverse claims.

 

(p)           Solvency, Etc.  Each of  the Loan Parties is Solvent and, after the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, will be Solvent.

 

(q)           Labor Matters.  There are no disputes presently subject to grievance procedure, arbitration or litigation under any of the collective bargaining agreements, employment contracts or employee welfare or incentive plans to which any Loan Party is a party, and there are no strikes, lockouts, work stoppages or slowdowns, or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, jurisdictional disputes or organizing activities occurring or threatened which alone or in the aggregate could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(r)            No Material Adverse Effect.  Since December 31, 2010, no event has occurred and no condition exists which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(s)            Accuracy of Information Furnished; Material Documents.

 

(i)            The Loan Documents and the other certificates, statements and information (excluding projections) furnished by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  All projections furnished by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby have been prepared on a basis consistent with the historical

 

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Financial Statements described above, except as described therein, have been based upon reasonable assumptions and represent, as of their respective dates of presentations, the Loan Parties’ good faith and reasonable estimates of the future performance of the Loan Parties, and the Borrowers have no reason to believe that such estimates and assumptions are not reasonable.

 

(ii)           The copies of the Material Documents which have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 3.01 are true, correct and complete copies of the respective originals thereof, as in effect on the Closing Date, and no amendments or modifications have been made to the Material Documents, except as set forth by documents delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with said Section 3.01 or otherwise reasonably approved in writing by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 5.02(m).  None of the Material Documents has been terminated and each of the Material Documents is in full force and effect.  None of the Loan Parties is in default in the observance or performance of any of its material obligations under the Material Documents and each Loan Party has taken all action required to be taken as of the Closing Date to keep unimpaired its rights thereunder (other than possible defaults which may be the subject of any litigation referred to in Schedule 4.01(g)).

 

(t)            Brokerage Commissions.  No person is entitled to receive any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or similar fee or payment in connection with the extensions of credit contemplated by this Agreement as a result of any agreement entered into by any Loan Party.  No brokerage or other fee, commission or compensation is to be paid by the Lenders with respect to the extensions of credit contemplated hereby as a result of any agreement entered into by any Loan Party, and the Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against any such claims for brokerage fees or commissions and to pay all expenses including, without limitation, attorney’s fees incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the defense of any action or proceeding brought to collect any such brokerage fees or commissions.

 

(u)           Policies of Insurance.  The properties of the Loan Parties are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Loan Parties, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties operate.  As of the Closing Date and as of the Acquisition Closing Date, the insurance policies of the Loan Parties are in compliance with the insurance requirements set forth on Schedule 4.01(u).  Such insurance has not been terminated and is in full force and effect, and each of the Loan Parties has taken all action required to be taken as of the date of this Agreement to keep unimpaired its rights thereunder.

 

(v)           Agreements with Affiliates and Other Agreements.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.01(v), no Loan Party has entered into and, as of the date of the applicable Credit Event does not contemplate entering into, any material agreement or contract with any Affiliate of any Loan Party, except upon terms at least as favorable to such Loan Party as an arms-length transaction with unaffiliated Persons, based on the totality of the circumstances.  No Loan Party is a party to or is bound by any Contractual Obligation or is subject to any restriction under its respective charter or formation documents, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(w)          Foreign Assets Control, Etc.

 

(i)            No Loan Party (i) is, or is controlled by, a Designated Person; (ii) has received funds or other property from a Designated Person; or (iii) is in breach of or is the subject of any action or investigation under any Anti-Terrorism Law.  No Loan Party engages or will engage in any dealings or transactions, or is or will be otherwise associated, with any Designated Person.  Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patriot Act.  Each Loan Party has taken reasonable measures to ensure compliance with the Anti-Terrorism Laws including the requirement that (i) no Person who owns any direct or indirect interest in any Loan Party is a Designated Person and (ii) funds invested directly or indirectly in any Loan Party are derived from legal sources.

 

(ii)           No portion of the proceeds of any Loan, L/C Credit Extension or other credit made hereunder has been or will be used, directly or indirectly for, and no fee, commission, rebate or other value has been or will be paid to, or for the benefit of, any governmental official, political party, official of a political party or any other Person acting in an official capacity in violation of any applicable Governmental Rules, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

 

(x)           Burdensome Contractual Obligations, Etc.  None of the Loan Parties and none of their properties is subject to any Contractual Obligation or Requirement of Law which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y)           CC Skybridge Documentation. The copies of the CC Skybridge Agreement and CC Skybridge Peckham Lane Entitlements which have been delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Schedule 3.01 are true and correct copies of the originals thereof. The CC Skybridge Agreement and CC Skybridge Peckham Lane Entitlements are each in full force and effect and have not been amended or otherwise modified except as set forth by documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Schedule 3.01, except as permitted under Section 5.01(o).

 

(z)           Spaceleases.  Schedule 4.01(z) sets forth all executed Spaceleases pertaining to the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa or any portion thereof as of the Closing Date, including in each case the name of the other party thereto, a brief description of such Spacelease, and the commencement and end date thereof.

 

4.02.       Reaffirmation.  The Borrowers shall be deemed to have reaffirmed, for the benefit of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, each representation and warranty contained in Article IV on and as of the date of each Credit Event (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true as of such date).

 

ARTICLE V. COVENANTS.

 

5.01.       Affirmative Covenants.  So long as any Loan or L/C Obligation remains unpaid, or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any portion of any Commitment remains in force, the Borrowers will comply, and will cause compliance by the other Loan

 

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Parties, with the following affirmative covenants, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

 

(a)           Financial Statements, Reports, etc.  The Borrowers shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender the following, each in such form and such detail as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall request:

 

(i)            As soon as available and in no event later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter (including the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year), copies of the Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries (prepared on a consolidated basis) and the balance sheets and statements of income of Parent and its Subsidiaries (prepared on a consolidating basis) for such fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2011 and thereafter) and for the fiscal year to date, each certified by the president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of Parent to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and other information reflected therein and to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);

 

(ii)           As soon as available and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the close of fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, copies of the consolidated and consolidating Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such year, audited (as to the consolidated Financial Statements) by an independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which Financial Statements shall be accompanied by a narrative from management which discusses results and (B) copies of the unqualified opinions and, to the extent delivered, management letters delivered by such accountants in connection with all such Financial Statements and prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

(iii)          Contemporaneously with the Financial Statements for each fiscal quarter and each fiscal year end required by the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), a compliance certificate of the president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Borrowers in substantially the form of Exhibit H (a “Compliance Certificate”);

 

(iv)          As soon as possible and in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after any Loan Party knows of the occurrence or existence of (A) any ERISA Event, (B) any actual or threatened litigation, suits, claims, disputes or investigations against any Loan Party involving potential monetary damages payable by any Loan Party of $750,000 or more (alone or in the aggregate) or in which injunctive relief or similar relief is sought, which relief, if granted, could have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) any other event or condition which, either individually or in the aggregate, could have a Material Adverse Effect, including (I) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of a Borrower or any Guarantor; (II) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between a Borrower or any Guarantor and any Governmental Authority; or (III) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting a Borrower or any Guarantor, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws; or (D) any material change in accounting policies of or financial reporting practices by the applicable Loan Party.  Each notice pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(iv) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer

 

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of the Borrowers setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrowers have taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.  Each notice pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(iv) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement or other Loan Document that have been breached;

 

(v)           As soon as available, and in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after the commencement of each fiscal year, the budget and projected financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year and each of the two fiscal years following such fiscal year (detailed on a quarterly basis), including, in each case, projected balance sheets, statements of income and statements of cash flow of Parent and its Subsidiaries, all in reasonable detail and with assumptions and in any event to include projected Capital Expenditures and quarterly projections of the Borrowers’ compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 5.03 of this Agreement;

 

(vi)          As soon as possible and in no event later than five (5) Business Days prior to the occurrence of any event or circumstance that would require a prepayment pursuant to Section 2.06(c), the statement of the president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Borrowers setting forth the details thereof;

 

(vii)         As soon as possible and in no event later than ten (10) days prior thereto, written notice of the establishment or acquisition by a Loan Party of any new Subsidiary or the issuance of any new Equity Securities of any existing Loan Party;

 

(viii)        As soon as possible and in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after the receipt thereof by a Loan Party, a copy of any notice, summons, citations or other written communications concerning any actual, alleged, suspected or threatened material violation of any Environmental Law, or any liability of a Loan Party for Environmental Damages;

 

(ix)          As soon as possible and in no event later than sixty (60) days prior to the acquisition by any Loan Party of any leasehold or ownership interest in real property, a written supplement to Schedule 4.01(h);

 

(x)           To the extent provided by the seller pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Acquisition Closing Date, as soon as available and in no event later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the Financial Statements of the Acquired Company (prepared on a consolidated and consolidating basis) for such fiscal quarter and for the fiscal year to date, together with a certificate setting forth adjustments to such Financial Statements to conform with principles used in the preparation of the Financial Statements referred to in item (d) of Schedule 3.01;

 

(xi)          To the extent provided by the seller pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Acquisition Closing Date, as soon as available and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, copies of the consolidated and consolidating Financial Statements of the Acquired Company for such year, audited (as to the consolidated Financial Statements) by

 

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an independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing, together with a certificate setting forth adjustments to such Financial Statements to conform with principles used in the preparation of the Financial Statements referred to in item (d) of Schedule 3.01;

 

(xii)         To the extent provided by the seller pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Acquisition Closing Date, as soon as available and in no event later than thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, a copy of the consolidating unaudited balance sheet and statement of income for the Acquired Company for such month;

 

(xiii)        As soon as possible after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any proxy statements, financial statements or reports that Parent has made generally available to its shareholders; copies of any regular, periodic and special reports or registration statements or prospectuses that Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental Authority, or any securities exchange; and copies of any press releases or other statements made available by Parent to the public concerning material changes to or developments in the business of Parent; and

 

(xiv)        Such other instruments, agreements, certificates, opinions, statements, documents and information relating to the properties, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties, and compliance by the Borrowers with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

 

The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on one or more Platforms and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e. Lenders that do not wish to receive non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).  The Borrowers hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Material that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC” the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities for purposes of United States Federal and state security laws; (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor”.

 

(b)           Books and Records.  The Loan Parties shall at all times keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries will be made of their transactions in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(c)           Inspections.  Subject to any applicable Gaming Laws restricting such actions, the Loan Parties shall permit the Administrative Agent and each Lender, or any agent or representative thereof, upon reasonable, but in no event less than two (2) Business Days’, notice and during normal business hours so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and otherwise at any time as the Administrative Agent and any Lender may determine with or without prior notice to the Borrowers, to visit and inspect any of the properties and offices of the Loan Parties, to conduct audits of any or all of the Collateral, to examine the books and records of the Loan Parties and make copies thereof, and to discuss the affairs, finances and business of the Loan Parties with, and to be advised as to the same by, their officers, auditors and accountants, all at such times and intervals as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may request, all at the Borrowers’ expense; provided that Borrowers shall not be responsible for such expenses unless an Event of Default has occurred and was continuing at the time of any such inspection.

 

(d)           Insurance.  The Loan Parties shall:

 

(i)            Carry and maintain coverage consistent with (A) the insurance coverage specified on Schedule 4.01(u), (B) to the extent not already included on Schedule 4.01(u), insurance during the term of this Agreement of the types and in the amounts customarily carried from time to time by others engaged in substantially the same business as the Loan Parties and operating in the same or similarly situated geographic area as the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Riviera Black Hawk Casino, and the Borrowers shall deliver evidence of insurance complying with the requirements of this Section 5.01(d), in each case for the business and properties of the Borrowers and that such policies state that such insurance shall not be cancelled or revised in any material manner without 30 days prior written notice by the insurer to the Administrative Agent and (C) insurance required by any Real Property Security Document.

 

(ii)           Furnish to any Lender, upon written request, full information as to the insurance carried; and

 

(iii)          Obtain and maintain endorsements acceptable to the Administrative Agent for such insurance (including form 438BFU or equivalent) naming the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as an additional insured and naming the Administrative Agent as mortgagee and as lender’s loss payee and including mortgagee’s and lender’s loss payable endorsements;

 

provided, however, that if any Loan Party shall fail to maintain insurance in accordance with this Section 5.01(d), or if any Loan Party shall fail to provide the required endorsements with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation) to procure such insurance and the Borrowers agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all costs and expenses of procuring such insurance.

 

(e)           Governmental Charges and Other Indebtedness.  Each Loan Party shall promptly pay and discharge when due (i) all Taxes and other Governmental Charges, (ii) all Indebtedness which, if unpaid, could become a Lien upon the property of such Loan Party and (iii) subject to any subordination provisions applicable thereto, all other Indebtedness which in

 

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each case, if unpaid, could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, except such Taxes, Governmental Charges and Indebtedness as may in good faith be contested or disputed, or for which arrangements for deferred payment have been made; provided that in each such case appropriate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP and no material property of any Loan Party is at impending risk of being seized, levied upon or forfeited.

 

(f)            Use of Proceeds.  The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans (i) to provide a portion of the financing for the Acquisition, including real properties relating to the Acquisition, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Transactions and the refinancing described in clause (iii), (iii) to refinance certain existing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties, and (iv) to provide for the working capital and general corporate purpose needs of the Loan Parties.

 

(g)           General Business Operations.  Each of the Loan Parties shall (i) preserve, renew and maintain in full force its corporate, partnership or limited liability company existence and good standing under the Governmental Rules of the jurisdiction of its organization and all of its material rights, permits, Licenses (including all gaming licenses and permits), leases, qualifications, privileges, franchises and other authority reasonably necessary to the conduct of its business, (ii) conduct its business activities in compliance with all Gaming Laws and all other material Requirements of Law and material Contractual Obligations applicable to such Person, (iii) keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary and proper repairs, except, in each case, where any failure, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) maintain, preserve and protect all of its material rights to enjoy and use material trademarks, trade names, service marks, patents, copyrights, Licenses, leases, franchise agreements and franchise registrations and (v) conduct its business in an orderly manner without voluntary interruption.  No Loan Party shall change its jurisdiction of formation.

 

(h)           Compliance with Laws.  Each Loan Party shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws) and the inventory of each Loan Party shall comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

 

(i)            New Subsidiaries.  The Borrowers shall, at their own expense promptly, and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary by any Loan Party (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or after any Excluded Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such event in writing (to the extent notice has not already been provided in accordance with Section 5.01(a)(vii)), (B) cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver or otherwise become a party to the Guaranty and to become a party to the Security Agreement and each other applicable Security Document, in each case in accordance with the terms thereof and amend the Security Documents as appropriate in light of such event to pledge to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders 100% of the Equity Securities of such Subsidiary and execute and deliver all documents or instruments required thereunder or appropriate to perfect the security interest created thereby, provided that any Excluded Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary shall only be required to become a party to the Security Documents if no

 

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Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, (C) deliver (or cause the appropriate Person to deliver) to the Administrative Agent all stock certificates and other instruments constituting Collateral thereunder free and clear of all adverse claims, accompanied by undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer executed in blank (and take such other steps as may be requested by the Administrative Agent to perfect the Administrative Agent’s first priority Lien in such Collateral consisting of Equity Securities in compliance with any applicable laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States), (D) cause each document (including each Uniform Commercial Code financing statement and each filing with respect to intellectual property owned by each new Subsidiary) required by law or requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, a valid, legal and perfected first-priority security interest in and lien on the Collateral subject to the Security Documents to be so filed, registered or recorded and evidence thereof delivered to the Administrative Agent, (E) deliver (or cause the appropriate Person to deliver) the Organizational Documents, certificates, resolutions and other documents that would have been required of such Subsidiary under clause (a) of Schedule 3.01 if such Subsidiary had been a Borrower on the Closing Date and (F) deliver an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to each new Guarantor, the pledge of the Equity Securities of each Subsidiary, and the other matters set forth in this Section 5.01(i).

 

(j)            Appraisals.

 

(i)            During the existence of an Event of Default, the Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may, at the expense of the Borrowers no more than twice in any fiscal year, commission an appraisal of any property (A) to which any Loan Party holds legal title and (B) which is encumbered by any Security Document.

 

(ii)           Upon the written request of any Lender acting pursuant to any Requirement of Law, the Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may, at the expense of the Borrowers no more than twice in any fiscal year, commission an appraisal of any property (A) to which any Loan Party holds legal title and (B) which is encumbered by any Security Document.

 

(k)           Additional Collateral.  If at any time from and after the Closing Date any Loan Party acquires any fee interest in real property with a value in excess of $2,500,000, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at its own expense, promptly all documentation and information in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including any appraisals, surveys, environmental reports and environmental indemnities) to assist the Administrative Agent in obtaining deeds of trust or mortgages on such additional real property and ALTA policies of title insurance, with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require, issued by a company and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Total Available Commitment at such time), insuring the Administrative Agent’s Lien on such additional real property Collateral to be of first priority, subject only to such exceptions as the Administrative Agent shall approve in its discretion, with all costs thereof to be paid by such Loan Party.

 

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(l)            Acquisition.  The Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the Acquisition as soon as possible, and, in any event, the Loan Parties shall cause the Acquisition to be consummated no later than December 31, 2012, subject to extensions of such date if the sole reason that the Acquisition has not closed is due to delays at no fault of the Borrowers in obtaining necessary licensing from any Governmental Authority.  Nothing in this provision shall prevent the Borrowers from terminating the Acquisition Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

(m)          Compliance with Pedestrian Crossing Air Space License.  The Borrowers shall fully perform and comply with or cause to be performed and complied with all of the respective material covenants, material terms and material conditions imposed or assumed by it as licensee under the Pedestrian Crossing Air Space License.  The Borrowers shall not, and shall not agree to, enter into any material amendment or modification of or terminate the Pedestrian Crossing Air Space License without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

(n)           Compliance with Adjacent Driveway Lease.  The Borrowers shall fully perform and comply with or cause to be performed and complied with all of the respective material covenants, material terms and material conditions imposed or assumed by it as lessee under the Adjacent Driveway Lease.  The Borrowers shall not, and shall not agree to, enter into any material amendment or modification of or terminate the Adjacent Driveway Lease without the prior written consent of Required Lenders.  In this regard it is understood that “material” amendment or modification shall include, without limitation, any modification to the Term as set forth in Article 1, increase of Rent, as set forth in Article 2, the provisions concerning “Use of Property” as set forth in Section 4.2 and “Option to Purchase” in Article 7 of the Adjacent Driveway Lease.

 

(o)           Compliance with CC Skybridge Documentation.  Borrowers shall fully perform and comply with or cause to be performed and complied with all of the respective material covenants, material terms and material conditions imposed or assumed by it under the CC Skybridge Documentation.  The Borrowers shall not, and shall not agree to, enter into any material amendment or modification of or terminate any of the CC Skybridge Documentation without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

(p)           Village Shopping Center.  Other than with respect to the Adjacent Driveway Lease, no Loan Party shall enter into any other leases, licenses, rental or other arrangements for the use or occupancy of all or any portion of the Village Shopping Center which use or occupancy is or is planned or projected to be or become an integral part of the operation at the Atlantis Real Property and/or the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

5.02.       Negative Covenants.  So long as any Loan or L/C Obligation remains unpaid, or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any portion of any Commitment remains in force, the Borrowers will comply, and will cause compliance by the other Loan Parties, with the following negative covenants, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

 

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(a)           Indebtedness.  None of the Loan Parties shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness or engage in any off-balance sheet finance transaction or other similar transaction except for the following (“Permitted Indebtedness”):

 

(i)            Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents;

 

(ii)           Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under Rate Contracts permitted under Section 5.02(l);

 

(iii)          Indebtedness that is evidenced by a Permitted Lien;

 

(iv)          Unsecured Indebtedness, not in excess of $10,000,000 at any time outstanding, that is not subject to financial and other covenants and events of default more onerous or restrictive on the Loan Parties than the terms and provisions of this Credit Agreement;

 

(v)           Indebtedness owing to any other Loan Parties; provided that the Investment constituting such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 5.02(e)(ii);

 

(vi)          Guaranty Obligations of any Loan Party in respect of Permitted Indebtedness of any other Loan Party;

 

(vii)         purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Lease obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,500,000 at any one time outstanding; and

 

(viii)        unsecured trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business less than one hundred twenty (120) days past due, provided that such trade payables, if any, are being contested in good faith by the applicable Loan Party by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party has maintained adequate reserve for the payment thereof.

 

(b)           Liens.  No Loan Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien or Negative Pledge on or with respect to any of its assets or property of any character, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (“Permitted Liens”):

 

(i)            Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party securing the Obligations and Negative Pledges under the Loan Documents;

 

(ii)           Liens listed in Schedule 5.02(b) and existing on the date of this Agreement and any replacement Liens (covering the same or a lesser scope of property);

 

(iii)          Liens for Taxes or other Governmental Charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and have not proceeded to judgment; provided that adequate reserves for the payment thereof have been established in accordance with GAAP and no property of any Loan Party is subject to impending risk of loss or forfeiture by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such Liens;

 

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(iv)          statutory Liens, possessory liens of carriers, warehousemen, materialmen, mechanic’s liens and landlord liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that, if delinquent, adequate reserves have been set aside with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and, by reason of nonpayment, no property of any Loan Party is subject to a material impending risk of loss or forfeiture;

 

(v)           Deposits under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and social security laws or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases, or to secure statutory obligations of surety, appeal or customs bonds or to secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of business;

 

(vi)          Purchase money Liens and associated Negative Pledges incurred with respect to property acquired using the proceeds of Indebtedness and Capital Leases permitted under Section 5.02(a)(vii);

 

(vii)         Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by the Liens described in clause (ii) or (vi) above; provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien (A) is limited to the property covered by the existing Lien and (B) secures Indebtedness which is no greater in amount and has material terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the Indebtedness secured by the existing Lien;

 

(viii)        leases, operating leases or subleases granted to others (in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business or operations of any Loan Party;

 

(ix)          easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects, encroachments or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances (A) not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Loan Party or (B) granted to any Governmental Authority or public utility providing services to the Real Property;

 

(x)           deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure liabilities to insurance carriers, lessor, utilities and other service providers;

 

(xi)          bankers liens and rights of setoff with respect to customary depository arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xii)         Liens on the real property subject to any of the Real Property Security Documents not securing Indebtedness for borrowed money and identified in the ALTA title policy received by the Administrative Agent (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) relating to such real property; and

 

(xiii)        Liens arising by reason of security for surety or appeal bonds in the ordinary course of business of any Loan Party;

 

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provided, however, that the foregoing exceptions shall not permit any Lien on any Equity Securities issued by any Loan Party except for Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent securing the Obligations (or any guaranty thereof).

 

(c)           Asset Dispositions.  No Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose (including, without limitation, via any sale and leaseback transaction) of any of its assets or property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following:

 

(i)            Sales by the Loan Parties of inventory in the ordinary course of their businesses;

 

(ii)           Sales by the Loan Parties of damaged, worn-out, obsolete or unnecessary equipment in the ordinary course of their businesses for not less than fair market value;

 

(iii)          Sales or other dispositions by any Loan Party so long as the Net Proceeds of such sale or disposition are applied to prepayment of the Obligations in the amounts and to the extent required by Section 2.06(c)(iii);

 

(iv)          Sales by the Loan Parties of the Equity Securities of Excluded Subsidiaries;

 

(v)           Sales or other dispositions of assets and property by a Borrower to any Guarantor (other than Parent) or by any Guarantor to a Borrower or another Guarantor (other than Parent); provided that the terms of any such sales or other dispositions by or to such Borrower or any such Guarantor are terms which are no less favorable to such Borrower or any such Guarantor than would prevail in the market for similar transactions between unaffiliated parties dealing at arm’s length; and

 

(vi)          transfers permitted by Section 5.02(b), Section 5.02(d), Section 5.02(e) and Section 5.02(f).

 

(d)           Mergers, Acquisitions, Etc.  No Loan Party shall reorganize, recapitalize or consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into it, acquire any Person as a new Subsidiary or acquire all or substantially all of the assets, or any identifiable business unit or division, of any other Person, except for the following:

 

(i)            the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties may merge with each other; provided that (1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result after giving effect to any such merger and (2) in any such merger involving a Borrower and another Loan Party, such Borrower is the surviving Person; and

 

(ii)           the Acquisition.

 

(e)           Investments.  None of the Loan Parties shall make any Investment except for Investments in the following:

 

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(i)            Investments by the Loan Parties in deposit accounts, cash and Cash Equivalents; provided that such Investments are subject to a Control Agreement (other than Investments in Pari-mutuel Accounts in the ordinary course of business);

 

(ii)           Investments by the Loan Parties in each other (including such Investments set forth on Schedule 5.02(e)); provided that any Investments made by a Borrower or a Guarantor constituting Indebtedness of another Loan Party that are evidenced by one or more original demand promissory notes in favor of one or more of the Borrowers and the Guarantors shall be subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent and in the Administrative Agent’s possession;

 

(iii)          Investments consisting of loans to employees, officers and directors in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not exceeding $1,000,000  at any one time outstanding;

 

(iv)          Investments permitted by Section 5.02(d) or Section 5.02(f);

 

(v)           Investments received in connection with the settlement of a bona fide dispute with another Person after making reasonable efforts to collect cash in respect thereof;

 

(vi)          Investments made by the Loan Parties in Excluded Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount up to $5,000,000  as to all Excluded Subsidiaries during the term of this Agreement, provided that no additional Investments may be made in any Excluded Subsidiary when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, further that to the extent the Loan Parties receive Cash from any Excluded Subsidiary, the amount of such Cash shall be credited towards any Investments made under this clause (vi) so that the amount of Investments outstanding in Excluded Subsidiaries from time to time shall be the aggregate amounts invested less the aggregate amounts received by the Loan Parties in Cash from Excluded Subsidiaries; and

 

(vii)         Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in clause (vi) above, if the Total Leverage Ratio set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii) was less than or equal to 1.75: 1.00, the limitations set forth in clause (vi) above shall be suspended until the Total Leverage Ratio exceeds 1.75:1.00 (as set forth in a subsequent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii)).  During any period during which the limitations set forth in clause (vi) above are suspended, Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries may be made without limitation so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing and so long as at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the funding of each proposed Investment a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers certifies in writing that each such Investment will not result in a violation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (x) at the end of the fiscal quarter during which such Investment is made and (y) either (1) as of the end of the next ensuing fiscal quarter, or (2) as of the end of each fiscal quarter remaining during the fiscal year during which such Investment is made, whichever period is longer from the date of such Investment.

 

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(f)            Distributions, Redemptions, Etc.  No Loan Party shall reorganize, recapitalize or make any Distributions or set apart any sum for any such purpose except as follows:

 

(i)            Any Subsidiary of a Borrower may pay dividends on its Equity Securities to a Borrower or any intervening Subsidiary;

 

(ii)           So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing or would result therefrom, Parent may make Distributions, including repurchase of its Equity Securities, in an aggregate amount up to $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, so long as after giving effect to each such proposed Distribution the Borrowers would have been in compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter if such proposed Distribution had been made during such fiscal quarter;

 

(iii)          Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in clause (ii) above, in the event that Parent funds less than $5,000,000 in Distributions during any fiscal year (such unfunded amounts being herein collectively referenced as the “Distribution Carryover”), Parent may thereafter fund in addition to the maximum cumulative aggregate permitted in clause (ii) above, an additional amount of up to the amount of the Distribution Carryover outstanding as of the date of such additional Distribution, so long as at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the funding of such Distribution a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers certifies to the Administrative Agent in writing that such Distribution will not result in a violation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at the end of the fiscal quarter during which such Distribution is made nor as of the end of each fiscal quarter remaining during the fiscal year during which such Distribution is made; and

 

(iv)          Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, if the Total Leverage Ratio set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii) was less than or equal to 1.75: 1.00, the limitations set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above shall be suspended until the Total Leverage Ratio exceeds 1.75:1.00 (as set forth in a subsequent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii)).  During any period during which the limitations set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above are suspended, Distributions, including repurchase of Equity Securities of Parent, may be made without limitation so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing and so long as at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the funding of each proposed Distribution a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers certifies in writing that each such Distribution will not result in a violation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (x) at the end of the fiscal quarter during which such Distribution is made and (y) either (1) as of the end of the next ensuing fiscal quarter, or (2) as of the end of each fiscal quarter remaining during the fiscal year during which such Distribution is made, whichever period is longer from the date of such Distribution.

 

(g)           Change in Business.  No Loan Party shall engage, either directly or indirectly through Affiliates, in any business different from the business of the Borrowers as of the Closing Date.

 

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(h)           Payments of Indebtedness, Etc.  No Loan Party shall prepay, redeem, purchase, defease, acquire or otherwise satisfy (or offer to redeem, purchase, acquire or otherwise satisfy) in any manner prior to the scheduled payment thereof any Indebtedness or lease obligations of any Loan Party (other than the Obligations); or make any payment or deposit any monies, securities or other property with any trustee or other Person that has the effect of providing for the satisfaction (or assurance of any satisfaction) of any Indebtedness of any Loan Party prior to the date when due or otherwise to provide for the defeasance of any such Indebtedness.

 

(i)            ERISA.

 

(i)            No Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall (A) adopt or institute any Pension Plan; (B) take any action which will result in the partial or complete withdrawal, within the meanings of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, from a Multiemployer Plan; (C) engage or permit any Person to engage in any transaction prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC involving any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which would subject  a Loan Party  or any ERISA Affiliate to any tax, penalty or other liability including a liability to indemnify; (D) incur or allow to exist any accumulated funding deficiency (within the meaning of Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA); (E) fail to make full payment when due of all amounts due as contributions to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (F) fail to comply with the requirements of Section 4980B of the IRC or Part 6 of Title I(B) of ERISA; or (G) adopt any amendment to any Pension Plan which would require the posting of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the IRC, where singly or cumulatively, the above could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)           No Loan Party shall (A) engage in any transaction prohibited by any Governmental Rule applicable to any Foreign Plan; (B) fail to make full payment when due of all amounts due as contributions to any Foreign Plan; or (C) otherwise fail to comply with the requirements of any Governmental Rule applicable to any Foreign Plan, where singly or cumulatively, the above could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)            Transactions With Affiliates.  No Loan Party shall enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation with any Affiliate (other than any other Loan Party) or engage in any other transaction with any Affiliate (other than any other Loan Party) except upon terms at least as favorable to such Loan Party as an arms-length transaction with unaffiliated Persons.

 

(k)           Accounting Changes.  No Loan Party shall change (i) its fiscal year (currently January through December) or (ii) its accounting practices except as required by GAAP.

 

(l)            Rate Contracts.  No Loan Party shall enter into any Rate Contract, except (i) Rate Contracts entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which such Loan Party has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Securities of any Loan Party), and (ii) Rate Contracts entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of a Loan Party.

 

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(m)          Amendment of Material Documents.  No Loan Party shall agree to amend, modify, supplement or replace any Material Document or any document executed and delivered in connection therewith, in each case in a manner which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect any interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

(n)           Restrictive Agreements.  No Loan Party shall agree to any restriction or limitation (other than as set forth in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents) on the making of Distributions or the transferring of assets from any Loan Party to another Loan Party.

 

(o)           Joint Ventures; Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.  No Loan Party shall enter into or maintain any interest in any Joint Venture or own any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries other than Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

(p)           Accounts.  No Loan Party shall fail to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent control agreements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to each account of the Loan Parties opened following the Closing Date (other than any Pari-mutuel Accounts) with any bank, savings association, financial institution, securities intermediary or similar financial intermediary in which cash or other property will be deposited within 30 days after opening such account.

 

(q)           Reserved.

 

(r)            Sales and Leaseback.  No Loan Party shall engage in any Sale and Leaseback transaction with respect to any of its property of any character, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

 

(s)            Foreign Subsidiaries.  No Loan Party shall form or acquire a Subsidiary which is organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof.

 

5.03.       Financial Covenants.  So long as any Loan or L/C Obligation remains unpaid, or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any portion of any Commitment remains in force, the Borrowers will comply, and will cause compliance, with the following financial covenants, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

 

(a)           Total Leverage Ratio.

 

(i)            The Borrowers shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio at any time prior to the Acquisition Closing Date to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite the applicable period below:

 

	
Period
    	
 
    	
Maximum Total
   Leverage Ratio
    
	
Closing Date through and including December 31,   2012
    	
 
    	
3.25:1.00
    
	
January 1,   2013 and thereafter
    	
 
    	
2.00:1.00
    

 

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(ii)           The Borrowers shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio at any time on or after the Acquisition Closing Date to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite the applicable period below:

 

	
Period
    	
 
    	
Maximum Total
   Leverage Ratio
    
	
Acquisition Closing Date through and   including December 31, 2012
    	
 
    	
3.25:1.00
    
	
Fiscal   year 2013
    	
 
    	
3.00:1.00
    
	
Fiscal   year 2014
    	
 
    	
2.50:1.00
    
	
January 1,   2015 and thereafter
    	
 
    	
2.00:1.00
    

 

(b)           Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  The Borrowers shall not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.15:1.00.

 

(c)           Minimum EBITDA.  The Borrowers shall not permit, (i) as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ending thereon to be less than $25,000,000 or (ii) as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or after the Acquisition Closing Date, EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ending thereon to be less $30,000,000.

 

ARTICLE VI. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

6.01.       Events of Default.  The occurrence or existence of any one or more of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:

 

(a)           Non-Payment.  Any Loan Party shall (i) fail to pay when due any principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation (including any amount due in respect thereof under the Guaranty) or (ii) fail to pay within three (3) days after the same becomes due, any interest, fees or other amounts payable under the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including any amount due under any Lender Rate Contract or with respect to any Lender Bank Product and, to the extent not included in clause (i), the Guaranty); or

 

(b)           Specific Defaults.  Any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, obligation, condition or agreement set forth in Section 5.01(a)(i)-(iv), Section 5.01(f), Section 5.01(g)(i) or (ii), Section 5.01(i), Section 5.02 or Section 5.03; or

 

(c)           Other Defaults.  Any default shall occur under the Guaranty or any Security Document and such default shall continue beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, if any; or any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after the date the Borrowers receive written notice from the Administrative Agent of such failure; or

 

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(d)           Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certificate, information or other statement (financial or otherwise) made or furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or as an inducement to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enter into this Agreement, shall be false, incorrect, incomplete or misleading in any material respect (or if such representation, warranty, certificate, information or other statement (financial or otherwise) is qualified by materiality, in any respect) when made or furnished; or

 

(e)           Cross-Default.  (i) Any Loan Party shall fail to make any payment on account of any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation of such Person (other than the Obligations) when due (whether at scheduled maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration or otherwise) and such failure shall continue beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, if the amount of such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation exceeds $3,000,000 or the effect of such failure is to cause, or permit the holder or holders thereof to cause, Indebtedness and/or Contingent Obligations of any Loan Party (other than the Obligations) in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000,000 to become redeemable, due, liquidated or otherwise payable (whether at scheduled maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration or otherwise) and/or to be secured by cash collateral or (ii) any Loan Party shall otherwise fail to observe or perform any agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation of such Person (other than the Obligations), or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist, if the effect of such failure, event or condition is to cause, or permit the holder or holders thereof to cause, Indebtedness and/or Contingent Obligations of any Loan Party (other than the Obligations) in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000,000 to become redeemable, due, liquidated or otherwise payable (whether at scheduled maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration or otherwise) and/or to be secured by cash collateral; or

 

(f)            Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings.  Any Loan Party shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated in full or in part, (v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined or interpreted under any applicable statute), or (vi) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or, in each case, any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction; or

 

(g)           Involuntary Proceedings.  Proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of any Loan Party or of all or a substantial part of the property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to any Loan Party or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within thirty (30) days of commencement, or, in each case, any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction; or

 

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(h)           Judgments; Governmental Assessments.  (i) One or more judgments, orders, decrees, arbitration awards requiring any Loan Party to pay an aggregate amount of $4,000,000 or more (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance issued by an insurer not an Affiliate of the Borrowers and otherwise satisfying the requirements set forth in Section 5.01(d)) shall be rendered against any Loan Party in connection with any single or related series of transactions, incidents or circumstances and the same shall not be satisfied, vacated or stayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days; provided that if one or more judgments, orders, decrees, arbitration awards or assessments requiring any Loan Party to pay an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or more (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance issued by an insurer not an Affiliate of the Borrowers and otherwise satisfying the requirements set forth in Section 5.01(d)) shall be rendered against any Loan Party in connection with any single or related series of transactions, incidents or circumstances such circumstance shall be an Event of Default whether or not the same has been satisfied, vacated or stayed; (ii) any judgment, writ, assessment, warrant of attachment, Tax lien or execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a part of the property of any Loan Party with an aggregate value in excess of $4,000,000 and the same shall not be released, stayed, vacated or otherwise dismissed within ninety (90) days after issue or levy; or (iii) any other judgments, orders, decrees, arbitration awards, writs, assessments, warrants of attachment, tax liens, executions or similar processes which, alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect are rendered, issued or levied; or

 

(i)            Loan Documents.  Any Loan Document or any material term thereof shall cease to be, or be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its terms or shall otherwise cease to be in full force and effect; or

 

(j)            Security Documents.  Any Lien on any property with a fair market value in excess of $50,000 (other than any property that is sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 5.02(c)) intended to be created by any Security Document shall at any time be invalidated, subordinated or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, for whatever reason, or any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid, first priority (except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement or such Security Document) perfected Lien in the Collateral covered thereby, or any Loan Party shall issue, create or permit to be outstanding any Equity Securities which shall not be subject to a first priority perfected Lien under the Security Documents (other than Equity Securities not required to be pledged under the Loan Documents); or

 

(k)           ERISA.  Any Reportable Event which the Administrative Agent reasonably believes in good faith constitutes grounds for the termination of any Pension Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment of a trustee by the PBGC to administer any Pension Plan shall occur and be continuing for a period of thirty (30) days or more after notice thereof is provided to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent, or any Pension Plan shall be terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or a trustee shall be appointed by the PBGC to administer any Pension Plan; or

 

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(m)          Involuntary Dissolution or Split Up.  Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against a Loan Party decreeing its involuntary dissolution or split up and such order shall remain undischarged and unstayed for a period in excess of sixty (60) days; or

 

(n)           Other Default.  The occurrence of an Event of Default (as such term is or may hereafter be specifically defined in any other Loan Document) under any other Loan Document and continues for thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent of such Event of Default; or

 

(o)           Guarantors.  Any Guarantor shall repudiate or purport to revoke the Guaranty; or

 

(p)           Designated Person.  Any Loan Party shall become a Designated Person; or

 

(q)           Unfunded Pension Liabilities.  The aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liabilities of the Loan Parties shall exceed $1,000,000; or

 

(r)            Gaming Operations.  The loss of or failure to obtain any operating licenses or other material licenses or permits or the occurrence of any event or circumstance which in any such case results in the failure to have any material portion of either the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa or, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Riviera Black Hawk Casino, open to conduct gaming activities for any reason for more than fifteen (15) consecutive days (or more than sixty (60) days if during such period the Borrowers are entitled to the proceeds of business interruption insurance sufficient in amount to cover at least 80% of the anticipated loss associated with such failure to have such material portion open to conduct gaming activities) or which results in the prohibition by any Gaming Board of the conduct gaming activities at either the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa or, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Riviera Black Hawk Casino, for a period in excess of two (2) consecutive days; or

 

(s)            Uninsured Loss.  The occurrence of any uninsured loss with respect to any property of any Loan Party in excess of $2,500,000.

 

6.02.       Remedies.  At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.01(f) or 6.01(g)), the Administrative Agent may or shall, upon instructions from the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrowers, (a) terminate the Revolving Loan Commitments, any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans, and/or (b) declare all or a portion of the outstanding Obligations (other than in connection with Lender Rate Contracts or Lender Bank Products) payable by the Borrowers to be immediately due and payable and require that the Borrowers Cash Collateralize the Obligations in an amount equal to 105% of the then Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding .  Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in Section 6.01(f) or 6.01(g), immediately and without notice, (1) the Revolving Loan Commitments, any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans shall automatically terminate, (2) the obligation of the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize the Obligations

 

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in an amount equal to 105% of the then Effective Amount of the L/C Obligations shall automatically become effective, which amounts shall be immediately pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations and (3) all outstanding Obligations payable by the Borrowers hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding.  In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may exercise any other right, power or remedy available to it under any of the Loan Documents or otherwise by law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, (i) all Cash Collateral pledged by the Borrowers (other than Cash Collateral pledged as contemplated by Section 2.03(a) in connection with Swing Line Loans) shall first be applied to reimburse the L/C Issuer as contemplated by Section 2.02(g)(iii), then such Cash Collateral shall be applied to the remaining L/C Obligations and then to the remaining Obligations in the manner set forth below and (ii) all Cash Collateral pledged by the Borrowers as contemplated by Section 2.03(a) in connection with Swing Line Loans shall first be applied to reimburse and otherwise pay the applicable obligations owing to the Swing Line Lender as contemplated by Section 2.03(a), then such Cash Collateral shall be applied to the remaining Obligations of the Borrowers in connection with the Swing Line Loans and then to the remaining Obligations in the manner set forth below.

 

The proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral (subject to the prior sentence with respect to Cash Collateral) shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent in the following order of priorities:

 

First, to the Administrative Agent in an amount sufficient to pay in full the costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with such sale, disposition or other realization, including all fees, costs, expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs;

 

Second, to the Lenders in an amount equal to accrued interest then due and payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except for Lender Rate Contracts and Lender Bank Products);

 

Third, pari passu and ratably, to (i) the Lenders in an amount equal to the principal amount of the outstanding Loans and L/C Borrowings and to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations on a pro rata basis in accordance with the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations (with the portion allocated to the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations to be applied first to repay the Swing Line Loans in full, second to repay the Revolving Loans in full and then to Cash Collateralize the Obligations in an amount equal to the then Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations) and (ii) to the Lender Rate Contract Counterparties to whom obligations are owed in connection with any Lender Rate Contract the terms of which comply with the Credit Agreement to the extent of the associated Termination Value of

 

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such Lender Rate Contract, and such proceeds will not be applied to the extent of any excess over such Termination Value in connection with any Lender Rate Contact, until the Obligations (other than obligations under this clause (ii)) have been paid in full and the Revolving Loan Commitments have been terminated;

 

Fourth, to the Lenders in an amount equal to any other Obligations which are then unpaid (other than any Obligations related to Lender Rate Contracts and Lender Bank Products);

 

Fifth, to the Lender Rate Contract Counterparties in an amount equal to any other Obligations related to Lender Rate Contracts the terms of which comply with the Credit Agreement, which are then unpaid;

 

Sixth, to the Lender Bank Product Providers in an amount equal to any Obligations related to Lender Bank Products which are then unpaid; and

 

Finally, upon payment in full of all of the Obligations, to the persons legally entitled thereto.

 

No application of payments will cure any Event of Default, or prevent acceleration, or continued acceleration, of amounts payable under the Loan Documents, or prevent the exercise, or continued exercise, of rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder or thereunder or at law or in equity.

 

ARTICLE VII. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND RELATIONS AMONG LENDERS.

 

7.01.       Appointment, Powers and Immunities.

 

(a)           Each Lender (on its own behalf or on behalf of any Affiliate of such Lender that is party to a Lender Rate Contract or providing Lender Bank Products) hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as its agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents with such powers as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Each Lender (on its own behalf and on behalf of any Affiliate of such Lender that is party to a Lender Rate Contract or providing Lender Bank Products) hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers as are set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting as administrative agent for the Lenders only and the Administrative Agent is not acting as administrative agent for any other Lender Parties; the Lender Parties (other than the Lenders) that are receiving the benefit of the Collateral are receiving such benefit as an accommodation from the Administrative Agent in its capacity as collateral agent for such Lender Parties and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to such Lender Parties. The Syndication Agent, Sole Bookrunner and Lead Arranger shall not have any duties or responsibilities or any liabilities under this Agreement or any other

 

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Loan Documents and any amendments, consents, waivers or any other actions taken in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall not require the consent of the Syndication Agent, Sole Bookrunner or, except to the extent expressly set forth in Section 8.04(g), Lead Arranger, in such capacity.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, be a trustee for any Lender (or any Affiliate of such Lender that is party to a Lender Rate Contract or providing Lender Bank Products) or have any fiduciary duty to any Lender (or any Affiliate of such Lender that is party to a Lender Rate Contract or providing Lender Bank Products).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any applicable Governmental Rules.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible to any other Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure by any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  The Administrative Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible to any Lender for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors shall be responsible to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith, except to the extent determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen from its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to the Loan Documents as shall be directed by the Required Lenders or in the absence of such direction, such action as the Administrative Agent in good faith deems advisable under the circumstances.

 

(b)           Any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(a) for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder and hereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VII, Section 8.02 and Section 8.03 as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

 

(c)           The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith until such time (and except for so long) as the Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the Required Lenders to act for the L/C Issuer with respect thereto; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article VII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the application and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to the Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Article VII included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

 

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7.02.       Reliance by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate, notice or other document (including any cable, telegram, facsimile or telex) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons (including any certificate, notice or other document from a Loan Party that a sale, transfer, or other disposition of Collateral is permitted by Section 5.02(c)), and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent with reasonable care.  As to any other matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action or exercise any discretion, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting upon instructions of the Required Lenders and shall in all cases be fully protected by the Lenders in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under any other Loan Document in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders (or all Lenders if required by Section 8.04), and such instructions of the Required Lenders (or all the Lenders as the case may be) and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders.

 

7.03.       Defaults.  The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default unless the Administrative Agent has received a written notice from a Lender or the Borrowers, referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”.  If the Administrative Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Lenders.  Notwithstanding anything in the contrary contained herein, the order and manner in which the Lenders’ rights and remedies are to be exercised (including, without limitation, the enforcement by any Lender of its Note) shall be determined by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion.

 

7.04.       Indemnification.  Without limiting the Obligations of the Borrowers hereunder, each Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, ratably in accordance with its Revolving Proportionate Share of all Obligations and Revolving Loan Commitments, for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in refusing to take or in continuing to take any action hereunder unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  The obligations of each Lender under this Section 7.04 shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement and any Lender

 

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ceasing to be a party to this Agreement (with respect to events which occurred prior to the time such Lender ceased to be a Lender hereunder).

 

7.05.       Non-Reliance.  Each Lender represents that it has, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of the business, prospects, management, financial condition and affairs of the Loan Parties and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors shall (a) be required to keep any Lender informed as to the performance or observance by any Loan Party of the obligations under this Agreement or any other document referred to or provided for herein or to make inquiry of, or to inspect the properties or books of any Loan Party; (b) have any duty or responsibility to disclose to or otherwise provide any Lender, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose or otherwise provide any Lender, with any credit or other information concerning any Loan Party which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder or any other Loan Document; or (c) be responsible to any Lender for (i) any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any officer, employee or agent of any Loan Party in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Loan Document, (iii) the value or sufficiency of the Collateral or the validity or perfection of any of the liens or security interests intended to be created by the Loan Documents, or (iv) any failure by any Loan Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

7.06.       Resignation of the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which successor Administrative Agent, if not a Lender, shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrowers; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall have no right to approve a successor Administrative Agent if a Default has occurred and is continuing.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from the duties and obligations thereafter arising hereunder; provided that the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from the duties and obligations arising hereunder from and after the end of such thirty (30) day period even if no successor has been appointed.  If no such successor has been appointed, the Required Lenders shall act as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article VII shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent.  The successor Administrative Agent (or if there is no successor, one of the Lenders

 

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appointed by the Required Lenders that accepts such appointment) shall also simultaneously replace the then existing Administrative Agent and the then existing Administrative Agent shall be fully released as “L/C Issuer” and “Swing Line Lender” hereunder pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the then existing Administrative Agent.

 

7.07.       Collateral Matters.

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by each Lender, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender, and without the obligation to take any such action, to take any action with respect to any Collateral or any Security Document which may from time to time be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens of the Security Documents.

 

(b)           The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release (and to execute and deliver such documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary to release) any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) upon termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments and the full Cash Collateralization of the then outstanding L/C Obligations and the payment in full of all Loans and all other Obligations payable under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents (other than Obligations in respect of Lender Bank Products); (ii) constituting property of the Loan Parties which is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in connection with any transaction not prohibited by this Agreement or the Loan Documents; (iii) constituting property leased to the Loan Parties under an operating lease which has expired or been terminated in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement or the Loan Documents or which will concurrently expire and which has not been and is not intended by the Loan Parties to be, renewed or extended; (iv) consisting of an instrument, if the Indebtedness evidenced thereby has been paid in full; or (v) if approved or consented to by those of the Lenders required by Section 8.04.  Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 7.07.

 

(c)           Unless all the Lenders otherwise consent in writing, any and all cash collateral for the Obligations shall be released to the Borrowers, to the extent not applied to the Obligations, only if (i) the Revolving Loan Commitments have been terminated (ii) all Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Lender Bank Products) have been paid in full and are no longer outstanding, including, without limitation, any L/C Obligations or any other contingent obligations.

 

7.08.       Performance of Conditions.  For the purpose of determining fulfillment by the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties of conditions precedent specified in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 only, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, and approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with each document or other matter sent by the Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required under Article III to be consented to, or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to, that Lender, unless an officer of the Administrative Agent who is responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received written notice from that Lender prior to the making of the requested Loan or the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit specifying its objection thereto

 

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and either (i) such objection shall not have been withdrawn by written notice to the Administrative Agent or (ii) in the case of any condition to the making of a Loan, that Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent that Lender’s Revolving Proportionate Share of such Loan or Letter of Credit.

 

7.09.       The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity; Other Relationships.  The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Loan Party and its Affiliates as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder.  With respect to Loans, if any, made by the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender, the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, and the terms “Lender” or “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to hold a fiduciary, trust or other special relationship with any Lender and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

 

7.10.       Collateral Matters/Lender Rate Contracts/Lender Bank Products.  Each Lender on its own behalf on behalf of its Affiliates understands and agrees that (a) counterparties to Lender Rate Contracts and providers of Lender Bank Products will have the benefits of the Collateral as set forth in the Loan Documents and (b) if the Obligations are repaid as described in Section 7.07, the Collateral will be released as described in Section 7.07 and such Lender and its Affiliates will no longer have the benefits of the Collateral.

 

7.11.       Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)       to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.02(i), 2.02(j), 2.05, 8.02 and 8.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)       to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

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Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.05, 8.02 and 8.03.

 

7.12. Application of Gaming Laws.

 

(a)           This Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents are subject to Gaming Laws and approval, if so required, of the applicable Gaming Board. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties acknowledges that (i) it is subject to being called forward by the Gaming Board in their discretion, for licensing or a finding of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii) all rights, remedies and powers in or under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including with respect to the Collateral (including Equity Securities), may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and only to the extent that required approvals are obtained from the requisite Gaming Boards.

 

(b)           Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties agrees to cooperate with all Gaming Boards in connection with the provision of such documents or other information as may be requested by such Gaming Boards relating to the Loan Parties or to the Loan Documents. The Borrowers hereby consent to any such disclosure by the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties to any Gaming Board and releases such parties from any liability for any such disclosure.

 

(c)           If during the existence of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents it shall become necessary, or in the opinion of the Required Lenders advisable, for an agent, supervisor, receiver or other representative of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties to become licensed under any Governmental Rule as a condition to receiving the benefit of any Collateral encumbered by the Security Documents or other Loan Documents or to otherwise enforce the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, the Borrowers hereby agree to assist the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties and any such agent, supervisor, receiver or other representative obtain licenses and to execute such further documents as may be required in connection therewith.

 

ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

8.01.       Notices.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions or other communications to or upon the Borrowers, any Lender or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be in writing and faxed, mailed, e-mailed or delivered, if to the Borrowers or to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, at its respective facsimile number, e-mail address or address set forth below or, if to any Lender, at the e-mail address, address or facsimile number specified for such Lender in Part B of Schedule I (or to such other facsimile number or address for any party

 

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as indicated in any notice given by that party to the other parties). All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) when sent by an overnight courier service of recognized standing, on the second Business Day following the deposit with such service; (ii) when mailed, first-class postage prepaid and addressed as aforesaid through the United States Postal Service, upon receipt; (iii) when delivered by hand, upon delivery; and (iv) when sent by facsimile transmission or e-mail, upon confirmation of receipt; provided, however, that any notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender under Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person.

 

	
The   Administrative Agent,
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
the   L/C Issuer and the
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Swing   Line Lender:
    	
 
    	
For   Notices of Borrowing, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Interest Period   Selection:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
1525   W. W.T. Harris Blvd
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
MAC   D1109-019
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Charlotte,   NC 28262
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Attention:   Fredrica Smith-Johnson
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Tel.   No. (704) 427-4926
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Fax   No. (704) 715-0017
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
E-mail.   fredrica.smith-johnson@wachovia.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
For   all other notices, with a copy to:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
5340   Kietzke Lane, Suite 201
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Reno,   Nevada 89511
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Attention:   Candace Borrego
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Tel.   No. (775) 689-6131
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Fax   No. (775) 689-6026
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
E-mail.   Candace.Borrego@wellsfargo.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The   Borrowers:
    	
 
    	
c/o   Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
3800   South Virginia Street
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Reno,   NV 89502
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Attention:   John Farahi and Ron Rowan
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Tel.   No. (775) 335-4602
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Fax   No. (775) 332-9171
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
E-mail.   jfarahi@monarchcasino.com and rrowan@monarchcasino.com
    

 

Each Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Conversion and Notice of Interest Period Selection shall be given by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent’s office located at the address referred to above during the Administrative Agent’s normal business hours; provided, however, that any such notice received by the Administrative Agent after 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day shall be deemed received by the Administrative Agent on the next Business Day. In any case where this

 

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Agreement authorizes notices, requests, demands or other communications by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be made by telephone or facsimile, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may conclusively presume that anyone purporting to be a person designated in any incumbency certificate or other similar document received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender is such a person.

 

(b)           The Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may make any material delivered by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, as well as any amendments, waivers, consents, and other written information, documents, instruments and other materials relating to the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, or any other materials or matters relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Communications”) available to the Lenders by posting such notices on an electronic delivery system (which may be provided by the Administrative Agent, an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, or any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent), such as IntraLinks, The Debt Exchange, Inc., SyndTrak Online or a substantially similar electronic system (the “Platform”). The Borrowers acknowledge that (i) the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available” and (iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates warrants the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, sufficiency, or sequencing of the Communications posted on the Platform. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates expressly disclaim with respect to the Platform any liability for errors in transmission, incorrect or incomplete downloading, delays in posting or delivery, or problems accessing the Communications posted on the Platform and any liability for any losses, costs, expenses or liabilities that may be suffered or incurred in connection with the Platform except for liability determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to be due to the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Platform. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a “Notice”) specifying that any Communication has been posted to the Platform shall for purposes of this Agreement constitute effective delivery to such Lender of such information, documents or other materials comprising such Communication. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify, on or before the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent in writing of such Lender’s e-mail address to which a Notice may be sent (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record an effective e-mail address for such Lender) and (ii) that any Notice may be sent to such e-mail address.

 

(c)           Golden Road, MGI and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Acquired Company each hereby appoints and constitutes Parent (the “Borrower Representative”) as its agent to (i) receive statements on account and all other notices from the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender and (ii) execute and deliver notices, statements and certificates to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, in each case, with respect to the Obligations or otherwise under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking by or on behalf of Golden Road, MGI or the

 

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Acquired Company by the Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by Golden Road, MGI or the Acquired Company, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon and enforceable against Golden Road, MGI or the Acquired Company (as applicable) to the same extent as if made directly by Golden Road, MGI or the Acquired Company (as applicable). Any notice or certificate required or permitted hereunder to be delivered by any or all of the Borrowers (or their Responsible Officers or Senior Officers) may be delivered by the Borrower Representative (or its Responsible Officers or Senior Officers) on behalf of any or all of the Borrowers, as the case may be. The Borrowers may replace the Borrower Representative with a different Borrower from time to time upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

8.02.       Expenses. The Borrowers shall pay on demand, whether or not any Credit Event occurs hereunder, (a) all reasonable fees and expenses, including reasonable syndication expenses, travel expenses, attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger in connection with the syndication of the facilities provided hereunder, due diligence, the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of, and the exercise of its duties under, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of amendments, waivers, consents, modifications and supplements related to the Loan Documents, (b) all reasonable fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger in connection with the use of any Platform and (c) subject to Section 8.19, all fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the enforcement of any of the Obligations or in preserving any of the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ rights and remedies (including, without limitation, all such fees and expenses incurred in connection with any “workout” or restructuring affecting the Loan Documents or the Obligations or any bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving any Loan Party). The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 8.02 shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

8.03.       Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and in addition to any other indemnity set forth in the Loan Documents, the Borrowers agree to (a) protect, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender, the Lead Arranger, the Lenders and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, trustees and advisors (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, costs, disbursements, claims or expenses of any kind or nature and from any suits, claims or demands (including in respect of or for attorneys’ fees and other expenses) arising on account of or in connection with any matter or thing or action or failure to act by Indemnitees, or any of them, arising out of or relating to (i) the Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated thereby or related thereto, including the making of any Loans, the funding of any Unreimbursed Amounts and any use by the Borrowers of any proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit, (ii) any Environmental Damages, (iii) any claims for brokerage fees or commissions in connection with the Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated thereby or in connection with the Borrowers’ failure to conclude any other financing, and to reimburse each Indemnitee on demand for all reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing, (iv) the use of any Platform or (v) any and all excise, sales or other similar taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the

 

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Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by the Security Documents, including any penalties, claims or other losses resulting from any delay in paying such excise, sales or other similar taxes and (b) reimburse each Indemnitee for all reasonable legal fees and other expenses in connection with such Indemnitee’s investigation or defense of any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 8.03 shall obligate the Borrowers to protect, indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Indemnitee against any such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, costs, disbursements, claims or expenses to the extent determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or a breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations under this Agreement. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding to which the indemnity set forth in this Section 8.03 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by a Borrower, the holders of a Borrower’s Equity Securities, any creditor of a Borrower or an Indemnitee and whether not an Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto. Upon receiving knowledge of any suit, claim or demand asserted by a third party that the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger or any Lender believes is covered by this indemnity, the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall give the Borrowers notice of the matter; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or such Lender to so notify the Borrowers shall not relieve the Borrowers from their obligations under this Section 8.03 or result in any liability of the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or the Lenders. In connection with any such suit, claim or demand, the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger or such Lender may select its own counsel or request that the Borrowers defend such suit, claim or demand, with legal counsel satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger or such Lender as the case may be, at the Borrowers’ sole cost and expense; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger or such Lender shall not be required to so notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have the right to defend, at the Borrowers’ sole cost and expense, any such matter that is in connection with a formal proceeding instituted by any Governmental Authority having authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of the Administrative Agent’s, Lead Arranger’s or such Lender’s business or that of its Affiliates. The Administrative Agent or such Lender may also require the Borrowers to defend the matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Indemnitees will be entitled to employ counsel separate from counsel for the Borrowers and for any other party in such action if any such Indemnitee reasonably determines that a conflict of interest or other reasonable basis exists which makes representation by counsel chosen by the Borrowers not advisable, all at the Borrowers’ expense. In the event an Indemnitee (or any of its officers, directors or employees) appears as a witness in any action or proceeding brought against the Borrowers in which an Indemnitee is not named as a defendant, the Borrowers agree to reimburse such Indemnitee for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it (including fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with its appearing as a witness. Any failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger or any Lender to notify the Borrowers of any such suit, claim or demand shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligations under this Section 8.03. No Indemnitee referred to above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as

 

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determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  The Borrowers shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnitee affected thereby (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), settle any threatened or pending claim or action that would give rise to the right of any Indemnitee to claim indemnification hereunder unless such settlement (x) includes a full and unconditional release of all liabilities arising out of such claim or action against such Indemnitee and (y) does not include any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnitee. The Borrowers agrees that no Indemnitee shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort, or otherwise) to the Borrowers or their Affiliates or to their respective equity holders or creditors arising out of, related to or in connection with any aspect of the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent such liability is determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnitee’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 8.03 shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. The obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to Environmental Damages are (1) separate and distinct from the Obligations described within the Real Property Security Documents and the Liens and security interests created in the Real Property Security Documents, and (2) may be enforced against the Loan Parties without regard to the existence of the Real Property Security Documents and independently of any action with respect to the Real Property Security Documents.

 

8.04.       Waivers; Amendments. Any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended or waived, and any consent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be given, if such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing and is signed by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders with the written approval of the Required Lenders); provided, however, that:

 

(a)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which would (i) amend the definition of “Required Lenders”, or modify in any other manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any determinations or to waive any rights under, or to modify any provision of, this Agreement (other than “Required Lenders”), (ii) increase the Total Revolving Loan Commitment (except as contemplated by Section 2.01(b)), (iii) extend the Maturity Date, (iv) reduce the principal of or interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or any fees or other amounts payable for the account of the Lenders hereunder, (v) extend any date fixed for any payment of the principal of or interest on any Loans or any fees or other amounts payable for the account of the Lenders or extend any Reduction Date, (vi) amend this Section 8.04 or Section 2.10, or (vii) increase the dollar amounts in Section 2.01(b), must be in writing and signed or approved in writing by all of the Lenders directly adversely affected thereby.

 

(b)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which releases any Loan Party or all or substantially all of the Collateral or any Guarantor must be in writing and signed or approved in writing by all Lenders, except that (i) any such release in connection with a sale or other disposition of Collateral authorized by Section 5.02(c) may be executed by the Administrative Agent and shall not require the approval of any Lenders and (ii) any amendment, waiver or consent which modifies the terms of Section 5.02(c) (including any modification relating to the

 

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prepayment of proceeds from any such sale or other disposition) shall require the consent of the Required Lenders;

 

(c)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which increases or decreases the Revolving Proportionate Share of any Lender must be in writing and signed by such Lender (other than any such document that implements the provisions of Section 2.01(b);

 

(d)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which affects the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender;

 

(e)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which affects the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it must be in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer;

 

(f)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which affects the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent must be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent;

 

(g)          Any amendment, waiver or consent which affects the rights or obligations of the Lead Arranger under Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 must be in writing and signed by the Lead Arranger; and

 

(h)          Section 5.03 may be amended by a written amendment signed by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent as set forth in Section 2.01(b).

 

No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right hereunder or thereunder nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other further exercise thereof or of any other right hereunder or thereunder. Unless otherwise specified in such waiver or consent, a waiver or consent given hereunder shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. The Lenders may condition the giving or making of any amendment, waiver or consent of any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document on payment of a fee by the Borrowers (which may be payable only to the Lenders that consent to such matters within specified periods).

 

In connection with any such proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination requiring the consent of all Lenders (such proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination, a “Proposed Change”), if the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this Section 8.04 being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, so long as the Lender that is acting as the Administrative Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at the Borrowers’ request, the Lender that is acting as the Administrative Agent or an Eligible Assignee that is acceptable to the Administrative Agent shall have the right with the Administrative Agent’s consent and in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from such Non-Consenting Lender, and such Non-Consenting Lender agrees that it shall, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, sell and assign to the Lender that is acting as the Administrative Agent or such Eligible Assignee, all of its rights and obligations

 

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under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of this paragraph, the Revolving Loan Commitments, the Revolving Loans, L/C Advances, and participations in Swing Line Loans) for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Revolving Loans, L/C Advances and aggregate amounts funded under Section 2.03(c)(ii) in respect of Swing Line Loans, by the Non-Consenting Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale (or such other amounts as may be agreed upon by the Non-Consenting Lender and the assignee). In such event, such Non-Consenting Lender agrees to execute an Assignment Agreement to reflect such purchase and sale, but regardless of whether such Assignment Agreement is executed, such Non-Consenting Lender’s rights hereunder, except rights under Section 8.03 with respect to actions prior to such date, shall cease from and after the date of tender by the purchaser of the amount of the purchase price.

 

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Fee Letter may only be amended, modified or changed, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, only by the parties thereto in accordance with the respective provisions thereof and (y) each Lender Rate Contract and agreement with respect to Lender Bank Products may only be amended, modified or changed, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, only by the parties thereto in accordance with the respective provisions thereof.

 

Any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or consent pursuant to this Section 8.04 shall apply equally to, and shall be binding upon, each of the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Defaulting Lender shall not have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the (i) Revolving Proportionate Share of such Defaulting Lender may not be increased, (ii) the Maturity Date of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender may not be extended, and (iii) principal and interest owing to such Defaulting Lender may not be reduced, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

 

No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any payments hereunder of any kind during the period such Lender is a Defaulting Lender other than principal and interest payments. If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Proportionate Shares, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Borrowers or either of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 6.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents or (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 8.06 (subject to the terms of Section 2.10); and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.10, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

8.05.       Successors and Assigns.

 

(a)           Binding Effect. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Notes and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that no Loan Party may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any Loan Document (except in connection with a merger or consolidation permitted by Section 5.02(d)) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender. Any purported assignment or transfer by a Loan Party in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void.

 

(b)           Participations. Any Lender may, without notice to or consent of the Borrowers, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions (“Participants”) participating interests in all or a portion of any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant shall be a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Notes for all purposes under this Agreement and the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which any such sale is effected may require the selling Lender to obtain the consent of the Participant in order for such Lender to agree in writing to any amendment, waiver or consent of a type specified in Section 8.04(a)(i), (iv), (v) or (vii) or Section 8.04(b) but may not otherwise require the selling Lender to obtain the consent of such Participant to any other amendment, waiver or consent hereunder. The Borrowers agree that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are not paid when due

 

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(whether upon acceleration or otherwise), each Participant shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents; provided, however, that (i) no Participant shall exercise any rights under this sentence without the consent of the Administrative Agent, (ii) no Participant shall have any rights under this sentence which are greater than those of the selling Lender and (iii) such rights of setoff shall be subject to the obligation of such Participant to share the payment so obtained with all of the Lenders as provided in Section 2.10(b). The Borrowers also agree that any Lender which has transferred any participating interest in its Commitment or Loans shall, notwithstanding any such transfer, be entitled to the full benefits accorded such Lender under Sections 2.11, 2.12 and 2.13, as if such Lender had not made such transfer.

 

(c)           Assignments. Any Lender may, at any time, sell and assign to any Lender or any Eligible Assignee (individually, an “Assignee Lender”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of this subsection (c), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) (such a sale and assignment to be referred to herein as an “Assignment”) pursuant to an assignment agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G (an “Assignment Agreement”), executed by each Assignee Lender and such assignor Lender (an “Assignor Lender”) and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided, however, that:

 

(i)            Each Assignee Lender shall provide, as a condition to the effectiveness of such assignment, appropriate assurances and indemnities (which may include letters of credit) to the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender as each may require with respect to any continuing obligation to purchase participation interests in any L/C Obligations or any Swing Line Loans then outstanding;

 

(ii)           Without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers (which consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), no Lender may make any Assignment to any Assignee Lender which is not, immediately prior to such Assignment, a Lender hereunder, provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such Assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

 

(iii)          Without the written consent of (1) the Administrative Agent, (2) if such Assignment would result in the Assignee Lender becoming a Lender, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and (3) if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), no Lender may make any Assignment to any Assignee Lender (I) that is less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the aggregate or (II) if, after giving effect to such Assignment, the Revolving Loan Commitment or Loans of such Lender or such Assignee Lender would be less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (except that, in each case, a Lender may make an Assignment which reduces its Revolving Loan Commitment or Loans to zero without the written consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent except to the extent such written consent is required by clause (ii) above and clause (iv) below); and

 

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(iv)          Without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and, if no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers (which consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), no Lender may make any Assignment which does not assign and delegate an equal pro rata interest in such Lender’s Revolving Loans, Revolving Loan Commitment and all other rights, duties and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of each Assignment Agreement, from and after the Assignment Effective Date determined pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, (A) each Assignee Lender thereunder shall be a Lender hereunder with a Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans as set forth on Attachment 1 to such Assignment Agreement and shall have the rights, duties and obligations of such a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (B) the Assignor Lender thereunder shall be a Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans as set forth on Attachment 1 to such Assignment Agreement or, if the Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans of the Assignor Lender have been reduced to $0, the Assignor Lender shall cease to be a Lender and to have any obligation to make any Loan; provided, however, that any such Assignor Lender which ceases to be a Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of any provision of this Agreement which by its terms survives the termination of this Agreement.  Each Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to amend Schedule I to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of each Assignee Lender, the deletion of each Assignor Lender which reduces its Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans to $0 and the resulting adjustment of Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans arising from the purchase by each Assignee Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of an Assignor Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  On or prior to the Assignment Effective Date determined pursuant to each Assignment Agreement, the Borrowers, at their own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, in exchange for the surrendered Revolving Loan Note of the Assignor Lender thereunder, a new Revolving Loan Note to each Assignee Lender thereunder that requests such a note (with each new Revolving Loan Note to be in an amount equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment assumed by such Assignee Lender) and, if the Assignor Lender is continuing as a Lender hereunder, a new Revolving Loan Note to the Assignor Lender if so requested by such Assignor Lender (with the new Revolving Loan Note to be in an amount equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment retained by it).  Each such new Revolving Loan Note shall be dated the Closing Date, and each such new Note shall otherwise be in the form of the Note replaced thereby.  The Notes surrendered by the Assignor Lender shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers marked “Replaced”.  Each Assignee Lender which was not previously a Lender hereunder and which is not organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof shall, within three (3) Business Days of becoming a Lender, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (A) two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor applicable form), as the case may be, certifying in each case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes or (B) in the case of a Lender that is a Non-Bank Lender, (i) a Non-Bank Certificate and (ii) two accurate and complete original signed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lender’s entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement, but only if and to the extent such Lender is legally entitled to do so and if such

 

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Lender is unable to, such Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrowers under Section 2.15) shall not be entitled to indemnification for Taxes under Section 2.12 greater than that to which its assignor was entitled immediately preceding such Assignment.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Wells Fargo assigns all of its Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (c) above, Wells Fargo may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrowers and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon five Business Days’ notice to the Borrowers, terminate the Swing Line.  In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or termination of the Swing Line, the Borrowers shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrowers to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Wells Fargo as L/C Issuer or the termination of the Swing Line, as the case may be.  Wells Fargo shall retain all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.02(c)).  If Wells Fargo terminates the Swing Line, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such termination, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(c).

 

(d)           Register.  The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.01 a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Revolving Loan Commitment or Loans of each Lender from time to time.  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(e)           Registration.  Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by an Assignor Lender and an Assignee Lender (and, to the extent required by Section 8.05(c), by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) together with payment to the Administrative Agent by Assignor Lender of a registration and processing fee of $3,500, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment Agreement and (ii) on the Assignment Effective Date determined pursuant thereto record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Borrowers.  The Administrative Agent may, from time to time at its election, prepare and deliver to the Lenders and the Borrowers a revised Schedule I reflecting the names, addresses and respective Revolving Loan Commitment or Loans of all Lenders then parties hereto (and in any event Schedule I shall be deemed amended to reflect any assignment consummated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or upon any Lender becoming a party to this Agreement by any other means (including pursuant to a joinder as contemplated by Section 2.01(b)).

 

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(f)            Confidentiality.  Subject to Section 8.10, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the Loan Documents and any financial or other information relating to the Loan Parties to each other or to any potential Participant or Assignee Lender.

 

(g)           Pledges to Federal Reserve Banks; Other Pledges of Notes.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Lender may at any time assign all or a portion of its rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank.  No such assignment shall relieve the assigning Lender from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  In the case of any Lender that is a Fund, such Lender may (i) assign or pledge all or any portion of the Loans held by it (and Notes evidencing such Loans) to the trustee under any indenture to which such Lender is a party in support of its obligations to the trustee for the benefit of the applicable trust beneficiaries, or (ii) pledge all or any portion of the Loans held by it (and Notes evidencing such Loans) to its lenders for collateral security purpose; provided, however, no such pledgee under clause (i) or (ii) shall become a Lender hereunder (by foreclosure, transfer in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) unless and until it complies with the assignment provisions of this Agreement to become a Lender hereunder and has received all consents required hereunder.

 

(h)           True Sale.  All participations in the Obligations or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to provisions hereof or otherwise, are intended to be “true sales” for purposes of financial reporting in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140.  Accordingly, the L/C Issuer or any Lender that sells or is deemed to have sold a participation in the Obligations (including any participations in Letters of Credit and/or Loans, any participations described in clause (b) above and any participations under Section 2.10(b)) (each a “Participation Seller”) hereby agrees that if such Participation Seller receives any payment in respect of the Obligations to which such participation relates through the exercise of setoff by such Participation Seller against the Borrowers or any other obligor, then such Participation Seller agrees to promptly pay to the participating party in such participation such participant’s pro rata share of such setoff (after giving effect to any sharing with the Lenders under Section 2.10(b) hereof).

 

(i)            Additional Forms.  If required by applicable Governmental Rules or otherwise deemed prudent by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and each Lender shall prepare, execute and deliver a completed Form U-1 (or Form G-3, as applicable) for each Lender (and, if applicable, for each Participant, in which case the applicable Lender shall cause its Participant to satisfy the requirements of this Section).

 

8.06.        Setoff; Security Interest.

 

(a)           Setoffs By Lenders.  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent but without prior notice to or consent of the Borrowers, any such notice and consent being expressly waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable Governmental Rules, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to set-off and apply against the Obligations any amount owing from such Lender to the Borrowers.  The aforesaid right of set-off may be exercised by such Lender against the Borrowers or against any trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver or execution,

 

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judgment or attachment creditor of the Borrowers or against anyone else claiming through or against the Borrowers or such trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor, notwithstanding the fact that such right of set-off may not have been exercised by such Lender at any prior time.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrowers after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

(b)           Security Interest.  As security for the Obligations, the Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, a continuing security interest in any and all deposit accounts or moneys of the Borrowers now or hereafter maintained with such Lender.  Each Lender shall have all of the rights of a secured party with respect to such security interest.

 

8.07.        No Third Party Rights.  Nothing expressed in or to be implied from this Agreement is intended to give, or shall be construed to give, any Person, other than the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns hereunder, any benefit or legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by virtue of this Agreement or under or by virtue of any provision herein.

 

8.08.        Partial Invalidity.  If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law or any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

8.09.        Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL RULES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AS TO ANY ISSUE RELATING HERETO IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.

 

8.10.        Confidentiality.  None of the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or any Lender shall disclose to any Person any Confidential Information, except that the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger and any Lender may disclose any such information (a) to its own directors, officers, employees, auditors, counsel and other advisors and to its Affiliates; (b) to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or any other Lender; (c) which is otherwise known or available to the public or which is otherwise known to the receiving party prior to the time such Confidential Information was delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or any Lender; (d) if required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any Governmental Authority having or claiming to have jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or such Lender (including as required in connection with pledges and assignments permitted under Section 8.05(g)); (e) if required in response to any summons or subpoena; (f) in connection with any enforcement by the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or the Lenders of their rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any litigation among the parties relating to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated

 

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thereby; (g) to comply with any Requirement of Law applicable to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or such Lender; (h) to any Assignee Lender or Participant or any prospective Assignee Lender or Participant; provided that such Assignee Lender or Participant or prospective Assignee Lender or Participant agrees to be bound by the provisions of (or provisions substantially similar to) this Section 8.10; or (i) otherwise with the prior consent of such Loan Party; provided, however, that any disclosure made in violation of this Agreement shall not affect the obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Nothing in this Section 8.10 shall limit the use of any Platform as described in Section 8.01(b).

 

8.11.        Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, any set of which signed by all the parties hereto shall be deemed to constitute a complete, executed original for all purposes.  Transmission by facsimile, “pdf” or similar electronic copy of an executed counterpart of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.  Any party hereto may request an original counterpart of any party delivering such electronic counterpart.

 

8.12.        Consent to Jurisdiction.  Each of the parties to this Agreement irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada and the courts of the United States located in Nevada and agrees that any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be brought against such party in any such courts.  In addition, the Borrowers irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of any State (each a “Real Property State”) where any real property described in any Real Property Security Agreement is located and the courts of the United States located in any such Real Property State and agrees that any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Real Property Security Agreement related to real property located in a Real Property State may be brought against such party in any such courts in such Real Property State.  Final judgment against any party in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction by suit on the judgment, a certified or exemplified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the judgment, or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Section 8.12 shall affect the right of any party to commence legal proceedings or otherwise sue any other party in any other appropriate jurisdiction, or concurrently in more than one jurisdiction, or to serve process, pleadings and other papers upon any other party in any manner authorized by the laws of any such jurisdiction.  The Borrowers agree that process served either personally or by registered mail shall, to the extent permitted by law, constitutes adequate service of process in any such suit.  Each of the parties to this Agreement irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Governmental Rules (a) any objection which it may have now or in the future to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any court referred to in the first sentence above; (b) any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum; (c) its right of removal of any matter commenced by any other party in the courts of the State of Nevada or any Real Property State or to any court of the United States; (d) any immunity which it or its assets may have in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document from any suit, execution, attachment (whether provisional or final, in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process; and (e) any right it may have to require the moving party in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any of the courts referred to above arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document to post security for the costs of any party or to post a bond or to take similar action.

 

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8.13.        Relationship of Parties.  The relationship between the Borrowers, on the one hand, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the other, is, and at all times shall remain, solely that of borrowers and lenders.  Neither the Lenders nor the Administrative Agent shall under any circumstances be construed to be partners or joint venturers of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates; nor shall the Lenders nor the Administrative Agent under any circumstances be deemed to be in a relationship of confidence or trust or a fiduciary relationship with the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, or to owe any fiduciary duty to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.  The Lenders and the Administrative Agent do not undertake or assume any responsibility or duty to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates to select, review, inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon or otherwise inform the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates of any matter in connection with its or their property, any security held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the operations of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.  The Borrowers and each of their Affiliates shall rely entirely on their own judgment with respect to such matters, and any review, inspection, supervision, exercise of judgment or supply of information undertaken or assumed by any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with such matters is solely for the protection of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and neither the Borrowers nor any of their Affiliates is entitled to rely thereon.

 

8.14.        Time.  Time is of the essence as to each term or provision of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.

 

8.15.        Waiver of Punitive Damages.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrowers hereby agree that they shall not seek from the Lenders or the Administrative Agent punitive damages under any theory of liability.

 

8.16.        USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance with the Patriot Act.

 

8.17. Waivers and Agreements of Borrowers.  While not intended by the parties hereto, if it is determined that any Borrower is a surety of another Borrower:

 

(a)           Without limiting the provisions of Section 1.13, the covenants, agreements and obligations of each Borrower set forth herein are joint and several and shall be primary obligations of such Borrower, and such obligations shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever, foreseeable or unforeseeable.

 

(b)           Each Borrower hereby waives (i) any right of redemption with respect to the Collateral after the sale hereunder, and all rights, if any, of marshalling of the Collateral or other collateral or security for the Obligations and (ii) any right (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to (A) proceed against the other Borrowers or any other Person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any other collateral or security for any of the Obligations or (C) pursue any remedy in the

 

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Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s power whatsoever.  Each Borrower hereby waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the other Borrowers or any other Person other than payment in full of the Obligations, including, without limitation, any defense based on or arising out of the disability of the other Borrowers or any other Person, or the enforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the other Borrowers other than payment in full of the Obligations.  The Administrative Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any security held by the Administrative Agent by one or more judicial or non-judicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable (to the extent such sale is permitted by applicable law), or exercise any other right or remedy the Administrative Agent may have against the other Borrowers or any other Person, or any security, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Borrower hereunder except to the extent the Obligations have been paid in full.  Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent, even though that election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed obligation, has destroyed such Borrower’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against the other Borrowers.

 

8.18.        Clarification.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the parties hereto understand and agree that Wells Fargo is acting in various capacities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and therefore shall be permitted to fulfill its roles and manage its various duties hereunder in such manner as Wells Fargo sees fit and, for the avoidance of doubt, in lieu of sending notices to itself when acting in different capacities Wells Fargo may keep internal records regarding all such communications, notices and actions related to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with its past practice.

 

8.19.        Costs to Prevailing Party.  If any action or arbitration proceeding is brought by any party against any other party under this Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover such costs and attorney’s fees as the court or the arbitrator in such action or proceeding may adjudge as appropriate.

 

8.20.        Consent to Release of Lithia Property.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to (i) the release of the Collateral described in that certain Deed of Trust with Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of September 16, 2009, executed by Golden Road in favor of the Administrative Agent and recorded in Washoe County as Document #3802185 and (ii) the execution of and the authorization of filing by the Administrative Agent of any releases, reconveyances, terminations and similar documents to effect to the foregoing.  Such consent is a one-time consent and shall only apply to the matter set forth in this Section 8.20.

 

8.21.        Notes.  Each of the lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement hereby agrees to return its Revolving Credit Note (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) marked “cancelled” to the Borrowers after receipt by such lender of its Revolving Loan Note under this Agreement.  The Swing Line Lender hereby agrees to return its Swingline Note (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) marked “cancelled” to the Borrowers after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of its Swing Loan Note under this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
BORROWERS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   John Farahi
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John   Farahi
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Bob Farahi
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Bob   Farahi
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   John Farahi
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John   Farahi
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    
							

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
ADMINISTRATIVE   AGENT, L/C ISSUER
   AND SWING LINE LENDER:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WELLS   FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
   ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, L/C
   Issuer and Swing Line Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Candace Borrego
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Candace   Borrego
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
THE   LENDERS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WELLS   FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
   ASSOCIATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Candace Borrego
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Candace   Borrego
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    
							

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
BANK   OF AMERICA N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Donald Schulke
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Donald   Schulke
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President
    
				

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
MUTUAL   OF OMAHA BANK
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   E. Philip Potamitis
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
E.   Philip Potamitis
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President
    
				

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
CAPITAL   ONE, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Ross Wales
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
				

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
COMERICA   BANK
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Bryan Camden
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Bryan   Camden
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    
				

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
UMPQUA   BANK
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Nick Butler
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Nick   Butler
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    
				

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Chad Orrock
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
				

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (MONARCH 2011)

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

THE LENDERS

 

Part A

 

	
LENDER
    	
 
    	
REVOLVING LOAN
   COMMITMENT
    	
 
    	
REVOLVING
   PROPORTIONATE SHARE
    	
 
    
	
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
50,000,000
    	
 
    	
50.00
    	
%
    
	
Bank of America N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
15,000,000
    	
 
    	
15.00
    	
%
    
	
Mutual of Omaha Bank
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,000,000
    	
 
    	
7.00
    	
%
    
	
Capital One, N.A. 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,000,000
    	
 
    	
7.00
    	
%
    
	
Comerica Bank 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,000,000
    	
 
    	
7.00
    	
%
    
	
Umpqua Bank
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,000,000
    	
 
    	
7.00
    	
%
    
	
U.S. Bank, National Association
    	
 
    	
$
    	
7,000,000
    	
 
    	
7.00
    	
%
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
TOTAL
    	
 
    	
$
    	
100,000,000
    	
 
    	
100
    	
%
    
								

 

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Part B

 

	
WELLS   FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    
	
as   a Lender
    
	
 
    
	
Notices:
    
	
 
    
	
Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association
    
	
5340   Kietzke Lane, Suite 201
    
	
Reno,   Nevada 89511
    
	
Attention:   Candace Borrego
    
	
Tel.   No.  (775) 689-6131
    
	
Fax   No.  (775) 689-6026
    
	
E-mail.   Candace.Borrego@wellsfargo.com
    
	
 
    
	
Domestic   and Foreign Lending Office:
    
	
 
    
	
Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association
    
	
1525   W. W.T. Harris Blvd
    
	
MAC   D1109-019
    
	
Charlotte,   NC 28262
    
	
Attention:   Fredrica Smith-Johnson
    
	
Tel.   No.  (704) 427-4926
    
	
Fax   No.  (704) 715-0017
    
	
E-mail.   fredrica.smith-johnson@wachovia.com
    

 

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BANK OF AMERICA N.A.

as a Lender

 

Notices:

 

Bank of America N.A.

401 S. Virginia Street, 2nd Floor

Reno, Nevada 89501-2196

Attention:  Donald Schulke

Tel. No.  (775) 325-9012

Fax No.  (312) 453-5958

E-mail.  donald.d.schulke@baml.com

 

Domestic and Foreign Lending Office:

 

Bank of America N.A.

2001 Clayton Rd. Bldg. B

Concord, California 94520

Attention:  Varun Bhatt

Tel. No.  (415) 436-3683  ext. 81685

Fax No.  (214) 290-9447

E-mail.  varun.bhatt@bankofamerica.com

 

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MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK

as a Lender

 

Notices:

 

Mutual of Omaha Bank
 8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300
 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

Attention:  E. Philip Potamitis

Tel. No.  (702) 492-5800

Fax No.  (602) 636-8619

E-mail.  Philip.potamitis@mutualofomahabank.com

 

Domestic and Foreign Lending Office:

 

Mutual of Omaha Bank
 8945 W. Russell Road, Suite 300
 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

Attention:  Laura Linton

Tel. No.  (702) 492-5803

Fax No.  (602) 636-8619

E-mail.  Laura.linton@mutualofomahabank.com

 

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CAPITAL ONE, N.A.

as a Lender

 

Notices:

 

Capital One, N.A.
 201 St. Charles Avenue, 29th Floor
 New Orleans, Louisiana  70170

Attention:  Ross S. Wales

Tel. No.  (504) 533-5719

Fax No.  (504) 533-2060

E-mail.  ross.wales@capitalonebank.com

 

Domestic and Foreign Lending Office:

 

Capital One, N.A.
 201 St. Charles Avenue, 29th Floor
 New Orleans, Louisiana  70170

Attention:  Lorie Ferguson

Tel. No.  (504) 533-5718

Fax No.  (504) 533-2060

E-mail.  lorie.ferguson@capitalonebank.com

 

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COMERICA BANK

as a Lender

 

Notices:

 

Comerica Bank
 3980 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 350
 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Attention:  Kevin Urban

Tel. No.  (702) 791-4803

Fax No.  (702) 791-2371

E-mail.  kturban@comerica.com

 

Domestic and Foreign Lending Office:

 

Comerica Bank
 3980 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 350
 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
 Attention:  Jane Ulisky

Tel. No.  (702) 791-4806

Fax No.  (702) 791-2371

E-mail.  jeulisky@comerica.com

 

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UMPQUA BANK

as a Lender

 

Notices:

 

Umpqua Bank
 3490 S. Virginia Street
 Reno, Nevada  89502

Attention:  Nick Butler

Tel. No.  (775) 689-6532

Fax No.  (775) 689-6554

E-mail.  nickbutler@umpquabank.com

 

Domestic and Foreign Lending Office:

 

Umpqua Bank
 250 NE Garden Valley Blvd. #12
 Roseburg, Oregon 97470
 Attention: Kimberly Klooster, LSS
 Tel. No.: (541) 440-7467
 Fax No.: (541) 440-4916
 E-mail:  LSSPart-LIBORSvc@umpquabank.com

 

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U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as a Lender

 

Notices:

 

U.S. Bank, National Association
 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 600
 Las Vegas, Nevada  89102

Attention:  Chad Orrock

Tel. No.  (702) 251-1627

Fax No.  (702) 251-1619

E-mail.  chad.orrock@usbank.com

 

Domestic and Foreign Lending Office:

 

U.S. Bank, National Association
 555 SW Oak Street
 Portland, Oregon 97204
 Attention: Marcy Marlow
 Tel. No.: (503) 275-5005
 Fax No.: (866) 721-7062
 E-mail:  Marcella.marlow@usbank.com

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

SCHEDULE OF EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

 

All that real property situate in the City of Reno, County of Washoe, State of Nevada, described as follows:

 

PARCEL 1:

 

That certain parcel of land situate within the Northeast 1/4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., City of Reno, County of Washoe, State of Nevada and a portion of land shown on that certain “Reversion to Acreage” Parcel Map No. 2105, recorded March 5, 1987, as File No. 1144922, filed in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, State of Nevada, said Parcel No. 2105, being a reversion of acreage of Parcels A, B and C of Parcel Map No. 1085 filed April 18, 1980, as File No. 668558 in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, State of Nevada, more particularly described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at a point on the westerly line of Coliseum Way, said point being the Southwest corner of Parcel B of the above-mentioned Parcel Map No. 1085, from which point the Northeast corner of said Section 25 bears North 55°01’17” East 761.93 feet, said point being the true point of beginning; thence along said westerly line of Coliseum Way North 7°29’17” West 89.52 feet; thence South 69°53’10” West 1,082.38 feet to a point on the easterly line of S. Virginia Street; thence along said easterly line South 20°06’52” East 379.15 feet to the beginning of a tangent 25.00 foot radius curve to the left concave to the East, Northeast and North from which point the radius point bears North 69°53’08” East; thence southerly, southeasterly and easterly along said curve an arc distance of 37.15 feet through a central angle of 85°08’58” to a point on the North line of Peckham Lane; thence along said North line North 74°44’13” East 101.26 feet; thence North 77°47’44” East 99.26 feet to the beginning of a tangent 600.50 foot radius curve to the right concave to the South from which point the radius point bears South 12°12’16” East; thence easterly along said curve an arc distance of 117.60 feet through a central angle of 11°13’14”; thence North 76°58’43” East 27.42 feet to the beginning of a non-tangent 597.04 foot radius curve to the right concave to the South from which point the radius point bears South 0°02’01” East; thence from a tangent which bears North 89°57’59” East easterly along said curve an arc distance of 270.26 feet through a central angle of 25°56’08”; thence South 64°05’50” East 364.55 feet; thence North 25°54’07” East 23.81 feet to the beginning of a tangent 200.00 foot radius curve to the left concave to the Northwest and West from which point the radius point bears North 64°05’53” West; thence northeasterly and northerly along said curve an arc distance of 116.55 feet through a central angle of 33°23’24”; thence North 7°29’17” West 677.86 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

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The basis of bearings for this description is the Nevada State Plane Coordinate System, West Zone (NAD 83/94).

 

Being further described as Parcel A as shown on Record of Survey Map No. 4880, according to the map thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of Nevada on April 6, 2007, as File No. 3518334, Official Records.

 

NOTE:  The above metes and bounds description appeared previously in that certain instrument recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, Nevada on April 3, 2007, as Document No. 3516901 of Official Records.

 

PARCEL 2:

 

That certain parcel of land situated within the Southeast 1⁄4 of Section 24 and in the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., City or Reno, County of Washoe, State of Nevada, more particularly described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at a point on the East line of Virginia Street as it presently exists from which point the Southwest corner of Parcel C of Reversion-Parcel Map No. 2105 recorded as File No. 1144922 on March 05, 1987 in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, Nevada, bears South 0°58’33” East 14.73 feet;  said point also bears South 65°44’38” West 1,802.49 feet the Northeast corner of said Section 25, said point being the true point of beginning;  thence North 69°10’56” East 173.39 feet;  thence North 20°47’32” West 215.45 feet;  thence South 69°10’54” West 173.49 feet;  thence South 20°49’06” East 215.44 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

The basis of bearing used herein is the centerline tangent of Coliseum Way taken as North 8°11’31” West.  Record per Parcel Map No. 1085 id North 8°10’00” West.

 

NOTE (NRS 111.312):  The above metes and bounds description was prepared by Gilbert W. Patterson, PLS# 5666, at Castle Land Surveying, 240 Linden Street, Reno, NV  89502.

 

PARCEL 1 ABOVE WAS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS THE FOLLOWING 5 SEPARATE PARCELS:

 

(1)

 

That portion of the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., and a portion of land shown on that certain “Reversion to Acreage” shown on Parcel Map No. 2105, recorded March 5, 1987, as File No. 114922, filed in the office of the Washoe County 

 

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Recorder, said Parcel Map No. 2015, being a reversion of acreage of Parcels A, B and C of Parcel Map No. 1085, filed April 18, 1980, as File No. 668558, said portion being described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Parcel B of the above-mentioned Parcel Map No. 1085 from which the Northeast corner of said Section 25 bears thence North 54°20’39” East, a distance of 761.93 feet; thence South 56°48’56” West, a distance of 415.70 feet; thence South 05°33’43” East, a distance of 405.10 feet, to the Northerly line of Peckham Lane as shown on said Parcel Map No. 1085; thence along the Northerly line of Peckham Lane from a tangent which bears North 69°46’04” West, along a circular curve to the left with a radius of 597.04 feet and a central angle of 20°56’40”, an arc length of 218.25 feet; thence continuing along said Northerly line South 76°15’36” West, a distance of 219.00 feet; thence South 75°22’51” West, a distance of 133.59 feet; thence from a tangent which bears South 75°22’51” West, along a circular curve to the right with a radius of 25 feet and a central angle of 50°57’59” an arc length of 22.24 feet, to the Easterly line of South Virginia Street, as shown on Parcel Map No. 1085; thence along said Easterly line North 20°47’35” West, a distance of 404.56 feet; thence North 69°12’25” East, a distance of 1087.38 feet, to the Westerly line of Coliseum Way, as shown on Parcel Map No. 1085; thence along the Westerly line of Coliseum Way, South 08°10’00” East, a distance of 89.52 feet to the point of beginning.

 

EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion of land conveyed to the City of Reno, a municipal corporation in that certain Order for Final Condemnation, recorded March 20, 1990, in Book 3050, Page 12, Document No. 1387076, Official Records.

 

FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion of land conveyed to the City of Reno, a municipal corporation in that certain Deed, recorded November 16, 1990, in Book 3173, Page 464, as Document No. 1441412, Official Records.

 

FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion of land conveyed to the City of Reno, a municipal corporation in that certain Deed, recorded April 22, 1991, in Book 3244, Page 621, as Document No. 1473647, Official Records.

 

FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM any portion lying within Peckham Lane as it now exists.

 

TOGETHER WITH an easement for ingress and egress in that certain Reciprocal Easement, recorded in the Office of the Washoe County Recorder on May 17, 2002, as Document No. 2688891.

 

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(2)

 

A tract of land being situate in the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., and being shown on Record of Survey Map 2616, as File No. 1699141, and being recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on August 4, 1993, and being more particularly described as follows:

 

COMMENCING  at the Northeast corner of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M.; thence South 06°39’13” West a distance of 461.73 feet; thence North 88°32’00” West a distance of  565.78 feet to the true point of beginning, said point of beginning being on the Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way; thence along the said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way South 08°10’00” East a distance of 557.72 feet; thence leaving said Westerly Right of Way, South 75°51’20” West a distance of 263.55 feet; thence North 04°36’34” West a distance of 114.38 feet; thence North 08°00’34” West, a distance of 126.40 feet; thence South 43°05’26” West a distance of 172.61 feet; thence North 05°33’34” West a distance of 277.12 feet; thence North 56°48’56” East a distance of 415.70 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

BASIS OF BEARING is the centerline of Coliseum Way as shown on Parcel Map 480, File No. 490027, as recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on September 29, 1977, as South 08°10’00” East.

 

(3)

 

A tract of land being situate in the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., and being shown on Record of Survey Map 2616, as File No. 1699141, and being recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on August 4, 1993, and being more particularly described as follows:

 

COMMENCING at the Northeast corner of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M.; thence South 06°39’13’ West a distance of 461.73 feet; thence North 88°32’00” West a distance of 565.78 feet to the Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way; thence along the said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way South 08°10’00” East a distance of 557.72 feet to the true point of beginning; thence continuing along the said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way, the following three (3) courses:  South 08°10’00” East a distance of 120.14 feet; thence along the arc of a curve to the right, having a radius of 200.00 feet, a central angle of 33°23’24”, a distance of 116.55 feet; thence South 25°13’25” West a distance of 23.81 feet to the Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane; thence along the said Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane, North 64°46’36” West a distance of 163.22 feet; thence leaving said Northerly Right of Way, North 12°03’30” East a distance of 81.94 feet; thence South 89°57’40” East a distance of 20.00 feet; thence North 00°02’20” East a distance of 74.04 feet; thence North 75°51’20” East a distance of 124.38 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

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BASIS OF BEARING is the centerline of Coliseum Way as shown on Parcel Map No. 480, File No. 490027, as recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on September 29, 1977, as South 08°10’00” East.

 

(4)

 

A tract of land being situate in the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., and being shown on  Record of Survey Map 2616, as File No. 1699141, and being recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on August 4, 1993, and being more particularly described as follows:

 

COMMENCING at the Northeast corner of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., thence South 06°39’13” West a distance of 461.73 feet; thence North 88°32’00” West a distance of 565.78 feet to the Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way; thence along the said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way South 08°10’00” East a distance of 557.72 feet; thence leaving said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way, South 75°51’20” West a distance of 124.38 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 00°02’20” West a distance of 74.04 feet; thence North 89°57’40”  West a distance of 20.00 feet; thence South 12°03’30” West a distance of 81.94 feet to the Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane; thence along the said Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane, North 64°46’36” West a distance of 132.99 feet; thence leaving said Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane, North 19°32’30” East a distance of 67.35 feet; thence North 75°51’20” East a distance of 139.17 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

BASIS OF BEARING is the centerline of Coliseum Way as shown on Parcel Map 480, File No. 490027, as recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on September 29, 1977, as South 08°10’00” East.

 

(5)

 

A tract of land being situate in the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., and being shown on Record of Survey Map 2616, as File No. 1699141, and being recorded in the office of the in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on August 4, 1993, and being more particularly described as follows: 

 

COMMENCING a the Northeast corner of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M.; thence South 06°39’13’ West a distance of 461.73 feet; thence North 88°32’00” West a distance of 565.78 feet to the Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way; thence along the said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way South 08°10’00” East a distance of 557.72 feet; thence leaving said Westerly Right of Way of Coliseum Way, South 75°51’20” West a distance 

 

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of 263.55 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 19°32’30” West a distance of 67.35 feet to the Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane; thence along the said Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane, the following two (2) courses:  North 64°46’36” West a distance of 68.36 feet; thence along the arc of a curve to the left having a radius of 597.04 feet, a central angle of 04°59’28”, a distance of 52.01 feet; thence leaving said Northerly Right of Way of Peckham Lane, North 05°33’34” West a distance of 127.98 feet; thence North 43°05’26” East a distance of 172.61 feet; thence South 08°00’34” East a distance of 126.40 feet; thence South 04°36’34” East a distance of 114.38 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

BASIS OF BEARING is the centerline of Coliseum Way as shown on Parcel Map No. 480, File No. 490027, as recorded in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, on September 29, 1977, as South 08°10’00” East.

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

 

All that real property situate in the City of Reno, County of Washoe, State of Nevada, described as follows:

 

PARCEL 1:

 

BEGINNING at the intersection of the Western line of South Virginia Street (U.S. 395), (86 feet wide) with the Southern line of the parcel of land described in Parcel 1 in the Deed to William H. Moffat, recorded in Book 74, File No. 44494, Deed Records, from said point of beginning the Southeast corner of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., bears South 20°42’22” East 4413.18 feet; thence along a fence line along the Southern boundary of said Moffat parcel the five following courses and distances:  South 70°36’51” West 358.52 feet; North 19°50’56” West 63.62 feet; South 70°36’51” West 27.66 feet; North 22°02’59” West 27.33 feet; and South 67°27’53” West 635.24 feet to a fence line along the Western line of the Cochran Ditch; thence along said fence line along said Western line of said Cochran Ditch the ten following courses and distances:  North 38°59’53” West 45.40 feet; North 3°43’20” West 65.74 feet; North 38°06’35” East 102.87 feet; North 0°22’42” West 86.15 feet; North 0°06’57” West 24.68 feet; North 7°46’41” West 49.06 feet; North 21°40’34” West 131.88 feet; North 10°43’03” West 84.24 feet; North 1°13’59” East 94.68 feet; and North 8°27’39” East 119.99 feet to a fence along the Northern boundary of said Moffat parcel; thence North 68°59’51” East along said fence line along said Northern boundary of said Moffat parcel 754.93 feet to said Western line of South Virginia Street; thence South 20°52’13” East along the last mentioned line 794.38 feet to the point of beginning, situate in the Northeast 1⁄4 of said Section 25. Reference is made to License Survey No. 298942.

 

EXCEPTING THEREFROM that parcel described in Deed recorded November 3, 1970, under File No. 189261, Official Records of Washoe County.

 

ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM all that portion of the herein described property lying within West Peckham Lane as it presently exists, and or conveyed to the City of Reno by Deed recorded November 3, 1970, under File No. 189266.

 

AND ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion described as Parcel 2 in Deed to Eagle Thrifty Drugs and Markets, Inc., a Nevada corporation, recorded January 7, 1972, under File No. 231197.

 

ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion conveyed by an instrument recorded February 15, 2006 as File No. 3349617, Official Records.

 

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PARCEL 2:

 

COMMENCING at the East quarter corner of said Section 25; thence South 89°26’06” West along the East-West centerline of said Section 25, a distance of 1002.7 feet to the Western line of South Virginia Street (U. S. Highway 395); thence along said Western line of said South Virginia Street the two following courses and distances:  North 20°34’25’ West 353.34 feet and North 20°52’13” West a distance of 1243.52 feet to the most Easterly Northeast corner of Parcel 3 conveyed to Louis Capurro, et al, by Deed recorded March 25, 1946, in Book 179 of Deeds, Page 586, Washoe County, Nevada, Records; thence along the Northerly boundary of said parcel South 70°36’37” West 370.46 feet, shown as South 68°19’ West 364.7 feet in said Deed, the true point of beginning; thence along the Northerly boundary of said parcel the following courses and distances:  North 19°51’17” West 63.54 feet, shown as North 20°56’ West 64.00 feet in said Deed; South 70°40’05” West 27.67 feet, shown as South 66°36’ West 28.7 feet in said Deed; North 22°02’34” West 27.34 feet, shown as North 19°25’ West 28.00 feet in said Deed; and South 67°28’58” West a distance of 238.80 feet, shown as South 65°50’ West in said Deed; thence leaving the Northerly boundary line of said parcel North 89°39’39” East 210.34 feet; thence on a curve to the left the tangent of which bears the last described course, having a radius of 170.00 feet through a central angle of 19°03’02” for an arc distance of 56.52; thence North 70°36’37” East a distance of 13.55 feet to the true point of beginning.

 

PARCEL 3:

 

COMMENCING at the Northwest corner of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M.; thence South 73°50’45” East 1807.93 feet; thence East 900 feet to a point on the North-South quarter line of said Section 25; thence along said line South 0°23’30” East 245 feet to the true point of beginning, said point being on the same line as described in the Deed to William H. Schnoor and wife, recorded in Book 171, Page 172, Deed Records; thence South 89°36’30” East 82.08 feet to a point on the West bank of the Cochran Ditch marked by an iron pin; thence Southerly and along said West bank to a point and iron rod on said bank, at a point 9.0 feet South of the South line of the Northwest 1⁄4 of the Northeast 1⁄4 of said Section 25; thence parallel to said line West 62.3 feet to a rod on said North-South quarter line of said Section 25; thence along said quarter line North 0°23’30” West 581.00 feet to the true point of beginning, situate in the Northwest 1⁄4 of the Northeast 1⁄4 and the Southwest 1⁄4 of Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 25, Township 19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M.

 

EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion conveyed to the City of Reno, by Deed recorded November 3, 1970, under File No. 189266.

 

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NOTE (NRS 111.312):  The above metes and bounds description appeared previously in that certain instrument, recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, Nevada on December 31, 1997, as Document No. 2167154, of Official Records.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.01

 

Conditions Precedent to Closing

 

The occurrence of the initial Credit Event under the Credit Agreement is subject to: (i) in the case of all conditions listed below which can be satisfied by the delivery of documentation or other items by the Borrowers, receipt by the Administrative Agent of such documentation or other items, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and with sufficient copies for the Administrative Agent (and, where expressly indicated, each Lender) and (ii) in the case of all other conditions listed below, the Administrative Agent’s determination that such conditions have been reasonably satisfied or waived.

 

(a)           Principal Loan Documents.

 

(i)            This Agreement, duly executed by the Borrowers, each Lender and the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)           A Revolving Loan Note payable to each Lender, each duly executed by the Borrowers;

 

(iii)          A Swing Loan Note payable to the Swing Line Lender in the principal amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, duly executed by the Borrowers;

 

(iv)          The Security Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed by the Borrowers, together with (A) the  Pledged Intercompany Notes, if any, (B) the original certificates (if any) representing all of the outstanding Equity Securities each Subsidiary that is pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement, together with undated stock or membership powers duly executed by the appropriate Loan Party, as applicable, in blank and attached thereto; and (C) all other collateral listed on Schedule I of the Security Agreement; and

 

(v)           A completed Collateral Certificate, duly executed by Parent.

 

(b)           Borrowers’ Organizational Documents.

 

(i)            The  certificate of incorporation or articles of organization of each Borrower, certified as of a recent date prior to the Closing Date by the Secretary of State (or comparable official) of such Borrower’s state of incorporation;

 

(ii)           A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Borrower, dated the Closing Date, certifying that (A) attached thereto is a true and correct copy of the bylaws of such Borrower as in effect on the Closing Date; (B) attached thereto are true and correct copies of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors or other governing body of such Borrower and continuing in effect, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed or to be executed by such Borrower and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (C) there are no proceedings for the dissolution or liquidation of such Borrower; and (D) the

 

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incumbency, signatures and authority of the officers of such Borrower authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other documents, instruments or agreements related thereto executed or to be executed by such Borrower;  and

 

(iii)          Certificates of good standing (or comparable certificates) for each Borrower, certified as of a recent date prior to the Closing Date by the Secretary of State (or comparable official) of Delaware and each state in which such Borrower is qualified to do business.

 

(c)           Financial Statements, Financial Condition, Etc.

 

(i)            A copy of the audited Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for fiscal years 2008 through 2010 (prepared on a consolidated basis), each with an unqualified opinion from an independent accounting firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

 

(ii)           A copy of the unaudited Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year to date ended as of June 30, 2011 (prepared on a consolidated basis), certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrowers to present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and other information reflected therein and to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments);

 

(iii)          A copy of (and the Administrative Agent’s and Required Lenders’ satisfactory review of) the projected financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries by fiscal year for each of the fiscal years through the Maturity Date (which shall be quarterly for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2012 and annually thereafter), together with narrative assumptions, including, in each case, projected balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings and statements of cash flow of Parent and its Subsidiaries, all in reasonable detail and reflecting the Borrowers’ compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 5.03 of this Agreement, all prepared by a financial officer of the Borrowers; and

 

(iv)          Such other financial, business and other information regarding the Borrowers or any other Loan Party as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any Lender may request.

 

(d)           Collateral Documents; Real Property Documents.

 

(i)            Evidence that upon the filing of appropriate financing statements the Administrative Agent will have a valid, perfected first priority Lien on all Collateral as to which a security interest can be perfected by filing a financing statement, subject to Permitted Liens;

 

(ii)           Uniform Commercial Code search certificates from the jurisdictions in which Uniform Commercial Code financing statements are to be filed pursuant to subsection (d)(i) above reflecting no other financing statements or filings which evidence Liens of other Persons in the Collateral which are prior to the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent in this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Loan Documents, except for any such prior Liens which are expressly permitted by this Agreement to be prior;

 

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(iii)          A Control Agreement with each bank at which a Borrower maintains a deposit account (other than Pari-mutuel Accounts), each appropriately completed, duly executed by such Loan Party, and the Administrative Agent and acknowledged by the depositary bank to which addressed;

 

(iv)          A Control Agreement with each securities intermediary at which a Borrower maintains a securities account, each appropriately completed, duly executed by such Loan Party, and the Administrative Agent and acknowledged by the securities intermediary to which addressed;

 

(v)           Appropriate documents for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office and all other filings necessary to perfect the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent by the Security Documents, all appropriately completed and duly executed by the applicable Loan Party and, where appropriate, notarized;

 

(vi)          A Power of Attorney in the form attached to the Security Agreement, dated the Closing Date and otherwise appropriately completed, duly executed by each Borrower and notarized;

 

(vii)         ALTA standard coverage Lender’s policy of title insurance in the amount of $30,000,000 (or a commitment therefor) insuring the validity and priority of the Real Property Security Documents, in such amounts and with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may require, issued by a title insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with such policies of co-insurance or re-insurance (or commitments therefor) as the Administrative Agent may require;

 

(viii)        The Atlantis Deed of Trust, duly executed and recorded in Washoe County, Nevada;

 

(ix)           A Second Amendment to Assignment of Entitlements and Certificate and Indemnification for Hazardous Substances with respect to the real property subject to each Real Property Security Document, duly executed and recorded in Washoe County, Nevada;

 

(x)            An acknowledgment and reaffirmation of Certificate and Indemnification Regarding Hazardous Substances, duly executed and recorded in Washoe County, Nevada;

 

(xi)           Copies of the Adjacent Driveway Lease, Adjacent Driveway Estoppel, CC Skybridge Documentation, CC Skybridge Easements, CC Skybridge Estoppel, Pedestrian Crossing Air Space License and all other related documents with respect to the Atlantis Real Property, together with all amendments and modifications thereto;

 

(xii)          Such other documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent may request to establish and perfect the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Loan Documents; and

 

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(xiii)         Such other evidence as the Administrative Agent may request to establish that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Loan Documents are or upon the proper filings shall be perfected and prior to the Liens of other Persons in the Collateral, except for any such Liens which are expressly permitted by this Agreement to be prior.

 

(e)           Opinion.  A favorable written opinion from Henderson & Morgan, LLC, special counsel for the Loan Parties dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, covering such legal matters as the Administrative Agent may request and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(f)            Other Items.

 

(i)            A duly completed and timely delivered Notice of Loan Borrowing for Revolving Loans;

 

(ii)           The capital and ownership structure (including operating agreements, company agreements, articles of incorporation and by-laws), stockholders agreements and management of the Loan Parties shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Lenders;

 

(iii)          Certificates of insurance, loss payable endorsements naming the Administrative Agent as loss payee and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as additional insured, as required by Section 5.01(d) of this Agreement and an insurance analysis and review from a consultant acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iv)          There shall not exist any pending or threatened action, suit, investigation or proceeding, which, if adversely determined, could materially and adversely affect the Loan Parties, any transaction contemplated hereby or the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents or the ability of the Lenders to exercise their rights thereunder;

 

(v)           There shall not exist (A) any order, decree, judgment, ruling or injunction which restrains any part of the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement in the manner contemplated by the Loan Documents (or any documents executed in connection therewith); or (B) any litigation pending or threatened against any Loan Party as of the Closing Date which could have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(vi)          Copies of all Rate Contracts to which a Borrower or any Loan Party is a party;

 

(vii)         A copy of the Acquisition Agreement and each other Acquisition Document (including all exhibits, appendices, schedules, annexes and attachments thereto and amendments thereof), duly executed by each party thereto, and a copy of each agreement, certificate, opinion of counsel and other material writing delivered by or on behalf of each party to such documents in connection therewith, provided that the Acquisition Agreement shall not contain any contingent payments to the seller thereunder (including earn-out payments) and shall

 

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not provide for any other payments to the seller thereunder after the closing of the Acquisition except for post-closing adjustments that do not exceed $5,000,000 (excluding working capital adjustments);

 

(viii)        A certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrowers, addressed to the Administrative Agent and dated the Closing Date, certifying that:

 

(A)          The representations and warranties set forth in Article IV and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of such date (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as if made on such date (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as of such date);

 

(B)           No Default has occurred and is continuing as of such date;

 

(C)           Each Loan Party has obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable to have been obtained prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions herein and the continued operation of the business conducted by the Loan Parties in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the Closing Date.  Each such Governmental Authorization or consent is in full force and effect, except in a case where the failure to obtain or maintain a Governmental Authorization or consent, either individually or in the aggregate, could not have a Material Adverse Effect.  All applicable waiting periods have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.  No action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing is pending, and the time for any applicable Governmental Authority to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion, if any, has expired; and

 

(D)          No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party from entering into this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or consummating the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority having authority over any such Person and remains in effect, and no applicable Governmental Rules shall be enacted or deemed applicable to the Loan Documents by a Governmental Authority having authority over any such Person that makes the closing of the Loan Documents or any extensions of credit thereunder illegal;

 

(ix)           To the extent not included in clause (b) or (c) above, a certified copy of each of the Material Documents of the Borrowers (including all exhibits, appendices, schedules, annexes and attachments thereto and amendments and assignments thereof);

 

(x)            Each Loan Party has provided the documentation and other information to the Lenders that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your

 

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customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act;

 

(xi)           All fees and expenses payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date (including all fees payable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Fee Letter);

 

(xii)          All fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent invoiced through the Closing Date; and

 

(xiii)         Such other evidence as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may request to establish the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties and the compliance with the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Document.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.03

 

Conditions Precedent to Acquisition

 

The obligation of the Lenders to make any Loans to fund any portion of the Acquisition is subject to: (i) in the case of all conditions listed below which can be satisfied by the delivery of documentation or other items by the Borrowers, receipt by the Administrative Agent of such documentation or other items, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and with sufficient copies for the Administrative Agent (and, where expressly indicated, each Lender) and (ii) in the case of all other conditions listed below, the Administrative Agent’s determination that such conditions have been reasonably satisfied or waived.

 

(a)           A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Borrower, dated the Acquisition Closing Date, certifying that (A) there have been no amendments or modifications to the certificate or articles of incorporation or articles of organization or bylaws of such Borrower delivered on the Closing Date (or if there have been, they are attached thereto), (B) the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors or other governing body of such Borrower delivered on the Closing Date are continuing in effect and have not been modified or revoked and (C) there are no proceedings for the dissolution or liquidation of such Borrower.

 

(b)           A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Guarantor, if any, dated the Acquisition Closing Date, certifying that (A) there have been no amendments or modifications to Organizational Documents of such Guarantor delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (or if there have been, they are attached thereto), (B) the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors or other governing body of such Guarantor delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Acquisition Closing Date are continuing in effect and have not been modified or revoked and (C) there are no proceedings for the dissolution or liquidation of such Guarantor.

 

(c)           A certificate of a Senior Finance Officer of the Borrowers certifying that as of the Acquisition Closing Date (and after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions), (A) the Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.25:1.00 and (B) EBITDA of the Loan Parties is no less than $30,000,000 for the twelve months ended as of the most recent month end prior to the Acquisition Closing Date for which financial statements are available, and attaching calculations demonstrating the same to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent;

 

(d)           To the extent received by any Loan Party under the Acquisition Agreement, copies of satisfactory consolidated and consolidating financial statements for the Acquired Company for the three fiscal years most recently ended for which financial statements are available and interim unaudited financial statements for each quarterly period ended since the last audited financial statements for which financial statements are available;

 

(e)           Pro forma consolidated and consolidating Financial Statements of the Loan Parties for the four quarter period most recently ended prior to the Acquisition Closing Date for which financial statements are available giving pro forma effect to the Transactions (prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933);

 

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(f)            Favorable written opinions from Henderson & Morgan, LLC and other special counsel for the Loan Parties, dated the Acquisition Closing Date, addressed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, covering such legal matters as the Administrative Agent may request and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(g)           Receipt of copies of UCC-1 financing statement search reports from the jurisdiction of organization of the Acquired Company evidencing the absence of liens, other than Permitted Liens, on the assets acquired pursuant to the Acquisition; and, if such search reports evidence liens, other than Permitted Liens, evidence that such liens shall be released contemporaneously with the closing of the Acquisition;

 

(h)           The Administrative Agent shall have received the following documents, executed by each party thereto as necessary, to hold in escrow pending consummation of the Acquisition:

 

(i)            a joinder to this Agreement and the Security Agreement executed by the Acquired Company;

 

(ii)           all instruments constituting Collateral free and clear of all adverse claims, accompanied by undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer executed in blank;

 

(iii)          the Organizational Documents, certificates, resolutions and other documents that would have been required of the Acquired Company under clause (a) of Schedule 3.01 if the Acquired Company had been a Borrower on the Closing Date;

 

(iv)          a deed of trust or mortgage on any real property acquired in connection with the Acquisition and an ALTA standard coverage Lender’s policy of title insurance of $70,000,000 (or a commitment therefor) so long as First American Title Insurance Company agrees to issue a tie-in endorsement between such policy and the title insurance policy on the Atlantis Deed of Trust, insuring the validity and priority of such deed of trust or mortgage, in such amount and with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may require, issued by a title insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with such policies of co-insurance or re-insurance (or commitments therefor) as the Administrative Agent may require and all documentation and information (including any appraisals, surveys, environmental reports and environmental indemnities) with respect thereto; and

 

(v)           an assignment of entitlements, leases, rents, and contracts as well as a certificate and indemnification regarding hazardous substances with respect to any real property acquired in connection with the Acquisition in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in form acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(i)            Parent and MGI  shall not have entered into any amendment, supplement or other modification to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, the Acquisition Agreement or any other Acquisition Document that materially adversely affects the interests of the Lenders (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) or increases the Purchase Price (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) by more than $7,600,000, unless such amendment, supplement,

 

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modification or waiver shall have been consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld);

 

(j)            The representations and warranties of the Acquired Company set forth in the Acquisition Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the consummation of the Acquisition;

 

(k)           An amendment to each Real Property Security Document and such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may require in connection with each existing title policy;

 

(l)            A certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrowers, addressed to the Administrative Agent and dated the Acquisition Closing Date, certifying that:

 

(i)            The representations and warranties set forth in Article IV and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of such date and after giving effect to the Transactions (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as if made on such date (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as of such date);

 

(ii)           No Default has occurred and is continuing as of such date;

 

(iii)          Each Loan Party has obtained all Governmental Authorizations (including all applicable gaming licenses and permits) and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable to have been obtained prior to the Acquisition Closing Date in connection with the Transactions and the continued operation of the business conducted by the Loan Parties in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the Acquisition Closing Date.  Each such Governmental Authorization or consent is in full force and effect, except in a case where the failure to obtain or maintain a Governmental Authorization or consent, either individually or in the aggregate, could not have a Material Adverse Effect.  All applicable waiting periods have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.  No action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing is pending, and the time for any applicable Governmental Authority to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion has expired; and

 

(iv)          No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party from entering into this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or consummating the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority having authority over any such Person and remains in effect, and no applicable Governmental Rules shall be enacted or deemed applicable to the

 

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Loan Documents by a Governmental Authority having authority over any such Person that makes the closing of the Loan Documents or any extensions of credit thereunder illegal.

 

(m)          There shall not exist any pending or threatened action, suit, investigation or proceeding, which, if adversely determined, could materially and adversely affect the Loan Parties, any transaction contemplated hereby (including the Transactions) or the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents or the ability of the Lenders to exercise their rights thereunder;

 

(n)           There shall not exist (i) any order, decree, judgment, ruling or injunction which restrains the consummation of the Transactions in the manner contemplated by the Acquisition Documents; or (ii) any litigation that shall be pending or threatened against any Loan Party as of the Acquisition Closing Date which could have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(o)           No Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) shall have occurred; and

 

(p)           Evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that (i) all conditions precedent to the Acquisition have been satisfied or will be satisfied on the Acquisition Closing Date, (ii) the Acquisition has been and will be conducted in compliance with all Requirements of Law and (iii) no person is entitled to receive any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or similar fee or payment in connection with the Acquisition Documents except any such fee that is being paid in full on the Acquisition Closing Date.

 

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SCHEDULE 4.01(g)

 

SCHEDULE OF LITIGATION

 

None, other than the Kerzner Litigation as described below.

 

On February 3, 1996, Monarch entered into a license agreement with Atlantis Motor Lodge, Inc. (ALodge@) that allowed Monarch to use the name AAtlantis@A for lodging services in the state of Nevada.  (Lodge owned the federal registration for the mark Atlantis in the lodging category.)  Subsequently, Lodge sold its AAtlantis@ mark federal registration to Kerzner International, Inc. (AKerzner@) subject to Monarch=s license, causing Monarch to become the licensee of Kerzner.  That license remains active and enforceable to date.  However, as disclosed elsewhere, Kerzner and Monarch are in on-going litigation regarding the mark AAtlantis@ as it pertains to casino/gambling.  As part of the settlement of that lawsuit, the parties are negotiating with regard to a potential global cross-licensing agreement that may subsume the existing licensing agreement for lodging.

 

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SCHEDULE 4.01(h)

 

SCHEDULE OF REAL PROPERTY

OWNED OR LEASED BY LOAN PARTIES

 

None, other than as shown on Schedules A and B.

 

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SCHEDULE 4.01(j)(ii)

 

SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING SUBSCRIPTIONS, OPTIONS,

CONVERSION RIGHTS OR WARRANTS

 

None, other than officer, director and employee stock options issued pursuant to stock option plans disclosed to Administrative Agent.

 

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SCHEDULE 4.01(k)

SCHEDULE OF MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 4.01(o)

 

SCHEDULE OF SUBSIDIARIES

 

None, other than the Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

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AMS RISK MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, INC.

 

SCHEDULE 4.01(u)

 

Borrower shall secure, pay for and maintain for the Atlantis Hotel Casino Resort Spa and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Riviera Black Hawk Casino (collectively, the “Gaming Facilities”), without interruption, at its own expense, the following insurance policies including all specified coverages and limits during the term of the Credit Agreement:

 

a.               PROPERTY INSURANCE — Borrower shall maintain a Special Causes of Loss (“All Risk” - ISO Form or Equivalent), perils policy covering the buildings and improvements, and any other permanent structures, relating to any property of the Gaming Facilities, at an amount sufficient to cover replacement cost of Gaming Facilities.  Borrower shall maintain no less than a Ten Million Dollar ($10,000,000) limit of coverage for the perils of Flood and Earthquake covering the Gaming Facilities.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, replacement cost for insurance purposes will be established by an independent appraiser mutually selected by Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  The policy will include Agreed Amount (waiving co-insurance), replacement cost valuation and building ordinance endorsements.  The policy shall provide that all losses in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) be adjusted with the Administrative Agent.  Borrower waives any and all rights of subrogation against Administrative Agent and the Lenders resulting from losses to property.

 

b.               PERSONAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, STOCK) — Borrower shall maintain a Special Causes of Loss (“All Risk”) perils property coverage at an amount sufficient to cover replacement cost of all personal property relating to the Gaming Facilities.  The coverage will include a Lender’s Loss Payable Endorsement in favor of the Administrative Agent (i.e. Borrower’s acts will not impair Administrative Agent’s right to recover, exclusive payment of loss to the Administrative Agent and automatic notice of cancellation/non-renewal to the Administrative Agent).

 

The policy providing Real Property and Personal Property coverages, as specified in clauses (a) and (b), hereinabove, may include a deductible of no more than Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) for any single occurrence.

 

c.               BUSINESS INCOME/EXTRA EXPENSE — Borrower shall maintain combined Business Income/Extra Expense coverage at an amount sufficient to cover annual net profit plus continuing expenses (including debt service) for the Gaming Facilities.  Such coverage 

 

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shall include extensions for Off Premises Power losses at Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and Extended Period of Indemnity of one hundred eighty (180) days endorsement.  These coverages may have deductibles of no greater than forty-eight (48) hours, or One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), if a separate deductible applies.  This coverage will be specifically endorsed to include the Administrative Agent as Loss Payee (i.e. loss payments will be made to the Borrower and Administrative Agent).

 

All Property coverage including Real Property, Personal Property and Business Income cannot include any exclusion/limitation regarding coverage for Terrorism or Terrorist Acts.

 

d.               BOILER & MACHINERY — Borrower shall maintain a Boiler & Machinery policy for the Gaming Facilities written on a Comprehensive Form with a combined direct and indirect limit of no less than Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000).  The policy shall include extensions for Agreed Amount (waiving co-insurance) and Replacement Cost Valuation.  The policy may contain deductibles of no greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) direct and forty-eight (48) hours indirect.

 

e.               CRIME INSURANCE — Borrower shall obtain a comprehensive Crime policy, including the following coverages:

 

i.                       Employee Dishonesty — Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)

 

ii.                   Money and Securities (Inside) — Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)

 

iii.               Money and Securities (Outside) — Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)

 

iv.                  Depositor’s Forgery — One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)

 

v.                      Computer Fraud — One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)

 

The policy must be amended so that money is defined to include “tokens and chips”.  The policy may contain a deductible of no greater than Fifty Thousand ($50,000) for all coverages.

 

f.                 COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY (2007 ISO FORM OR EQUIVALENT) — Borrower shall maintain a Commercial General Liability Policy with a One Million Dollar ($1,000,000) combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage, including Products Liability, Contractual Liability and all standard policy form extensions.  The policy must provide a Two Million Dollar ($2,000,000) general aggregate (per location, if multi-location risk) 

 

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and be written on an “occurrence form”.  The policy will include extensions for Employee Benefits Legal and Liquor Legal Liability.  If the policy contains a self-insured retention, it shall be no greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) per occurrence.

 

The policy shall be endorsed to include the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as Additional Insured.  Definition of Additional Insured shall include all Officers, Directors, Employees, Agents and Representatives of the Additional Insured.  The coverage for Additional Insured shall apply on a primary basis irrespective of any other insurance whether collectible or not (ISO Endorsement Form #CG 20261185 Additional Insured — Designated Person or Organization or Equivalent).

 

g.              AUTOMOBILE — Borrower shall maintain a comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance Policy written under coverage Symbol “1” providing a One Million Dollar ($1,000,000) combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage covering all owned, non-owned and hired vehicles of the Borrower and used in connection with any Gaming Facilities.

 

Garagekeepers Legal Liability — A One Million Dollar ($1,000,000) limit for comprehensive and collision coverages for physical damage to vehicles in the Borrower’s care, custody and control.  The policy can be subject to a deductible of no greater than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) for each auto and Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for each loss.

 

h.              WORKERS COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYERS LIABILITY INSURANCE — Borrower shall maintain a standard Workers Compensation policy covering the State of Nevada (Atlantis), Colorado (Black Hawk) and any other state where Borrower owns or operate a Gaming Facility, including Employers Liability coverage subject to a limit of no less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for each employee, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for each accident, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) policy limit.  The policy shall include endorsements for Voluntary Compensation Coverage and Stop Gap Liability.  If Borrower has elected to self-insure Workers Compensation coverage in the State of Nevada (Atlantis), Colorado (Black Hawk), (or any other state), then Administrative Agent must be furnished with a copy of the self-insurance program documentation in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its insurance consultant, and evidence of the Stop Loss Excess Workers Compensation policy with a specific retention of no greater than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) per occurrence.

 

i.                 RETENTION — If Borrower’s General Liability, Automobile and Workers Compensation policies include a self-insured retention, it is agreed and fully understood that Borrower is solely responsible for payment of all amounts due within said self-insured retentions.  

 

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Any Indemnification/ Hold Harmless provision is extended to cover all liability associated with said self-insured retentions.

 

j.                       UMBRELLA LIABILITY — An Umbrella Liability policy shall be purchased with a limit of not less than Seventy Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000) providing excess coverage over all limits and coverages indicated in Paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this Schedule 4.01(u). The limits can be secured by a combination of policies as long as they follow form over policies required under (f), (g) and (h) of this Schedule and are written on an “occurrence” form.  This policy shall be endorsed to include the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as Additional Insured, in the same manner set forth in Schedule 4.01 (u) hereinabove.

 

k.             GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (ALL POLICIES) — All policies indicated above shall be written with insurance companies licensed and admitted to do business in all states where Borrower owns or operates any Gaming Facility and shall be rated no lower than “A X” in the most recent edition of A.M. Best’s and “AA” in the most recent edition of Standard & Poor’s, or such other carrier reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.  All policies discussed above shall be endorsed to provide that in the event of a cancellation, non-renewal or material modification, the Administrative Agent shall receive thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof (by Certified Mail).

 

Borrower shall furnish the Administrative Agent with Certificates of Insurance executed by an authorized Agent evidencing compliance with all insurance provisions discussed above on an annual basis, and on or prior to closing date Borrower shall also furnish a copy of the Declaration Page of each policy required under Section 4.01 (u) and policy endorsements evidencing the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ appropriate status under each policy (as Mortgagee, Loss Payee, Additional Insured, etc.).  Certificates of Insurance executed by an authorized Agent of each carrier providing insurance evidencing continuation of all coverages will be provided on the Closing Date and annually on or before ten (10) days prior to expiration of each policy.  All certificates and other notices related to the insurance program shall be delivered to Administrative Agent concurrently with the delivery of such certificates or notices to such carrier or to Borrower, or any of them, as applicable.

 

l.                  OTHER — Approval of any insurance by Administrative Agent shall not be a representation of the solvency of any insurer or the sufficiency of any coverage required under this Agreement.  All requirements are considered minimums in terms of the purchase and maintenance of insurance under this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE 4.01(v)

 

SCHEDULE OF AGREEMENTS WITH AFFILIATES

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 5.02(b)

 

SCHEDULE OF LIENS

 

1.                                       Claim of Lien in favor of Long Painting Co. recorded September 2, 2011 as Document No. 4037112.

 

2.                                       Financing Statement in favor of Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. filed in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State on July 29, 2009 as Document No. 2009018640-6.

 

3.                                       Financing Statement in favor of Konami Gaming, Inc. filed in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State on March 8, 2011 as Document No. 2011005616-5.

 

4.                                       Financing Statement in favor of WMS Gaming Inc. filed in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State on May 13, 2004 as Document No. 2004015313-0.

 

5.                                       Financing Statement in favor of IGT filed in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State on November 21, 2006 as Document No. 2006038792-5.

 

6.                                       Financing Statement in favor of IGT filed in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State on March 30, 2007 as Document No. 2007010051-5.

 

7.                                       Financing Statement in favor of LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. filed in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State on April 27, 2007 as Document No. 2007013540-5, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF 5.02(e)

 

SCHEDULE OF EXISTING INVESTMENTS

 

None, other than investments previously made in Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF LOAN BORROWING

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as the Administrative Agent

1525 West WT Harris Boulevard

MAC D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn:  Fredrica Smith-Johnson

Tel:  (704) 427-4926

Fax:  (704) 715-0017

Email:  fredrica.smith-johnson@wachovia.com

 

1.             Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15,  2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among: (1) Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and Monarch Growth Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.  Unless otherwise indicated, all terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same respective meanings when used herein.

 

2.             Pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably request a Revolving Loan Borrowing upon the following terms:

 

(a)           The principal amount of the requested Borrowing is to be $                    ;

 

(b)           The requested Revolving Loan Borrowing is to consist of [“Base Rate”]  [“LIBOR”] Loans;

 

(c)           If the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing is to consist of LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period for such Loans will be                      month[s]; and

 

(d)           The date of the requested Borrowing is to be                     ,         .

 

3.             Each Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, on the date listed in Section 2(d) above and after giving effect to the requested Borrowing:

 

(a)           The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in

 

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which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as if made on such date (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as of such date);

 

(b)           No Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the requested Borrowing; and

 

(c)           No material adverse change in the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) having occurred since December 31, 2010.

 

4.                                      Please disburse the proceeds of the requested Borrowing to:

 

[This Space Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have executed this Notice of Loan Borrowing on the date set forth above.

 

 

 

	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT B

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as the Administrative Agent

1525 West WT Harris Boulevard

MAC D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn:  Fredrica Smith-Johnson

Tel:  (704) 427-4926

Fax:  (704) 715-0017

Email:  fredrica.smith-johnson@wachovia.com

 

1.             Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15,  2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among: (1) Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and Monarch Growth Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.  Unless otherwise indicated, all terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same respective meanings when used herein.

 

2.             Pursuant to Section 2.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably request to convert a Revolving Loan Borrowing as follows:

 

(a)           The Revolving Loan Borrowing to be converted consists of [“Base Rate”] [“LIBOR”] Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $                     which were initially advanced to the Borrowers on                     ,         ;

 

(b)           Such Borrowing is to be converted into a Borrowing consisting of the following type(s), amount(s) and, for each LIBOR Loan, Interest Period:

 

	
Type
    	
 
    	
Amount
    	
 
    	
Interest Period
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

The Loans of the Borrowing are to be converted into [“Base Rate”] [“LIBOR”] Loans, as applicable;

 

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(c)           If such Loans are to be converted into LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period for such Loans commencing upon conversion will be                      months; and

 

(d)           The date of the requested conversion is to be                     ,         .

 

3.             For each conversion of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, each Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, on the date of this Notice of Conversion, and after giving effect to the requested conversion, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have executed this Notice of Conversion on the date set forth above.

 

 

	
 
    	
MONARCH   CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GOLDEN   ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH   GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
					

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

NOTICE OF INTEREST PERIOD SELECTION

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as the Administrative Agent

1525 West WT Harris Boulevard

MAC D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn:  Fredrica Smith-Johnson

Tel:  (704) 427-4926

Fax:  (704) 715-0017

Email:  fredrica.smith-johnson@wachovia.com

 

1.                                      Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15,  2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among: (1) Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and Monarch Growth Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.  Unless otherwise indicated, all terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same respective meanings when used herein.

 

2.                                      Pursuant to Section 2.01(f) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably select a new Interest Period for a Revolving Loan Borrowing as follows:

 

(a)                                   The Revolving Loan Borrowing for which a new Interest Period is to be selected consists of LIBOR Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $                     which were initially advanced to the Borrowers on                     ,         ;

 

(b)                                 The last day of the current Interest Period for such Loans is                       ,         ; and

 

(c)                                  The next Interest Period for such Loans commencing upon the last day of the current Interest Period is to be [one (1)]  [three (3)] [six (6)] month[s].

 

3.                                      Each Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that on the date of this Notice of Interest Period Selection, after giving effect to the requested selection, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have executed this Notice of Interest Period Selection on the date set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
MONARCH   CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GOLDEN   ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH   GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

NOTICE OF SWING LOAN BORROWING

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as the Administrative Agent

1525 West WT Harris Boulevard

MAC D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn:  Fredrica Smith-Johnson

Tel:  (704) 427-4926

Fax:  (704) 715-0017

Email:  fredrica.smith-johnson@wachovia.com

 

1.                                      Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15,  2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among: (1) Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and Monarch Growth Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.  Unless otherwise indicated, all terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same respective meanings when used herein.

 

2.                                      Pursuant to Section 2.03(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably request the Swing Loan Borrowing upon the following terms:

 

(a)                                 The principal amount of the Swing Loan Borrowing is to be $                    ; and

 

(b)                                 The date of the Swing Loan Borrowing is to be                     ,         .

 

3.                                      Each Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, on the date listed in Section 2(b) above and after giving effect to the requested Swing Loan Borrowing:

 

(a)                                 The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as if made on such date (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as of such date);

 

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(b)                                 No Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the Borrowing; and

 

(c)                                  No material adverse change in the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) having occurred since December 31, 2010.

 

4.                                      Please disburse the proceeds of the Swing Loan Borrowing to:

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have executed this Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing on the date set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
MONARCH   CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GOLDEN   ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH   GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

REVOLVING LOAN NOTE

 

	
$
    	
 
    	
,     
    

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and MONARCH GROWTH INC., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”) hereby promise to pay to the order of                                          (the “Lender”), the principal sum of                                                              DOLLARS ($                    ) or such lesser amount as shall equal the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrowers pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011, among the Borrowers, each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), on or before the Maturity Date specified in the Credit Agreement; and to pay interest on said sum, or such lesser amount, at the rates and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

[This Note amends, restates and replaces in its entirety that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note, dated as of January 20, 2009, executed by Golden Road in favor of the Lender.]

 

The Borrowers shall make all payments hereunder, for the account of the Lender’s Applicable Lending Office, to the Administrative Agent as indicated in the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the United States and in same day or immediately available funds.

 

Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to record on the schedule(s) annexed to this Note, the date and amount of each Revolving Loan and of each payment or prepayment of principal made by the Borrowers and agrees that all such notations shall be conclusive absent manifest error with respect to the matters noted; provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make, or any error in making, any such notation shall not affect the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder.

 

This Note is one of the Revolving Loan Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement.  This Note is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, including the rights of prepayment and the rights of acceleration of maturity set forth therein, and is secured by the Security Documents.  Terms used herein have the meanings assigned to those terms in the Credit Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.

 

The transfer, sale or assignment of any rights under or interest in this Note is subject to certain restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, including Section 8.05 thereof.

 

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The Borrowers shall pay all fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Lender in the enforcement or attempt to enforce any of the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder not performed when due.  Each Borrower hereby waives notice of presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind.

 

All obligations of the Borrowers hereunder shall be joint and several.

 

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to conflicts of law rules.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have executed this Revolving Loan Note on the date set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
MONARCH CASINO &   RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GOLDEN   ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH   GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

 

	
Date
    	
 
    	
Type of
   Loan
    	
 
    	
Amount of
   Loan
    	
 
    	
Interest Period
   Amount of
   Principal Paid or
   Prepaid
    	
 
    	
Unpaid
   Principal
   Balance
    	
 
    	
Notation
   Made By
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

SWING LOAN NOTE

 

	
$10,000,000
    	
 
    	
,     
    

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and MONARCH GROWTH INC., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), hereby promise to pay to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Lender”), the principal sum of TEN MILLION DOLLARS AND 00/100 ($10,000,000.00) or such lesser amount as shall equal the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Swing Line Loans made by the Lender to the Borrowers pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011, among the Borrowers, each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), on or before the Maturity Date specified in the Credit Agreement; and to pay interest on said sum, or such lesser amount, at the rates and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

This Note amends, restates and replaces in its entirety that certain Swingline Note, dated as of January 20, 2009, executed by Golden Road in favor of the Swing Line Lender.

 

The Borrowers shall make all payments hereunder, for the account of the Lender’s Applicable Lending Office, to the Administrative Agent as indicated in the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the United States and in same day or immediately available funds.

 

Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to record on the schedule(s) annexed to this Note the date and amount of each Swing Line Loan and of each payment or prepayment of principal made by the Borrowers and agrees that all such notations shall be conclusive absent manifest error with respect to the matters noted; provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make, or any error in making, any such notation shall not affect the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder.

 

This Note is one of the Swing Loan Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement.  This Note is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, including the rights of prepayment and the rights of acceleration of maturity set forth therein, and is secured by the Security Documents.  Terms used herein have the meanings assigned to those terms in the Credit Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.

 

The transfer, sale or assignment of any rights under or interest in this Note is subject to certain restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement, including Section 8.05 thereof.

 

The Borrowers shall pay all fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Lender in the enforcement or attempt to enforce any of the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder not

 

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performed when due.  Each Borrower hereby waives notice of presentment, demand, protest or notice of any other kind.

 

All obligations of the Borrowers hereunder shall be joint and several.

 

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to conflicts of law rules.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers have executed this Swing Loan Note on the date set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
MONARCH   CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
GOLDEN   ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MONARCH   GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT G

 

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of the date set forth at the top of Attachment 1 hereto, by and among:

 

(1)           The financial institution designated under item A of Attachment 1 hereto as the Assignor Lender (“Assignor Lender”); and

 

(2)           The financial institution designated under item B of Attachment 1 hereto as the Assignee Lender (“Assignee Lender”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.            Assignor Lender is one of the Lenders which is a party to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and MONARCH GROWTH INC., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.

 

B.            Assignor Lender wishes to sell, and Assignee Lender wishes to purchase, all or a portion of Assignor Lender’s rights under the Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 8.05(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

Now, therefore, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Definitions.  Except as otherwise defined in this Assignment Agreement, all capitalized terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement have the respective meanings given to those terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.             Sale and Assignment.  On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Assignment Agreement, Assignor Lender hereby agrees to sell, assign and delegate to Assignee Lender and Assignee Lender hereby agrees to purchase, accept and assume the rights, obligations and duties of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents having a Revolving Loan Commitment and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share as set forth under Column 1 opposite Assignee Lender’s name on Attachment 1 hereto.  Such sale, assignment and delegation shall become effective on the date designated in Attachment 1 hereto (the “Assignment Effective Date”), which date shall be, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent, at least five (5) Business Days after the date following the date counterparts

 

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of this Assignment Agreement are delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 3 hereof.

 

3.             Assignment Effective Notice.  Upon (a) receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Assignment Agreement (to each of which is attached a fully completed Attachment 1), each of which has been executed by Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender (and, to the extent required by Section 8.05(c) of the Credit Agreement, by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) and (b) payment to the Administrative Agent of the registration and processing fee specified in Section 8.05(e) of the Credit Agreement by Assignor Lender, the Administrative Agent will transmit to the Borrowers, Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender an Assignment Effective Notice substantially in the form of Attachment 2 hereto, fully completed (an “Assignment Effective Notice”).

 

4.             Assignment Effective Date.  At or before 12:00 noon (local time of Assignor Lender) on the Assignment Effective Date, Assignee Lender shall pay to Assignor Lender, in immediately available or same day funds, an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender (the “Purchase Price”), for the Revolving Loan Commitment (and related Loans and participations in L/C Obligations) and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share purchased by Assignee Lender hereunder.  Effective upon receipt by Assignor Lender of the Purchase Price payable by Assignee Lender, the sale, assignment and delegation to Assignee Lender of such Revolving Loan Commitment (and related Loans and participations in L/C Obligations) and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share as described in Section 2 hereof shall become effective.

 

5.             Payments After the Assignment Effective Date.  Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender hereby agree that the Administrative Agent shall, and hereby authorize and direct the Administrative Agent to, allocate amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as follows:

 

(a)           All principal payments made after the Assignment Effective Date with respect to each Revolving Loan Commitment and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share assigned to Assignee Lender pursuant to this Assignment Agreement shall be payable to Assignee Lender.

 

(b)           All interest, fees and other amounts accrued after the Assignment Effective Date with respect to the Revolving Loan Commitment and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share assigned to Assignee Lender pursuant to this Assignment Agreement shall be payable to Assignee Lender.

 

Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender shall make any separate arrangements between themselves which they deem appropriate with respect to payments between them of amounts paid under the Loan Documents on account of the Revolving Loan Commitment and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share assigned to Assignee Lender, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Borrowers shall have any responsibility to effect or carry out such separate arrangements.

 

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6.             Delivery of Notes.  On or prior to the Assignment Effective Date, Assignor Lender will deliver to the Administrative Agent the Notes (if any) payable to Assignor Lender.  On or prior to the Assignment Effective Date, if requested, the Borrowers will deliver to the Administrative Agent new Notes for Assignee Lender and Assignor Lender, in each case in principal amounts reflecting, in accordance with the Credit Agreement, their respective Revolving Loan Commitments and Revolving Proportionate Share (as adjusted pursuant to this Assignment Agreement).  As provided in Section 8.05(c) of the Credit Agreement, each such new Note shall be dated the Closing Date or such other date as may be agreed to by the Assignee Lender.  Promptly after the Assignment Effective Date, if new Notes are requested the Administrative Agent will send to each of Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender, as applicable, its new Notes and, if applicable, will send to the Borrowers the superseded Notes payable to Assignor Lender, marked “Replaced.”

 

7.             Delivery of Copies of Loan Documents.  Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, Assignor Lender will provide to Assignee Lender (if it is not already a Lender party to the Credit Agreement) conformed copies of all documents delivered to Assignor Lender on or prior to the Closing Date in satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

8.             Further Assurances.  Each of the parties to this Assignment Agreement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Assignment Agreement.

 

9.             Further Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender further represent and warrant to and covenant with each other, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

 

(a)           Other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, Assignor Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents furnished or the Collateral or any security interest therein.

 

(b)           Assignor Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrowers or any of the Guarantors or any of their obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents.

 

(c)           Assignee Lender confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement.

 

(d)           Assignee Lender will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Assignor Lender or any other Lender and based upon such documents and

 

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information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)           Assignee Lender appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as the Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent is authorized to exercise by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article VII of the Credit Agreement.

 

(f)            Assignee Lender agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

(g)           Attachment 1 hereto sets forth administrative information with respect to Assignee Lender.

 

10.          Effect of this Assignment Agreement.  On and after the Assignment Effective Date, (a) Assignee Lender shall be a Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share equal to that set forth under Column 2 opposite Assignee Lender’s name on Attachment 1 hereto and shall have the rights, duties and obligations of such a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) Assignor Lender shall be a Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment and corresponding Revolving Proportionate Share equal to that set forth under Column 2 opposite Assignor Lender’s name on Attachment 1 hereto, and shall have the rights, duties and obligations of such a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents or, if the Revolving Loan Commitment of Assignor Lender has been reduced to $0, Assignor Lender shall cease to be a Lender and shall have no further obligation to make any Loans.

 

11.          Miscellaneous.  This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to conflicts of law rules.  Section headings in this Assignment Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not part of the substance hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date set forth in Attachment 1 hereto.

 

	
 
    	
                                                                             ,   as
    
	
 
    	
Assignor   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
                                                                             ,   as
    
	
 
    	
Assignee   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
				

 

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CONSENTED TO AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY:

 

	
MONARCH   CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    	
 
    
	
a   Nevada corporation
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
GOLDEN   ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    	
 
    
	
a   Nevada corporation
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
MONARCH   GROWTH INC.,
    	
 
    
	
a   Nevada corporation
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
				

 

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CONSENTED TO, ACKNOWLEDGED BY,

AND  ACCEPTED FOR RECORDATION

IN REGISTER:

 

	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION,
    	
 
    
	
as the Administrative Agent
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
				

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

 

TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

NAMES, ADDRESSES, REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENTS AND PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ASSIGNOR LENDER AND ASSIGNEE LENDER

AND ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE DATE

 

, 20

 

A.            ASSIGNOR LENDER

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Column 1
    	
 
    	
Column 2
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Revolving Loan
   Commitment and
   Revolving
   Proportionate
   Share,
   Transferred(1), (2)
    	
 
    	
Revolving Loan
   Commitment and
   Revolving
   Proportionate
   Share After
   Assignment(1)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    	
%
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Applicable   Lending Office:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address   for Notices:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone   No.:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telecopier   No.:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Wiring   Instructions:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
								

 

(1) To be expressed by a percentage rounded to the eighth  digit to the right of the decimal point.

(2) Revolving Proportionate Share of Total Revolving Loan Commitment, as contemplated to be sold by Assignor Lender and purchased by Assignee Lender pursuant to this Assignment Agreement.

 

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B.            ASSIGNEE LENDER

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Column 1
    	
 
    	
Column 2
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Revolving Loan
   Commitment and
   Revolving
   Proportionate
   Share
   Transferred(1), (2)
    	
 
    	
Revolving Loan
   Commitment and
   Revolving
   Proportionate
   Share After
   Assignment(1)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    	
%
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Applicable Lending Office:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address for Notices:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone No.:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telecopier No.:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Wiring Instructions:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    	
%
    
								

 

C.            ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE DATE:

, 20   

 

(1) To be expressed by a percentage rounded to the eighth  digit to the right of the decimal point.

(2) Revolving Proportionate Share of Total Revolving Loan Commitment, as contemplated to be sold by Assignor Lender and purchased by Assignee Lender pursuant to this Assignment Agreement.

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

 

TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

FORM OF

ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE NOTICE

 

Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and MONARCH GROWTH INC., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.  The Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges receipt of five executed counterparts of a completed Assignment Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto.  Terms defined in such Assignment Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

 

1.             Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, you are advised that the Assignment Effective Date will be                     .

 

2.             Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, Assignor Lender is required to deliver to the Administrative Agent on or before the Assignment Effective Date the Note, if any, payable to Assignor Lender.

 

3.             Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers are required to deliver to the Administrative Agent on or before the Assignment Effective Date the following Notes, each dated                                    [Insert appropriate date]:

 

[Describe each new Note for Assignor Lender and Assignee Lender as to principal amount, to the extent that each such Note is requested by Assignor Lender and/or Assignee Lender.]

 

4.             Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, Assignee Lender is required to pay its Purchase Price to Assignor Lender at or before 12:00 noon (local time of Assignor Lender) on the Assignment Effective Date in immediately available funds.

 

	
 
    	
Very   truly yours,
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WELLS   FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as the   Administrative Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
					

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

                                 , 20

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

5340 Kietzke Lane, Suite 201

Reno, Nevada 89511

Attention:  Candace Borrego

Tel. No.  (775) 689-6131

Fax No.  (775) 689-6026

E-mail.  Candace.Borrego@wellsfargo.com

 

This Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November [    ], 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among (1) MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”), MONARCH GROWTH INC., a Nevada corporation  (“MGI” and together with Parent, Golden Road and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, Riviera Black Hawk, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Acquired Company”), each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party to this Agreement from time to time (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.

 

Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Compliance Certificate (this “Certificate”) shall have the meanings defined for them in the Credit Agreement.  Section references herein relate to the Credit Agreement unless stated otherwise.  In the event of any conflict between the calculations set forth in this Compliance Certificate and the manner of calculation required by the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall govern and control.

 

This Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 5.01(a)(iii) of the Credit Agreement by the undersigned president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Borrowers, on behalf of the Borrowers.  This Compliance Certificate is delivered for the fiscal [quarter/year] ended                       ,          (the “Test Date”).  Computations indicating compliance with respect to the covenants in Sections 5.01(i), 5.02(a)(vii), 5.02(e), 5.02(f) and 5.03 of the Credit Agreement are set forth below:

 

1.             Section 5.01(i) — New Subsidiaries.

 

During the fiscal quarter ended on the Test Date, no Loan Party has reorganized, recapitalized or consolidated with or merged into any other Person or permitted any other

 

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Person to merge into it, acquired or formed any Person as a new Subsidiary or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, except as previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent or as follows:

 

2.             Section 5.02(a)(vii) — Indebtedness.

 

The aggregate principal amount of purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Lease obligations is $                    .  The aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed and since the Closing Date has never exceeded $7,500,000 at any one time outstanding.

 

3.             Section 5.02(e) — Investments.

 

(a)           Section 5.02(e)(iii).  The aggregate amount of Investments consisting of loans to the Borrowers’ employees, officers and directors in the ordinary course of business from and after the Closing Date is $                        .  The aggregate amount of such Investments shall not exceed and since the Closing Date has never exceeded $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

 

(b)           Section 5.02(e)(vi).  The aggregate amount of Investments made by Loan Parties in Excluded Subsidiaries from and after the Closing Date is $                        .  The aggregate amount of such Investments shall not exceed $5,000,000 (subject to Section 5.02(e)(vii)) in the aggregate during the term of the Credit Agreement; provided that no additional Investments may be made in any Excluded Subsidiary when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, further that to the extent the Loan Parties receive Cash from any Excluded Subsidiary, the amount of such Cash shall be credited towards any Investments made under Section 5.02(e)(vi) so that the amount of Investments outstanding in Excluded Subsidiaries from time to time shall be the aggregate amounts invested less the aggregate amounts received by the Loan Parties in Cash from Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

4.             Section 5.02(f) — Distributions, Redemptions, Etc.

 

(a)           Section 5.02(f)(ii).  As of the Test Date, the aggregate amount of Distributions made by Parent, including repurchase of its Equity Securities, for fiscal year [20      ] is $                            .  The aggregate amount of such Distributions shall not exceed $5,000,000 (subject to Sections 5.02(f)(iii) and (iv)) per fiscal year and shall only be made by Parent so long as after giving effect to each such proposed Distribution the Borrowers are in compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a pro forma basis as of the Test Date.

 

5.             Section 5.03(a) — Total Leverage Ratio.

 

The Total Leverage Ratio as of the Test Date was computed as follows:

 

(a)           Total Funded Debt of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis as of the Test Date

 

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(i)    all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar   instruments and all other obligations for borrowed money (including obligations   to repurchase receivables and other assets sold with recourse)
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)    all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services   (including obligations under letters of credit and other credit facilities   which secure or finance such purchase price), except for accrued liabilities,   tax-related liabilities, non-cash incurred but not reported medical   malpractice liabilities, reserves for known medical malpractice claims, and   trade accounts payable, provided that such trade accounts payable   arise in the ordinary course of business and no material part of any such   account is more than 120 days past due, unless contested in good faith by   appropriate proceeding and the contesting Loan Party has maintained adequate   reserves for the payment thereof 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)    all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements   with respect to property acquired (to the extent of the value of such   property if the rights and remedies of the seller or the lender under such   agreement in the event of default are limited solely to repossession or sale   of such property)
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)    all obligations arising as lessee under or with respect to Capital Leases 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(v)    all obligations, contingent or otherwise, under or with respect to Surety   Instruments
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vi)    all Unfunded Pension Liabilities
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vii)    all Disqualified Securities
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(viii)    with respect to any Rate Contracts that have been terminated, the Termination   Value thereof
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ix) all   obligations arising under acceptance facilities or under facilities for the   discount of accounts receivable 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(x) all   Contingent Obligations 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(xi) all   obligations with respect to letters of credit, whether drawn or undrawn,   contingent or otherwise
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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(xii)    all Guaranty Obligations with respect to the obligations of other Persons of   the types described in clauses (i) - (xi) above
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(xiii)    all obligations of other Persons (“primary obligors”) of the types described   in clauses (i) - (xii) above to the extent secured by (or for which any   holder of such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to   be secured by) any Lien on any property (including accounts and contract   rights), even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the   payment of such obligations (and, for purposes of this clause (x), the amount   of the Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of (1) the amount   of all obligations of such primary obligors so secured by (or for which any   holder of such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to   be secured by) such property and (2) the value of such property)
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(a) — Total Funded Debt — equals
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[(i)+(ii)+(iii)+(iv)+(v)+(vi)+(vii)+(viii)+(ix)+(x)+(xi)+(xii)+(xiii)]
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(b)           EBITDA   for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the Test Date (the “Test   Period”)(1) 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)  Net Income (determined in accordance   with GAAP) during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)  Interest Expenses (including expensed   and capitalized) during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)  income tax expense during the Test   Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)  depreciation and amortization expenses   during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    

 

(1)  Pro forma credit shall be given for the Acquired Company’s EBITDA as if owned on the first day of the Test Period; companies (or identifiable business units or divisions) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of during such period will be treated as if not owned during the entire Test Period.  In addition, if after the Acquisition Closing Date a Loan Party acquires the gaming machines currently leased by the Acquired Company as described by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date (the “Gaming Machine Acquisition”), EBITDA shall be increased by (i) $1,000,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the first fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition, (ii) $750,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the second fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition, (iii) $500,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the third fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition and (iv) $250,000 for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the fourth fiscal quarter ending after the Gaming Machine Acquisition.

 

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(v)    other non-cash expenses, including non-cash expenses related to stock based   compensation during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vi)  transaction fees and expenses relating   to the Acquisition paid in cash during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vii)    extraordinary losses on sales of assets and other extraordinary losses and   non-cash charges during the Test Period (other than any such non-cash charges   to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in   any future period, other than such accruals that result from a change in   accounting method)
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(viii)  extraordinary gains and non-recurring   gains during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
-$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ix)  interest income and cash expenditures   made during the Test Period 
    	
 
    	
-$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Items   (ii) through (vii) are included to the extent deducted in determining   such Net Income for the Test Period (without duplication).
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Items   (viii) through (ix) are included to the extent added in determining   such Net Income for the Test Period (without duplication).
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(b) — EBITDA — equals 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[(i)+(ii)+(iii)+(iv)+(v)+(vi)+(vii)-(viii)-(ix)]
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Total Leverage Ratio equals [(a) ̧(b)]
    	
 
    	
:1.00
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The maximum permitted Total Leverage Ratio as of   the Test Date is:
    	
 
    	
:1.00
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
In compliance:
    	
 
    	
[YES][NO]
    	
 
    

 

6.             Section 5.03(b) — Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

 

The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the Test Date was computed as follows:

 

	
(a)           The   sum of(2) 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

(2)  For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period that includes that third full fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (“FQ3”), the second full fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (“FQ2”), the first full fiscal quarter ending prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (“FQ1”) or the fiscal quarter in which the Acquisition Closing Date occurs (“FQ”), (A) (1) income taxes paid in cash by the Acquired Company during each of FQ3, FQ2 and FQ1 shall be deemed to be $500,000 per quarter and (2) income taxes paid in cash by the Acquired Company during FQ shall be deemed to be the greater of (x) income taxes actually paid in cash by the Acquired Company on or after the Acquisition Closing Date during FQ and (y) $500,000, (B) Distributions and Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries attributable to the Acquired Company shall be deemed to be zero for each such fiscal quarter and (C) Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Acquired Company for each such fiscal quarter shall be Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Acquired Company actually made during such fiscal quarter, excluding any Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Acquired Company made to repair or restore the parking facility of the Acquired Company pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.

 

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(i)    EBITDA for the Test Period (as calculated in paragraph 5(b) above)
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)    income taxes paid in cash during the Test Period 
    	
 
    	
-$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)    Distributions made during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
-$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)    Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries made during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
-$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(v)    Maintenance Capital Expenditures made during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
-$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(a) — equals
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[(i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv)-(v)]
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(b)           Fixed   Charges for the Test Period(3)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)    Interest Expense required to be paid in cash during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)    principal payments on Indebtedness required to be paid during the Test Period   
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)    the aggregate of the Scheduled Reduction Payments for each fiscal quarter   during the Test Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)    the portion of payments under Capital Leases that should be treated as   payment of principal in accordance with GAAP scheduled to be paid during the   Test Period
    	
 
    	
+$
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(b) — Fixed Charges — equals
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[(i)+(ii)+(iii)+(iv)]
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio equals [(a) ̧(b)]
    	
 
    	
:1.00
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The minimum permitted Total Leverage Ratio as of   the Test Date is:
    	
 
    	
:1.00
    	
 
    

 

(3)  For purposes of calculating Fixed Charges for each of the four fiscal quarter periods ending with the first full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date, the second full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date and the third full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date, Interest Expense for each such four fiscal quarter period shall be deemed equal to the aggregate Interest Expense for the full quarters after the Acquisition Closing Date ending thereon multiplied by 4, by 2 and by 4/3rds, respectively; provided, that Fixed Charges of or attributable to the Acquired Company for any time prior to the Acquisition Closing Date shall be disregarded in calculating Fixed Charges

 

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In compliance:
    	
 
    	
[YES][NO]
    	
 
    

 

7.             Section 5.03(b) — Minimum EBITDA.

 

EBITDA was computed as follows:

 

	
EBITDA for the Test Period (as calculated in paragraph   5(b) above)
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The Minimum EBITDA is:
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
In compliance
    	
 
    	
[YES][NO]
    	
 
    

 

8.             Excluded Subsidiaries.  Attached hereto as Schedule I are calculations setting forth how the financial data of the Excluded Subsidiaries was removed from the consolidated Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Test Period.

 

9.             No Default.  During the fiscal quarter ending on the Test Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing, with the exceptions set forth below in response to which the Borrowers have taken (or caused to be taken) or propose to take (or cause to be taken) the following actions (if none, so state):

 

[This Space Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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The undersigned president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Borrowers, on behalf of the Borrowers certifies that the calculations made and the information contained herein are derived from the books and records of the Borrowers and that each and every matter contained herein correctly reflects those books and records.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Dated:                       ,   20                    
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
BORROWERS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
GOLDEN ROAD MOTOR INN, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
MONARCH GROWTH INC.,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
a   Nevada corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

Schedule I

 

Excluded Subsidiaries

 

(see attached)

 

 

PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN
 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO:

 

David Lin, Esq.  
  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 3200
 Los Angeles, CA 90017
 Tele:  213-612-2343
 Fax:  213-612-2499 
 dlin@orrick.com

 

COLLATERAL CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned,                                   (the “COMPANY”), hereby represents and warrants to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and a lender (“AGENT”) that the following information is true, accurate and complete:

 

1.             NAMES OF THE COMPANY.

 

a.             The exact legal name of the COMPANY as it appears in its Articles or Certificate of Incorporation, including any amendments thereto, is as follows:

 

.

 

b.             The federal employer identification number of the COMPANY is as follows:

 

.

 

c.             The COMPANY was formed on                           ,             , under the laws of                                  and is in good standing under those laws.

 

d.             The following is a list of all other names (including fictitious names, d/b/a’s, trade names or similar appellations) used by the COMPANY or any of its divisions or other unincorporated business units during the past five (5) years:

 

.

 

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e.             The following are the names of all entities which have been merged into the COMPANY during the past five (5) years:

 

.

 

f.             The following are the names and addresses of all entities from whom the COMPANY has acquired any personal property in a transaction not in the ordinary course of business during the past five (5) years, together with the date of such acquisition and the type of personal property acquired (e.g., equipment, inventory, etc.):

 

	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
Street and
   Mailing Address
    	
 
    	
Date of
   Acquisition
    	
 
    	
Type of Property
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i) 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii) 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii) 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv) 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    	
 
    

 

2.             NAMES OF SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY.  Complete this section for any subsidiary of the COMPANY now existing.

 

a.             The exact legal name of each subsidiary of the COMPANY as it appears in its Articles or Certificate of Incorporation (or comparable formation document), including any amendments thereto and the percentage interest of each such subsidiary owned by the COMPANY, is as follows:

 

	
(i)
    	
 
    	
(           )%.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
(            )%.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
(            )%.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
(            )%.
    

 

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b.             The federal employer identification number of each subsidiary of the COMPANY is as follows:

 

	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
Number
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

c.             The following is a list of the jurisdiction and date of incorporation of each subsidiary of the COMPANY:

 

	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
Jurisdiction
    	
 
    	
Date of
   Incorporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

d.             The following is a list of all other names (including fictitious names, d/b/a’s, trade names or similar appellations) used by each subsidiary of the COMPANY during the past five (5) years:

 

	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

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e.             The following are the names of all entities which have been merged into a subsidiary of the COMPANY during the past five (5) years:

 

	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

f.             The following are the names and addresses of all entities from whom each subsidiary of the COMPANY has acquired any personal property in a transaction not in the ordinary course of business during the past five (5) years, together with the date of such acquisition and the type of personal property acquired (e.g., equipment, inventory, etc.):

 

	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
Mailing
   Address
    	
 
    	
Date of
   Acquisition
    	
 
    	
Type of
   Property
    	
 
    	
Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

3.             LOCATIONS OF COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES.

 

a.             The chief executive offices of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries are located at the following addresses:

 

	
 
    	
Complete Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

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b.             During the past five (5) years, the COMPANY’s chief executive office and the chief executive offices of its subsidiaries have been located at the following additional addresses:

 

	
 
    	
Complete Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
Dates
   Used
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

c.             The following are all the locations in the United States of America where the COMPANY and its subsidiaries maintain any books or records relating to any of their accounts receivable (attach legal descriptions for all locations noted below):

 

	
 
    	
Complete Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

d.             The following are all of the locations in the United States of America where the COMPANY and its subsidiaries maintain any equipment, fixtures or inventory (attach legal descriptions for all locations noted below):

 

	
 
    	
Complete Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

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Record Owners of above:

 

	
(i)   
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
.
    

 

e.             The following are all of the locations outside of the United States of America where the COMPANY and its subsidiaries maintain any equipment, fixtures or inventory (attach legal descriptions for all locations noted below):

 

	
 
    	
Complete Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Postal
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

Record Owners of above:

 

	
(v)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vi)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vii)
    	
.
    

 

f. The following are all the locations in the United States of America where the COMPANY and its subsidiaries own, lease, or occupy any real property (attach legal descriptions for all locations noted below):

 

	
 
    	
Complete   Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

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Record Owners of above:

 

	
(v)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vi)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vii)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(viii)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ix)
    	
.
    

 

g.             The following are all the locations outside of the United States of America where the COMPANY and its subsidiaries own, lease, or occupy any real property:

 

	
 
    	
Complete   Street and Mailing
   Address, including Country and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

Record Owners of above:

 

	
(v)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vi)
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vii)
    	
.
    

 

h.             The following are the names and addresses of all consignees of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries:

 

	
 
    	
Names
    	
 
    	
Street   and Mailing Address,
   including County and Zip Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY
   /Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

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i.              The following are the names and addresses of all warehousemen or bailees who have possession of any of the COMPANY’s inventory and the inventory of its subsidiaries:

 

	
 
    	
Names
    	
 
    	
Street   and Mailing Address,
   including County and Zip Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY
   /Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

	
 
    	
Are Documents of Title Issued?
    If So, Are They Negotiable?
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(v)   
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vi)   
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(vii)   
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
(viii)   
    	
.
    

 

j.              The following are the names and addresses of all customs brokers or similar persons who act as agent for the COMPANY or any of COMPANY’s subsidiaries  for the purpose of receiving bills of lading and other documents of title for goods or inventory and for receiving goods or inventory for which such bills of lading or documents of title have been issued:

 

	
 
    	
Names
    	
 
    	
Street   and Mailing Address,
   including County and Zip Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

k.             The following are any locations in the United States of America at which the COMPANY and its subsidiaries do business in addition to locations listed above:

 

I-8

 

 

	
 
    	
Complete Street and Mailing
   Address, including County and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

l.              The following are any locations outside of the United States of America at which the COMPANY and its subsidiaries do business in addition to locations listed above:

 

 

	
 
    	
Complete   Street and Mailing
   Address, including Country and Zip
   Code
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

m.           The following are the States of the United States of America in which the COMPANY and its subsidiaries transact business:

 

	
 
    	
State
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

n.             The following are the States of the United States of America in which the COMPANY and its subsidiaries are duly qualified and in good standing to transact business as a foreign corporation:

 

I-9

 

 

	
 
    	
State
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

o.             The following are countries or territories outside of the United States of America in which the COMPANY and its subsidiaries are duly qualified and in good standing to transact business as a foreign corporation:

 

 

	
 
    	
Country/Territory
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

4.             ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS

 

a.             The COMPANY’s and its subsidiaries’ Articles or Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws (or comparable organization documents) and minutes (or comparable records) are available and complete at the following address(es):

 

 

 

b.             There is no provision in the Articles or Certificates of Incorporation or By Laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the COMPANY or its subsidiaries, or in the laws of the state of its organization, requiring any vote or consent of shareholders to borrow money, obtain financial accommodations or mortgage, pledge, or create a security interest in any asset of the COMPANY or any subsidiary.  Such power is vested exclusively in its officers and directors:

 

	
YES o
    	
 
    	
NO   o
    

 

5.             SPECIAL TYPES OF COLLATERAL.

 

a.             The following are all of the trademarks or trademark applications of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries (including any service marks, collective marks and certification marks), together with the trademark numbers and dates of registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or similar foreign office, if applicable:

 

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Trademark
    	
 
    	
Number
    	
 
    	
Date
    	
 
    	
If Foreign
   Trademark,
   What Country?
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

b.             The following are all of the patents or patent applications of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries, together with the patent numbers, names of inventors and dates of registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or similar foreign office, if applicable:

 

	
 
    	
Patent
   Name
    	
 
    	
Number
    	
 
    	
Date
    	
 
    	
Inventor
    	
 
    	
If   Foreign
   Patent,
   What Country?
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

c.             The following are all of the copyrights or copyright applications of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries, together with the copyright numbers and dates of registration with the U.S. Copyright Office or similar foreign office, if applicable:

 

	
 
    	
Copyright
    	
 
    	
Number
    	
 
    	
Date
    	
 
    	
If Foreign
   Copyright,
   What Country?
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

d.             The following are all licenses or similar agreements to use trademarks (including any service marks, collective marks and certification marks), patents, and copyrights of others of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries:

 

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Description   of License Agreement
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

e.             The following are all governmental permits and/or licenses held by the COMPANY and/or its subsidiaries:

 

	
 
    	
Description   of License
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

f.             Attached hereto as Schedule F is list of all deposit accounts, brokerage accounts, commodity accounts and similar accounts including account numbers, where the accounts are maintained and how title in such accounts is held. [Company to provide Schedule F].

 

g.             The COMPANY and its subsidiaries own the following kinds of assets, and attached hereto is a schedule describing each such asset owned by the COMPANY or its subsidiaries and identifying by which party such asset is owned:

 

	
Franchises,   marketing agreements or similar agreements:
    	
 
    	
Yes   o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    
	
Stocks,   Bonds or other securities:
    	
 
    	
Yes o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    
	
Promissory   notes, or other instruments or evidence of indebtedness in favor of such   person:
    	
 
    	
Yes o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    
	
Leases   of equipment, security agreements naming such person as secured party, or   other chattel paper:
    	
 
    	
Yes o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    
	
Aircraft:
    	
 
    	
Yes o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    
	
Vessels,   Boats or Ships:
    	
 
    	
Yes o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    

 

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Railroad   Rolling Stock:
    	
 
    	
Yes o
    	
 
    	
No   o
    

 

h.             The following are all letters of credit issued for the benefit of the COMPANY and its subsidiaries, together with the name of the issuer, the face amount of each letter of credit, the expiration date of each letter of credit and the account party for each letter of credit:

 

	
 
    	
Name of
   Issuer
    	
 
    	
Face   Amount
    	
 
    	
Expiration
   Date
    	
 
    	
Account   Party
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii)   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
.
    

 

i.              The following is a list of all commercial tort claims in which COMPANY or its domestic subsidiaries are a plaintiff:

 

(i)                    vs.                    Court of                      [Docket No.             ] filed                 , 200 

 

(ii)                      vs.                      Court of                        [Docket No.             ] filed                 , 200 .

 

6. OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES.

 

a.             The following are the respective titles and signatures of the officers and directors of the COMPANY and its Subsidiaries (indicate if also a director):

 

	
 
    	
Office
   Title
    	
 
    	
Name of
   Officer or
   Director
    	
 
    	
COMPANY/
   Subsidiary
    	
 
    	
Signature
    	
 
    	
% of   Ownership
   Interest
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b.             Each of the officers and directors set forth in Paragraph 6.a. above have signatory powers as to all of AGENT’s transactions individually unless the COMPANY limits the signatory powers to the following officers or directors:

 

	
 
    	
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c.             In addition to the above named officers directors, the following individuals or entities own 10% or more of the voting stock of the COMPANY:

 

	
 
    	
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a.             Attached hereto are copies of the front page (or if the name of the Company or its subsidiaries is not on the front page, the first page where each such name appears) of the federal income tax returns filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the United States for the last THREE tax years.

 

b.             The COMPANY has never been involved in a bankruptcy, reorganization or Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors except (explain):

 

 

 

c.             At the present time, there are not delinquent taxes owed by the COMPANY (including, but not limited to, all payroll taxes, real estate or income taxes) except as follows:

 

 

 

d.             There are no tax liens, judgments or lawsuits pending against the COMPANY, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates or any of its officers or directors except as follows:

 

 

 

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                                                described in Section 4001(2)3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) of 1974 as amended. Yes o No o

 

(ii)                                  A determination as to qualifications of this plan has been issued. Yes o No o

 

(iii)                               Funding is current and in compliance with established requirements. Yes o No o

 

f.             The Insurance Broker/Agent for the COMPANY is as follows:

 

	
 
    	
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The undersigned undertakes to advise the AGENT of any change or modification whatsoever with respect to any of the foregoing matters.  Until such notice is received by the AGENT, the AGENT shall be entitled to rely upon all of the foregoing and presume they are correct and accurate in all respects.

 

 

DATED:                                      , 2010.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT J

 

NON-BANK CERTIFICATE

 

Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among: (1) Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Monarch”), Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”) and Monarch Growth Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Merger Sub” and together with Monarch and Golden Road, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) each of the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”); and (3) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender.  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.12(e) and Section 8.05(c) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that it is not a “bank” as such term is used in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The undersigned shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent if any of the representations and warranties made herein are no longer true and correct.

 

 

	
 
    	
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GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

This GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Guaranty”), dated as of [            ], 20[    ], is made by [                                                                ] and each of the other entities which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof (each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), for itself and as the administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders (which for the avoidance of doubt includes the L/C Issuer) and as collateral agent for the other Lender Parties (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

A.            Each Guarantor is in the same corporate family as Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Golden Road”), Monarch Growth Inc., a Nevada corporation (“MGI” and together with Parent, Golden Road and, from and after the Acquisition Closing Date, Riviera Black Hawk, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Acquired Company”), each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”).

 

B.            The Borrowers have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November [    ], 2011 (as the same from time to time hereafter may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Borrowers, the Lenders and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent for the Lenders, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to extend loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrowers for the purposes, and on the terms and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Credit Agreement. In addition, certain of the Lender Parties may, from time to time, enter into Lender Rate Contracts with one or more of the Borrowers or provide Lender Bank Products to one or more of the Borrowers.

 

C.            The Lender Parties are willing to make and maintain loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrowers on and after the date of the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to the Administrative Agent.

 

D.            To induce the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties, their respective successors and assigns and each other party from time to time that becomes a Lender Party under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the “Guarantied Parties”) to enter into, and to extend credit under, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below) upon the terms and conditions of this Guaranty.

 

E.            Each Guarantor has obtained and may continue to obtain working capital and loans needed for its operations from the Borrowers, and the Borrowers will obtain funds to provide or lend to such Guarantors from the Lender Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  In addition, all Guarantors expect to realize direct and indirect benefits as the result of the availability of the aforementioned credit facilities to the Borrowers, as the 

 

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result of financial or business support which will be provided to the Guarantors by the Borrowers.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS.

 

1.01.                     Definitions.

 

(a)                                 Definitions.  Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Guaranty that are defined in the Credit Agreement (including those terms incorporated by reference) shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.  In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings under this Guaranty:

 

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code.

 

“Guaranteed Obligations” shall mean (a) any and all Obligations of the Borrowers, (b) any and all obligations of the Borrowers for the performance of their agreements, covenants and undertakings under or in respect of the Loan Documents, and (c) any and all other obligations of the Borrowers for the payment of all amounts, liabilities and indebtedness (whether for principal, interest, reimbursement, fees, charges, indemnification or otherwise) now or in the future owed to the Administrative Agent, the other Guarantied Parties or any such Person individually, and for the performance by the Borrowers of their agreements, covenants and undertakings, in each case under or in respect of any and all of the Loan Documents, including the Lender Rate Contracts and all documents relating to the Lender Bank Products, it being acknowledged by each Guarantor that such other obligations may arise or be created, incurred or assumed at any time and from time to time and in such manner and such circumstances and with such terms and provisions as the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the other Guarantied Parties or any such Person individually may agree without notice or demand of any kind or nature whatsoever to the Guarantors.  The Guaranteed Obligations shall include interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement or in the other Loan Documents after the maturity thereof and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement or in the other Loan Documents after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Loan Party thereunder or any Obligor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding.  Each Guarantor acknowledges that some extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be available on a revolving basis.

 

“Obligor” shall mean any additional or separate guarantor, surety or other Person that is directly or indirectly liable for all or a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations or who has provided security for the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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1.02.       Interpretation.  The rules of interpretation set forth in Article I of the Credit Agreement shall, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Guaranty, apply to this Guaranty and are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

SECTION 2.  THE GUARANTEE.

 

2.01.                     Guarantee Provisions.

 

(a)                                 Guarantee.  Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the timely payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations in each case strictly in accordance with their terms.  Each Guarantor hereby further agrees that if the Borrowers shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor will immediately pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be timely paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.  This Guaranty is absolute, irrevocable and unconditional in nature and is made with respect to any and all Guaranteed Obligations now existing or in the future arising.  Each Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty shall continue until indefeasible payment in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations.  This Guaranty is a guarantee of due and punctual payment and performance and not of collectibility.

 

(b)                                 Savings Clause.  As to any Guarantor, if under any applicable law (including without limitation state and Federal fraudulent transfer laws) the obligations of such Guarantor under Section 2.01(a) would otherwise be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable or if the claims of the Guarantied Parties in respect of such obligations would be subordinated to the claims of any other creditors on account of such Guarantor’s liability under Section 2.01(a), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of the liability of such Guarantor shall, without any further action by the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, any other Guarantied Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.  Each Guarantor agrees that it has obtained and will continue to obtain working capital and loans needed for its operations from the Borrowers, and the Borrowers will obtain funds to provide and lend to such Guarantors from the Lender Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  In addition, all Guarantors expect to realize direct and indirect benefits as the result of the availability of the aforementioned credit facilities to the Borrowers, as the result of financial or business support which will be provided to the Guarantors by the Borrowers.

 

(c)                                  Joint and Several Obligations.  The obligations and liability of the Guarantors under this Guaranty are joint and several.  Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.01(b), the liability of the Guarantors is not limited in any respect.

 

2.02.                     Acknowledgments, Agreements; Waivers and Consents.  Each Guarantor acknowledges that the obligations undertaken by it under this Guaranty involve the guarantee of obligations of Persons other than such Guarantor and that such obligations of each Guarantor are 

 

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absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances.  In full recognition and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees that:

 

(a)                                 Without affecting the enforceability or effectiveness of this Guaranty in accordance with its terms and without affecting, limiting, reducing, discharging or terminating the liability of such Guarantor, or the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties under this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties may, at any time and from time to time and without notice or demand of any kind or nature whatsoever:

 

(i)            amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, waive, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or performance of, or the terms of, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any increase or decrease in the principal portion of, or rate or rates of interest on, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations);

 

(ii)           amend, supplement, modify, extend, renew, waive or otherwise change, or enter into or give, any Loan Document or any agreement, security document, guarantee, approval, consent or other instrument with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, any Loan Document or any such other instrument or any term or provision of the foregoing;

 

(iii)          accept or enter into new or additional agreements, security documents, guarantees (including letters of credit) or other instruments in addition to, in exchange for or relative to any Loan Document, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral now or in the future serving as security for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(iv)          accept or receive (including from any Obligor) partial payments or performance on the Guaranteed Obligations (whether as a result of the exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege or otherwise);

 

(v)           accept, receive and hold any additional collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including from any Obligor);

 

(vi)          release, reconvey, terminate, waive, abandon, allow to lapse or expire, fail to perfect, subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer, foreclose upon or enforce any collateral, security documents or guarantees (including letters of credit or the obligations of any Obligor) for or relative to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)         apply any collateral or the proceeds of any collateral or guarantee (including any letter of credit or the obligations of any Obligor) to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations in such manner and extent as the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party may in its sole discretion determine;

 

(viii)        release any Person (including any Obligor or other Guarantor) from any liability with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

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determine or as applicable law may dictate all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral on or guarantee of (including any letter of credit issued with respect to) all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including with any Obligor);

 

(x)           consent to the merger or consolidation of, the sale of substantial assets by, or other restructuring or termination of the existence of any Borrower, any Loan Party or any other Person (including any Obligor);

 

(xi)          proceed against any Borrower, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor or any Obligor of (including any issuer of any letter of credit issued with respect to) all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral provided by any Person and exercise the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties under the Loan Documents or otherwise in such order and such manner as the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party may, in its discretion, determine, without any necessity to proceed upon or against or exhaust any collateral, right, remedy, power or privilege before proceeding to call upon or otherwise enforce this Guaranty as to such Guarantor;

 

(xii)         foreclose upon any deed of trust, mortgage or other instrument creating or granting liens on any interest in real property by judicial or nonjudicial sale or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, bid any amount or make no bid in any foreclosure sale or make any other election of remedies with respect to such liens or exercise any right of set-off;

 

(xiii)        obtain the appointment of a receiver with respect to any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and apply the proceeds of such receivership as the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party may in its discretion determine (it being agreed that nothing in this clause (xiii) shall be deemed to make the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party a party in possession in contemplation of law, except at its option);

 

(xiv)        enter into such other transactions or business dealings with any Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Obligor or Affiliate thereof of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations as the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party may desire; and

 

(xv)         do all or any combination of the actions set forth in this Section 2.02(a).

 

(b)                                 The enforceability and effectiveness of this Guaranty and the liability of such Guarantor, and the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties, under this Guaranty shall not be affected, limited, reduced, discharged or terminated, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives any defense now or in the future arising (other than a defense that the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash), by reason of:

 

(i)            the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, any Loan Document or any agreement, security document, guarantee or other instrument relative to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

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(ii)           any disability or other defense with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrowers, or any Obligor with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any issuer of any letters of credit), including the effect of any statute of limitations that may bar the enforcement of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or the obligations of any such Obligor;

 

(iii)          the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any security or guarantee (including any letter of credit) for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of the priority of any lien on any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(iv)          the cessation, for any cause whatsoever (including, without limitation, release, expiration, termination or the unenforceability of the underlying documentation), of the liability of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Obligor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than, subject to Section 2.05, by reason of the full payment and performance of all Guaranteed Obligations);

 

(v)           any failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to marshal assets in favor of any Borrower or any other Person (including any Obligor), to exhaust any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, to pursue or exhaust any right, remedy, power or privilege it may have against the Borrowers, any other Loan Party, any Obligor with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any issuer of any letter of credit) or any other Person or to take any action whatsoever to mitigate or reduce such or any other liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty, none of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party being under any obligation to take any such action notwithstanding the fact that all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations may be due and payable and that the Borrowers may be in default of their obligations under any Loan Document;

 

(vi)          any failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to give notice of sale or other disposition of any collateral (including any notice of any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure or sale of any interest in real property serving as collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations to the Borrowers, such Guarantor or any other Person (including any Obligor) or any defect in, or any failure by such Guarantor or any other Person to receive, any notice that may be given in connection with any sale or disposition of any collateral;

 

(vii)         any failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to comply with applicable laws in connection with the sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(viii)        any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure or sale of, or other election of remedies with respect to, any interest in real property or other collateral serving as security for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, even though such foreclosure, sale or election of remedies may impair the subrogation rights of such Guarantor or may preclude such Guarantor from obtaining reimbursement, contribution, indemnification or other recovery from the Borrowers, any Obligor or any other Person and even though the Borrowers may not, as a result of such foreclosure, sale or election of remedies, be liable for any deficiency;

 

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(ix)          any act or omission of the Administrative Agent, any other Guarantied Party or any other Person that directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge or release of any Borrower, any Loan Party or any Obligor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security or guarantee for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations by operation of law or otherwise;

 

(x)           any law which provides that the obligation of a surety or guarantor must neither be larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal or which reduces a surety’s or guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation;

 

(xi)          the possibility that the obligations of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties may at any time and from time to time exceed the aggregate liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty;

 

(xii)         any counterclaim, set-off or other claim which any Borrower, any Loan Party, any Obligor or any other Person has or alleges to have with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(xiii)        any failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person;

 

(xiv)        the election by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person, of the application or nonapplication of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(xv)         any extension of credit or the grant of any Lien under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(xvi)        any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(xvii)       any agreement or stipulation with respect to the provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person;

 

(xviii)      the avoidance of any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party for any reason;

 

(xix)        any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding commenced by or against any Person, including any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (or any interest on all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) in or as a result of any such proceeding;

 

(xx)         any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Obligor;

 

(xxi)        any action taken by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party, whether similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing, that is authorized by this

 

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Section 2.02 or otherwise in this Guaranty or by any other provision of any Loan Document or any omission to take any such action; or

 

(xxii)       any other circumstance whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing, that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, including without limitations, the benefits of Nevada Revised Statutes §§ 40.430 — 40.459, 40.475 and 40.485.

 

(c)                                  Each Guarantor hereby waives (i) any right of redemption with respect to the collateral or security for the Guaranteed Obligations or for this Guaranty after the sale thereof, and all rights, if any, of marshalling of the collateral or security for the Guaranteed Obligations or for this Guaranty, (ii) any right (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) to require the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to pursue any remedy in the Administrative Agent’s or any other Guarantied Party’s power whatsoever, (iii) presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest and all other notices whatsoever with respect to the payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations or the amount thereof or any payment or performance by any Guarantor hereunder and (iv) all rights to revoke this Guaranty at any time, and all rights to revoke any agreement executed by such Guarantor at any time to secure the payment and performance of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty.

 

(d)                                 Each Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to collateral or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, has destroyed such Guarantor’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against the principal.

 

(e)                                  Each Guarantor expressly waives, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties, all set-offs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation, incurring or assumption of new or additional Guaranteed Obligations.  Each Guarantor further expressly waives the benefit of any and all statutes of limitation and any and all laws providing for the exemption of property from execution or for valuation and appraisal upon foreclosure, to the maximum extent not prohibited by applicable law.

 

(f)                                   Each Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties that it has established adequate means of obtaining financial and other information pertaining to the business, operations and condition (financial and otherwise) of the Borrowers and their properties on a continuing basis and that such Guarantor is now and will in the future remain fully familiar with the business, operations and condition (financial and otherwise) of the Borrowers and their properties.  Each Guarantor further represents and warrants that it has reviewed and approved each of the Loan Documents and is fully familiar with the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that it will in the future remain fully familiar with such transaction and with any new Loan Documents and the transactions

 

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contemplated by such Loan Documents.  Each Guarantor hereby expressly waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent or the other Guarantied Parties (should any such duty exist) to disclose to the such Guarantor or any other Obligor any matter of fact or other information related to the business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrowers or their properties or to any Loan Document or the transactions undertaken pursuant to, or contemplated by, any such Loan Document, whether now or in the future known by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party.

 

(g)           Each Guarantor intends that its rights and obligations shall be those expressly set forth in this Guaranty and that its obligations shall not be affected, limited, reduced, discharged or terminated by reason of any principles or provisions of law which conflict with the terms of this Guaranty.

 

(h)           Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that there may be additional guaranty or security agreements or similar documents executed by other Obligors in respect of all or a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations and the existence of any such guaranty or security agreement or similar document shall not in any way impair, reduce or limit such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.

 

(i)                                     Without limiting the generality of any other provision hereof, each Guarantor agrees that, in the event of the dissolution or insolvency of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Obligor or the inability of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Obligor to pay its debts as they mature, or an assignment by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Obligor for the benefit of creditors, or the institution of any proceeding by or against any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Obligor alleging that any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Obligor is insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature (including any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor relief proceeding), or the appointment of a receiver for, or the attachment, restraint of or making or levying of any order of court or legal process affecting, the property of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Obligor, each Guarantor will pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the other Guarantied Parties forthwith the full amount which would be payable hereunder by such Guarantor if all of the Guaranteed Obligations were then due and payable, whether or not such event occurs at a time when any of the Guaranteed Obligations are otherwise due and payable.

 

2.03.       Understanding With Respect to Waivers and Consents.  Each Guarantor represents, warrants and agrees that each of the waivers and consents set forth in this Guaranty is made voluntarily and unconditionally after consultation with outside legal counsel and with full knowledge of its significance and consequences, with the understanding that events giving rise to any defense or right waived may diminish, destroy or otherwise adversely affect rights which such Guarantor or any other Obligor otherwise may have against the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, any other Guarantied Party or any other Person or against any collateral.  If, notwithstanding the intent of the parties that the terms of this Guaranty shall control in any and all circumstances, any such waivers or consents are determined to be unenforceable under applicable law, such waivers and consents shall be effective to the maximum extent not prohibited by law.

 

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2.04.       Subrogation.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that, until the indefeasible payment in cash and satisfaction in full of all of the Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the commitments of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, it shall not exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege, such as any right of subrogation, contribution or indemnity or related remedy, power or privilege, arising (whether by contract or operation of law, including under the Bankruptcy Code) against the Borrowers, any other Guarantor or any Obligor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral or security for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations by reason of any payment or other performance pursuant to the provisions of this Guaranty and, if any amount shall be paid to such Guarantor on account of such rights, remedies, powers or privileges, it shall hold such amount in trust for the benefit of, and pay the same over to, the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the other Guarantied Parties) on account of the Guaranteed Obligations.  Each Guarantor understands that the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party of any right, remedy, power or privilege that it may have under the Loan Documents, any agreement, collateral or security document, guarantee or other instrument relative to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise may affect or eliminate such Guarantor’s or any Obligor’s right of subrogation or similar recovery against the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, any Obligor or any collateral or security and that such Guarantor may therefore incur partially or totally nonreimbursable liability under this Guaranty.  Nevertheless, each Guarantor hereby authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties to exercise, in its or their sole discretion, any combination of such rights, remedies, powers and privileges.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, no Guarantor shall exercise any rights of subrogation, contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or other similar rights against, and no Guarantor shall proceed or seek recourse against or with respect to any property or asset of, any Borrower or any other Guarantor or Obligor (including after payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), and each Guarantor shall be deemed to have waived all such rights and remedies if all or any portion of the Obligations have been satisfied in connection with an exercise of remedies in respect of the Equity Securities of such Borrower or such other Guarantor or Obligor whether pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise.

 

2.05.       Reinstatement.  The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, any Obligor or any other Person or any other application of funds (including the proceeds of any collateral for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations) in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of such Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy, reorganization or otherwise and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each other Guarantied Party on demand for all costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party in connection with such rescission or restoration.

 

2.06.       Remedies.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that, between it on the one hand and the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties on the other, the obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be declared to be forthwith (or may become automatically) due and payable as provided in the Credit Agreement for purposes of Section 2.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing

 

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such declaration (or such obligations becoming due and payable as against the Borrowers) and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligation being deemed due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrowers) shall forthwith become due and payable for purposes of Section 2.01.

 

2.07.       Separate Action.  The Administrative Agent may bring and prosecute a separate action or actions against each Guarantor (or any one or more of them) whether or not the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, any Loan Party, any other Obligor or any other Person is joined in any such action or a separate action or actions are brought against the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, any Loan Party, any other Obligor, any other Person, or any collateral or security for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.  The obligations of each Guarantor under, and the effectiveness of, this Guaranty are not conditioned upon the existence or continuation of any other guarantee (including any letter of credit) of or collateral or security for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

2.08.       Subordination.

 

(a)           Each Guarantor agrees that the payment by any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Obligor of any indebtedness in favor of such Guarantor (the “Subordinated Lender”) shall be subordinated and subject to the prior indefeasible payment in cash in full of all amounts payable by such Borrower, such other Loan Party or such Obligor under the Credit Agreement or this Guaranty, as the case may be, and any other Loan Document to which such Borrower, such other Loan Party or such Obligor is a party (“Senior Debt”) upon the terms of this Section.

 

(b)           Upon any distribution of assets of any Borrower, a Loan Party or an Obligor to creditors upon a liquidation or dissolution of such Borrower, such Loan Party or such Obligor or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Borrower, such Loan Party or such Obligor or its property, (i) the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all Senior Debt before the Subordinated Lender shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of or interest on or any other amounts in respect of Indebtedness of such Borrower, such Loan Party or such Obligor in favor of the Subordinated Lender (the “Subordinated Debt”); and (ii) until indefeasible payment in cash in full of the Senior Debt and the lending commitments under the Loan Documents shall have terminated, any distribution of assets of any kind or character to which the Subordinated Lender would otherwise be entitled shall be paid by such Borrower, such Loan Party or such Obligor or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agents or other person making such payment or distribution to, or if received by such Borrower, such Loan Party or such Obligor, shall be held for the benefit of and shall be forthwith paid or delivered to, the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties, as applicable.

 

(c)           If the Subordinated Lender does not file proper claims or proofs of claim in the form required in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to any Borrower, a Loan Party or an Obligor or its property prior to 45 days before the expiration of the time to file such claims, then (a) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Subordinated Lender shall file such claims and proofs of claim in

 

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respect of this instrument and execute and deliver such powers of attorney, assignments and other instruments as are required to enable the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties to enforce any and all claims upon or in respect of the Subordinated Debt and to collect and receive any and all payments or distributions which may be payable or deliverable at any time upon or in respect of Subordinated Debt, and (b) whether or not the Subordinated Lender shall take the action described in the preceding clause (a) the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties shall nevertheless be deemed to have such powers of attorney as may be necessary for them to file appropriate claims and proofs of claim and otherwise exercise the powers described above.

 

(d)                                 No right of the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party to enforce the terms of this Section shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by any Borrower, a Loan Party or an Obligor.  Neither the terms of this Section nor the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties hereunder shall be affected by any extension, renewal or modification of the terms of, or the granting of any security in respect of, any Senior Debt or any exercise or nonexercise of any right, power or remedy with respect thereto.

 

(e)                                  Until the Senior Debt is paid in full and the lending commitments under the Loan Documents shall have terminated, the Subordinated Lender shall not exercise any right of subrogation that it may have now or hereafter as a result of its performance of this Guaranty.

 

(f)                                   Nothing in this Section shall (i) impair, as between such Borrower, such Loan Party or such Obligor and the Subordinated Lender, the obligation of such Borrower, or such Loan Party or such Obligor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on Subordinated Debt in accordance with its terms; (ii) affect the relative rights of the Subordinated Lender and creditors of such Borrower, or such Loan Party or such Obligor other than the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties; or (iii) prevent the Subordinated Lender from exercising its available remedies upon an event of default under the Subordinated Debt, subject to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties to receive cash, property or other assets otherwise payable to the Subordinated Lender to the extent set forth in this Section.

 

2.09.       Right to Offset Balances.  Each Guarantor agrees that, in addition to (and without any limitation of) any right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim any Guarantied Party may otherwise have, each Guarantied Party shall be entitled, at its option but only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to offset balances held by it for the account of such Guarantor at any of its offices, in Dollars or in any other currency, against any Guaranteed Obligations to such Guarantied Party from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default (regardless of whether such balances are then due to such Guarantor).  Any Guarantied Party so entitled shall promptly notify the applicable Guarantor and the Administrative Agent of any offset effected by it; provided that such Guarantied Party’s failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such offset or the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

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SECTION 3.  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE GUARANTORS.  As of the date hereof and as of the date of each Credit Event, each Guarantor represents to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties that each of the representations and warranties applicable to it under the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as if made by such Guarantor, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material  respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, if a representation and warranty is qualified as to materiality, the materiality qualifier shall be disregarded with respect to such representation and warranty.  Each Guarantor agrees to comply with and be bound by each of the covenants, agreements and conditions in the Credit Agreement applicable to it as if such Guarantor were a party to the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

 

4.01.       No Waiver.  No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in exercising any remedy, right, power or privilege under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver of such remedy, right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such remedy, right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of such remedy, right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other remedy, right, power or privilege.  The remedies, rights, powers and privileges provided by this Guaranty are, to the extent not prohibited by law, cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies, rights, powers or privileges provided by the other Loan Documents or by law.

 

4.02.       Notices.  All notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions or other communications to or upon the Guarantors or any one of them or the Administrative Agent under this Guaranty shall be in writing and faxed, mailed, e-mailed or delivered, if to the Guarantors or any one of them or to the Administrative Agent, at its respective facsimile number or address set forth below (or to such other facsimile number or address for any party as indicated in any notice given by that party to the other parties).  All such notices and communications shall be effective (a) when sent by an overnight courier service of recognized standing, on the first Business Day following the deposit with such service; (b) when mailed, first-class postage prepaid and addressed as aforesaid through the United States Postal Service, the earlier of upon receipt and three Business Days after depositing it in the United States Postal Service; (c) when delivered by hand, upon delivery; and (d) when sent by facsimile transmission or e-mail, upon confirmation of receipt.

 

	
The   Administrative Agent:
    	
 
    	
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4.03.       Expenses, Etc.  Each Guarantor agrees to pay or to reimburse (i) the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by the Administrative Agent from time to time and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default for all costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) in any effort to enforce any of the obligations of the Guarantors under this Guaranty, whether or not any lawsuit is filed, including all such costs and expenses (and attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties in any bankruptcy, reorganization, workout or similar proceeding.  All amounts due under this Guaranty (including under Section 2.01) and not paid when due shall bear interest until paid at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the highest Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2.00%).

 

4.04.       Amendments, Etc.  The Administrative Agent and each Guarantor hereby acknowledge and agree that the waiver, amendment and other provisions in Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement apply to this Guaranty as to the Guarantors and are incorporated herein as though set forth in full.

 

4.05.       Successors and Assigns.  This Guaranty is in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the other Guarantied Parties and their respective successors and assigns and, in the event of an assignment of the Loans, Commitments or other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness.  This Guaranty shall be binding upon the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties and their respective successors and assigns.  No Guarantor may assign or transfer its rights or obligations under this Guaranty without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.  Any attempted assignment or transfer in violation of this Section shall be null and void.

 

4.06.       Survival.  All representations and warranties made in this Guaranty or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Guaranty shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty or such certificate or other document (as the case may be) or any deemed repetition of any such representation or warranty.

 

4.07.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE COMPLETE AND FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDER PARTIES AND SUPERSEDE ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN OR ORAL, ON THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,

 

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CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF SUCH PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OR AMONG THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDER PARTIES.

 

4.08.       Partial Invalidity.  If at any time any one or more of the provisions contained in this Guaranty should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this Guaranty shall not in any way be affected or impaired.  The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

4.09.       Captions.  The table of contents, captions and section headings appearing in this Guaranty are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Guaranty.

 

4.10.       Counterparts.  This Guaranty may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, any set of which signed by all the parties hereto shall be deemed to constitute a complete, executed original for all purposes.  Transmission by facsimile, “pdf” or similar electronic copy of an executed counterpart of this Guaranty shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.  Any party hereto may request an original counterpart of any party delivering such electronic counterpart.

 

4.11.       GOVERNING LAW.  THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES.

 

4.12.       Submission to Jurisdiction.  Each of the parties to this Guaranty irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada and the courts of the United States of America located in Nevada and agrees that any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any Security Documents) may be brought against such party in any such courts.  Final judgment against any party in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction by suit on the judgment, a certified or exemplified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the judgment, or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of any party to commence legal proceedings or otherwise sue any other party in any other appropriate jurisdiction, or concurrently in more than one jurisdiction, or to serve process, pleadings and other papers upon any other party in any manner authorized by the laws of any such jurisdiction.  The Guarantors agree that process served either personally or by registered mail shall, to the extent permitted by law, constitutes adequate service of process in any such suit.  Each of the parties to this Guaranty irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (a) any objection which it may have now or in the future to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any court referred to in the first sentence above; (b) any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum; (c) its right of removal of any matter commenced by any other party in the courts of the State of Nevada to any court of the United

 

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States of America; (d) any immunity which it or its assets may have in respect of its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document from any suit, execution, attachment (whether provisional or final, in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process; and (e) any right it may have to require the moving party in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any of the courts referred to above arising out of or in connection with this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to post security for the costs of any party or to post a bond or to take similar action.

 

4.13.       WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SECURITY DOCUMENTS) OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

 

4.14.       Power of Attorney.  Each Guarantor hereunder hereby grants to the Borrowers an irrevocable power of attorney to act as its attorney-in-fact with regard to matters relating to this Guaranty and each other Loan Document, including execution and delivery of any amendments, supplements, waivers or other modifications hereto or thereto, receipt of any notices hereunder or thereunder and receipt of service of process in connection herewith or therewith.  Each Guarantor hereby explicitly acknowledges that the Administrative Agent has executed and delivered this Guaranty and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, and has performed its obligations under this Guaranty and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, in reliance upon the irrevocable grant of such power of attorney pursuant to this Section.

 

4.15.       Additional Guarantors.  If, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers shall be required to cause any Person that is not a Guarantor to become a Guarantor hereunder, such Person shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex I and shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Guarantor party hereto with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein.

 

4.16.       Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor.  If all of the stock of a Guarantor or any of its successors in interest under this Guaranty shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in a sale or other disposition permitted by the Credit Agreement or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders, such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, may request that the Administrative Agent and other Guarantied Parties execute and deliver documents or instruments necessary to evidence the release and discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty as provided in Section 7.07(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

4.17.       No Individual Lender Party Enforcement.  By its entry into any Loan Document, each Lender Party agrees that this Guaranty may be enforced only by action of the Administrative Agent upon the instructions of the Required Lenders and that no Lender Party shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Guaranty.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Guaranty as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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ANNEX I

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT
 (Guaranty Agreement)

 

This JOINDER AGREEMENT (Guaranty Agreement), dated as of [              ], [        ], is delivered pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Guaranty Agreement dated as of [                  ] 20[    ], among [                                  ] and the other entities from time to time party thereto as Guarantors in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to therein and as collateral agent for the other Lender Parties (as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used herein with the meaning given them in the Guaranty.

 

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement, the undersigned, as provided in Section 4.15 of the Guaranty, hereby becomes a party to the Guaranty as a Guarantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor therein.

 

The undersigned has obtained and may continue to obtain working capital and loans needed for its operations from the Borrowers, and the Borrowers will obtain funds to provide or lend to the undersigned from the Lender Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  In addition, the undersigned expects to realize direct and indirect benefits as the result of the availability of the aforementioned credit facilities to the Borrowers, as the result of financial or business support which will be provided to the undersigned by the Borrowers.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in or incorporated into the Guaranty applicable to it is true and correct in all material respects on and as the date hereof as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, if a representation and warranty is qualified as to materiality, the materiality qualifier shall be disregarded with respect to such representation and warranty.

 

This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal law of the State of Nevada without reference to conflicts of law rules except that matters concerning the validity and perfection of a security interest shall be governed by the conflict of law rules set forth in the UCC.   The undersigned hereby consents to the application of Nevada civil law to the construction, interpretation and enforcement of this Joinder Agreement, and to the application of Nevada civil law to the procedural aspects of any suit, action or proceeding relating thereto, including, but not limited to, legal process, execution of judgments and other legal remedies.

 

This Joinder Agreement may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, any set of which signed by all the parties hereto shall be deemed to constitute a complete, executed original for all purposes.  Transmission by facsimile, “PDF” or similar electronic format of an executed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
 as of the date of this Joinder Agreement
 first above written.

 

	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as   Administrative Agent
    
	
 
    
	
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