UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 16, 2009
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
Commission file number 0-24206
Incorporated Pursuant to the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
IRS Employer Identification No. 23-2234473
825 Berkshire Blvd.,
Suite 200
Wyomissing, PA 19610
610-373-2400
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K originally filed by Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Penn) on November 17, 2009 (the Original Filing). Penn is attaching a corrected version of the Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, which hereby replaces Exhibit 99.2 to the Original Filing, in order to make minor corrections to the definition of Agreed Budget, Section 2.01 and Section 6.09(b) therein. Except as described above, no other changes are made to the Original Filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.2 Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2009, among Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, LLC, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC, Fontainebleau Las Vegas Capital Corp., the Lenders party thereto and Nevada Gaming Ventures, Inc.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 18, 2009 |
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC. |
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/s/ Robert S. Ippolito |
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Robert S. Ippolito |
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Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer |
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EXHIBIT 99.2
$51,503,734.00
DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 16, 2009,
Among
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS,
LLC,
debtor and debtor-in-possession, as Borrower,
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS HOLDINGS, LLC
debtor and debtor-in-possession, as Guarantor,
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CAPITAL CORP.,
debtor and debtor-in-possession, as Guarantor,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
NEVADA GAMING VENTURES,
INC.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.01. |
Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. |
Terms Generally |
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ARTICLE II |
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THE CREDITS |
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SECTION 2.01. |
Commitments |
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SECTION 2.02. |
Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.03. |
Requests for Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.04. |
Funding of Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.05. |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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SECTION 2.06. |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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SECTION 2.07. |
Prepayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.08. |
Fees |
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SECTION 2.09. |
Interest |
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SECTION 2.10. |
Reports of Fees and Interest |
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SECTION 2.11. |
Taxes |
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SECTION 2.12. |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
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SECTION 2.13. |
Mitigation Obligations |
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SECTION 2.14. |
Illegality |
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SECTION 2.15. |
Waiver of Any Priming Rights |
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ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.01. |
Organization; Powers |
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SECTION 3.02. |
Authorization |
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SECTION 3.03. |
Enforceability |
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SECTION 3.04. |
Governmental Approvals |
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SECTION 3.05. |
[Reserved] |
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SECTION 3.06. |
No Material Adverse Change or Material Adverse Effect |
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SECTION 3.07. |
Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases |
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SECTION 3.08. |
Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 3.09. |
Litigation; Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 3.10. |
Federal Reserve Regulations |
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SECTION 3.11. |
Investment Company Act |
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SECTION 3.12. |
Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 3.13. |
Tax Returns |
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SECTION 3.14. |
No Material Misstatements |
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SECTION 3.15. |
[Reserved] |
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SECTION 3.16. |
Environmental Matters |
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SECTION 3.17. |
Location of Real Property and Leased Premises |
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SECTION 3.18. |
Agreed Budget |
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SECTION 3.19. |
Labor Matters |
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SECTION 3.20. |
Insurance |
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SECTION 3.21. |
Anti-Terrorism Law |
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SECTION 3.22. |
Licensing and Permits |
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SECTION 3.23. |
Certain Real Estate Matters |
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SECTION 3.24. |
Reorganization Matters |
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ARTICLE IV |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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SECTION 4.01. |
Conditions Precedent to Closing Date |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Conditions Precedent to each Borrowing |
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ARTICLE V |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 5.01. |
Existence; Businesses and Properties |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Insurance |
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SECTION 5.03. |
Taxes |
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SECTION 5.04. |
Financial Statements, Reports, etc. |
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SECTION 5.05. |
Litigation and Other Notices |
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SECTION 5.06. |
Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 5.07. |
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections |
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SECTION 5.08. |
Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 5.09. |
Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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SECTION 5.10. |
Further Assurances |
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SECTION 5.11. |
Fiscal Year; Accounting |
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SECTION 5.12. |
Cash Management |
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SECTION 5.13. |
Reorganization Matters |
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SECTION 5.14. |
Maintenance of Property |
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ARTICLE VI |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 6.01. |
Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.02. |
Liens |
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SECTION 6.03. |
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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SECTION 6.04. |
Investments, Loans and Advances |
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SECTION 6.05. |
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions |
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SECTION 6.06. |
Dividends, Distributions and Repayments of Debt |
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SECTION 6.07. |
Transactions with Affiliates and Certain Bonus Payments |
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SECTION 6.08. |
Business of the Loan Parties |
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SECTION 6.09. |
Limitation on Prepayments of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. |
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SECTION 6.10. |
Maximum Budget Variance |
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SECTION 6.11. |
Minimum Cash Balance |
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SECTION 6.12. |
Swap Agreements |
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SECTION 6.13. |
Super-Priority Claims |
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SECTION 6.14. |
DIP Order |
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ARTICLE VIA |
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HOLDINGS NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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ARTICLE VII |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 7.01. |
Events of Default |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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SECTION 8.01. |
Appointment |
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SECTION 8.02. |
Delegation of Duties |
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SECTION 8.03. |
Exculpatory Provisions |
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SECTION 8.04. |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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SECTION 8.05. |
Notice of Default |
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SECTION 8.06. |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
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SECTION 8.07. |
Indemnification |
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SECTION 8.08. |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
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SECTION 8.09. |
Successor Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE IX |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 9.01. |
Notices |
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SECTION 9.02. |
Survival of Agreement |
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SECTION 9.03. |
Binding Effect |
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SECTION 9.04. |
Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 9.05. |
Expenses; Indemnity |
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SECTION 9.06. |
Right of Set-off |
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SECTION 9.07. |
Applicable Law |
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SECTION 9.08. |
Waivers; Amendment |
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SECTION 9.09. |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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SECTION 9.10. |
Entire Agreement |
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SECTION 9.11. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 9.12. |
Severability |
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SECTION 9.13. |
Counterparts |
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SECTION 9.14. |
Headings |
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SECTION 9.15. |
Confidentiality |
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SECTION 9.16. |
Direct Website Communications |
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SECTION 9.17. |
Release of Liens |
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SECTION 9.18. |
USA Patriot Act |
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SECTION 9.19. |
Conflicts |
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ARTICLE X |
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SECURITY AND GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 10.01. |
Security Interest |
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SECTION 10.02. |
Guarantee |
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Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A |
Form of Administrative Questionnaire |
Exhibit B |
Agreed Budget |
Exhibit C |
Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
Exhibit D |
Borrowing Request |
Exhibit E |
Form of Interim DIP Order |
Exhibit F |
Joinder Agreement |
Exhibit G |
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Schedule 2.01 |
Commitments |
Schedule 3.01 |
Organization and Good Standing |
Schedule 3.04 |
Governmental Approvals |
Schedule 3.07(b) |
Possession under Leases |
Schedule 3.07(c) |
Intellectual Property |
Schedule 3.08(a) |
Subsidiaries |
Schedule 3.08(b) |
Subscriptions |
Schedule 3.09(a) |
Litigation |
Schedule 3.09(b) |
Compliance with Laws |
Schedule 3.13 |
Taxes |
Schedule 3.16 |
Environmental Matters |
Schedule 3.17 |
Real Property and Leased Premises |
Schedule 3.19 |
Labor Matters |
Schedule 3.20 |
Insurance |
Schedule 3.22 |
Licensing and Permits |
Schedule 3.23(a) |
Real Estate Matters; Compliance with Laws |
Schedule 3.23(c) |
Real Estate Matters; Use of Land |
Schedule 3.23(d) |
Accordance with Specifications and Plans |
Schedule 5.09 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws |
Schedule 5.14 |
Stabilization Plan |
Schedule 6.01 |
Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.02 |
Liens |
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DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 16, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement), among FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS, LLC., a Nevada limited liability company (Borrower), FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (Holdings), FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (Capital Corp.), the SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES of Holdings party hereto from time to time, the LENDERS party hereto from time to time and NEVADA GAMING VENTURES, INC., a Nevada corporation, as administrative agent, collateral agent and arranger (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2009 (the Petition Date), Holdings, the Borrower and Capital Corp. filed, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, a voluntary petition for relief (collectively, the Cases) under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code;
WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower and Capital Corp. are continuing to operate their respective businesses and manage their respective properties as debtors-in-possession under Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a secured super-priority debtor-in-possession revolving loan facility to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount up to $51,503,734.00;
WHEREAS, each of Holdings and Capital Corp. has agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Borrower hereunder and each of Holdings and Capital Corp. has agreed to secure its obligations to the Lenders hereunder with, inter alia, security interests in, and liens on, all of its property and assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, now existing or hereafter acquired or arising, all as more fully provided herein;
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make available to the Borrower such debtor-in-possession revolving loan facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Administrative Agent-Related Persons shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03.
Administrative Questionnaire shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit A.
Affiliate shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified or is a spouse, former spouse, other immediate family member, successor, executor, administrator, heir, legatee or distributee of any of the foregoing; provided, however, no Agent or Lender shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Loan Party by virtue of its execution of this Agreement.
Agreed Budget shall mean an operating budget setting forth the projected financial operations of the Loan Parties for the period beginning with the week ending November 29, 2009 through the week ending February 7, 2010, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which operating budget is attached hereto as Exhibit B (it being understood that the Agreed Budget includes amounts in the line items titled Post Closing Chapter 11 Activities incurred pre closing and Post Closing Chapter 11 Activities incurred post closing relating to or to be paid after the week of February 7, 2010); provided, that (i) as provided in clause (ii) of Section 6.10, the projected aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding set forth in the Agreed Budget shall be deemed reduced by the amount of any Loans repaid prior to such date, (ii) the Agreed Budget shall be deemed amended, with respect to the period between the date of the Auction and the Stated Maturity Date, by the Budget Amendment (as defined in the Bidding Procedures attached to the Sale Procedures Order), and (iii) the Agreed Budget shall not include any fees or expenses incurred for any purpose that, with respect to cash collateral of the Prepetition Secured Parties, is as of the date of this Agreement or at anytime after the date of this Agreement prohibited under paragraph 4(d) of the Fourth Order, except (a) in furtherance of the transactions for the benefit of the DIP Secured Parties or the Purchaser and as described in or as contemplated by the DIP Order, the Loan Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Sale Procedures Order or the Sale Order and (b) that a sum not to exceed $50,000 of the Carve-Out may be used by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Cases to investigate (but not to commence or prosecute an action with respect to) Claims and Defenses (as such terms are defined in paragraph 19(a) of the Fourth Order) that may exist against the Released Parties (as defined in paragraph 19(a) of the Fourth Order).
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Anti-Terrorism Law shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21(a).
APA Material Adverse Effect shall mean a Material Adverse Effect, as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
Approved Fund shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Asset Purchase Agreement shall mean the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2009, by and between Penn and the Loan Parties.
Assignee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by such assignment and acceptance), in the form of Exhibit C or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
Auction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Sale Procedures Order.
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Availability Period shall mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Termination Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.
Available Unused Commitment shall mean, with respect to a Lender at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Commitment of such Lender at such time exceeds (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of such Lender outstanding at such time.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Bankruptcy Court shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Borrower shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Borrowing shall mean a group of Loans made on a single date.
Borrowing Minimum shall mean $1,000,000.
Borrowing Multiple shall mean $500,000.
Borrowing Request shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Business Day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
Capital Corp. shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Capital Lease Obligations of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
Carve-Out shall mean (x) the allowed and unpaid professional fees and disbursements incurred by the Loan Parties, the Examiner and, solely with respect to the amount described in clause (b) of the proviso below, any statutory committees appointed in the Cases in an aggregate amount not in excess of $550,000 incurred after the first business day following delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice plus all unpaid professional fees and disbursements incurred prior to the delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice in an amount of no greater than that set forth in the Agreed Budget (as adjusted to reflect accrued and unpaid fees and expenses) and allowed by the Bankruptcy Court and (y) the payment of fees pursuant
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to 28 U.S.C. § 1930; provided, that the Carve-Out shall not include any fees or expenses incurred for any purpose that, with respect to cash collateral of the Prepetition Secured Parties, is as of the date of this Agreement or at anytime after the date of this Agreement prohibited under paragraph 4(d) of the Fourth Order, except (a) in furtherance of the transactions for the benefit of the DIP Secured Parties or the Purchaser and described in or contemplated by the DIP Order, the Loan Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Sale Procedures Order or the Sale Order and (b) that a sum not to exceed $50,000 of the Carve-Out may be used by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Cases to investigate (but not to commence or prosecute an action with respect to) Claims and Defenses (as such terms are defined in paragraph 19(a) of the Fourth Order) that may exist against the Released Parties (as defined in paragraph 19(a) of the Fourth Order).
Carve-Out Expenses shall mean, (i) if an Event of Default shall not have occurred and be continuing or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing but a Carve-Out Trigger Notice shall not have been delivered in respect thereof, compensation and reimbursement of expenses allowed and payable under 11 U.S.C. § 327, § 328, § 330, § 331 or § 1103 and by the official committee of unsecured creditor appointed in the Cases pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §1102 as the same may be due and payable, in accordance with and in amounts not exceeding those set forth in the Agreed Budget and the payment of fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930; or (ii) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and a Carve-Out Trigger Notice has been delivered, the Carve-Out.
Carve-Out Trigger Notice shall mean a written notice delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and its counsel, the Examiner and its counsel, the U.S. Trustee and counsel to any official committee appointed in the Cases, which notice may be delivered following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, expressly stating that the Carve-Out has been invoked.
Cases shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement, together with the Retail Entity Cases, once filed.
Cash Management Order shall mean that certain Final Order Granting In Part and Denying in Part Emergency Motion by Debtors for Entry of an Order (A) Authorizing the Debtors to Maintain Their Existing Cash Management System, Bank Accounts, and Business Forms, (b) Granting Administrative Expense Priority to Postpetition Intercompany Arrangements and Historical Practices; and (C) Waiving Investment and Deposit Requirements (Docket No. 227), entered by the Bankruptcy Court on June 30, 2009.
A Change in Control shall mean (a) the acquisition of record ownership by any person other than Holdings of any Equity Interests in the Borrower or Capital Corp., the acquisition of record ownership by any person other than Retail Holdings of any Equity Interests in Retail Mezzanine, or the acquisition by any person other than Retail Mezzanine of any Equity Interests in Retail, LLC or (b) the failure by the Sponsor to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests in Holdings and Retail Holdings representing at least a majority of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Holdings and Retail Holdings, respectively.
Change in Law shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.10(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lenders holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date.
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Charges shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
Closing Date shall mean the first date on which all the conditions precedent as set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 9.08.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean the DIP Collateral as defined in the DIP Order.
Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans as set forth in Section 2.01. The initial amount of each Lenders Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Commitments on the Closing Date is $51,503,734.00.
Commitment Fee Rate shall mean a rate equal to 0.50% per annum.
Communications shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16(a).
Conduit Lender shall mean any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11 or 9.05 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender.
Control shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and Controlling and Controlled shall have meanings correlative thereto.
Deeds of Trust shall mean (i) the Deed of Trust among Borrower and Fontainebleau Las Vegas II, LLC, as Trustor, Nevada Title Company, as Trustee, and Bank of America, N.A., as Beneficiary, recorded on June 6, 2007, (ii) the Deed of Trust among Borrower and Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC, as Trustor, Nevada Title Company, as Trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Beneficiary, recorded on June 6, 2007 and (iii) the Deed of Trust among Retail LLC, as Trustor, Lawyers Title of Nevada, Inc., as Trustee, and Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., as Beneficiary, dated as of June 6, 2007.
Default shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
Designated Entity shall mean each Affiliate of the Borrower and each Person identified to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower on the Closing Date as a Revolving Lender.
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DIP Order shall mean (x) prior to the entry of the Final DIP Order, the Interim DIP Order and (y) at all times after the entry of the Final DIP Order, the Final DIP Order.
DIP Orders shall mean collectively, the Interim DIP Order and Final DIP Order.
Dollars or $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
environment shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
Environmental Laws shall mean all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).
Equity Interests of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any of the Loan Parties, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event shall mean (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence with respect to any ERISA Plan of an accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any ERISA Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any ERISA Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any ERISA Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any ERISA Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any ERISA Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any ERISA Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
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ERISA Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Event of Default shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
Examiner shall mean Jeffrey R. Truitt, as examiner, pursuant to the Order Appointing Examiner to Examine, Negotiate and Supervise § 363 Sale of Assets, entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Cases on October 14, 2009 (Docket No. 770).
Excluded Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01.
Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes) by the United States of America (or any state thereof) or the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits tax imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Lender making a Loan to the Borrower, any withholding tax imposed by the United States that (x) is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to such Loan to the Borrower (or designates a new Lending Office) except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Loan Party with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.11(c) or (y) is attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with Section 2.11(e) or (f) with respect to such Loan.
Executive Order shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21(a).
Existing Credit Facility shall mean the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007 among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and the other parties thereto.
Existing Credit Facility Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the DIP Order.
Existing Credit Facility Lenders shall mean the lenders party to the Existing Credit Facility.
Existing Facilities shall mean, collectively, the Existing Credit Facility, the Existing Retail Facility, the Existing Retail Mezzanine Facility and the Existing Mortgage Notes.
Existing Investors shall mean Sponsor and any Affiliate of Sponsor.
Existing Mortgage Notes shall mean 10¼% Second Mortgage Notes due 2015 issued by Capital Corp. and Holdings on June 6, 2007.
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Existing Noteholders shall mean the holders of the Existing Mortgage Notes.
Existing Retail Facility shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, by and between Fontainebleau Las Vegas Retail, LLC, the lenders party thereto and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as administrative agent
Existing Retail Facility Lenders shall mean the lenders party to the Existing Retail Facility.
Existing Retail Mezzanine Facility shall mean the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, by and between Retail Holdings, Retail Mezzanine, the lenders party thereto and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as administrative agent,
Existing Retail Mezzanine Facility Lenders shall mean the lenders party to the Existing Retail Mezzanine Facility.
Exit Fee Percentage shall mean 5.0%.
Extraordinary Receipts shall mean any Cash or Permitted Investments received by or paid to or for the account of the any Loan Party not in the ordinary course of business, including purchase price adjustments, Tax refunds, judgments and litigation settlements, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance, returns of payments of debt or other obligations and indemnity payments.
Facility shall mean the Loans made hereunder by the Lenders.
Fees shall mean the Upfront Fee, the Commitment Fee and the Exit Fee.
Final DIP Order shall mean a final order of the Bankruptcy Court in each of the Cases containing substantially the same provisions as the Interim DIP Order and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, and as to which no stay has been entered and which has not been reversed, modified, vacated or overturned.
Financial Officer of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.
Financial Performance Covenants shall mean the covenants of the Borrower set forth in Sections 6.10 and 6.11.
Foreign Lender shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Fourth Order shall mean Fourth Interim Order (i) Authorizing Use of Cash Collateral Pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) Providing Adequate Protection to Prepetition Secured Parties Pursuant to Sections 361, 362, 363, and 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and (iii) Scheduling
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Final Hearing, entered by the Court in the Cases of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on August 27, 2009 (Docket No. 454).
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02.
Gaming Authorities shall mean any Governmental Authorities that hold regulatory, licensing or permitting authority over gambling, gaming or casino activities conducted by the Loan Parties within its jurisdiction, or before which an application for licensing to conduct such activities is pending.
Gaming Law shall mean all laws, regulations, orders, resolutions, decisions or other rules or rulings pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming or casino activities to be conducted or conducted by the Loan Parties, and all regulations promulgated under such laws, including but limited to those applicable during the construction of the Project and the applicant process in connection therewith.
Governing Documents shall mean, collectively, as to any Person, the articles or certificate of incorporation, organization or formation and bylaws, limited liability company or operating agreement, partnership agreement or other formation or constituent documents of such Person.
Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
Guarantee of or by any person (the guarantor) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (v) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.
guarantor shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Guarantee.
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Guarantor shall mean each of Holdings, Capital Corp., each other Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Borrower), and, upon and following the Retail Entities Guarantee Date, the Retail Entities and any Subsidiary thereof.
Hazardous Materials shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents of any nature which are subject to regulation or which would reasonably be likely to give rise to liability under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas.
Holdings shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Improvements shall mean all buildings, structures and improvements (including fixtures) now or hereafter located in or on the Land.
Indebtedness of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments to the extent the same would appear as a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities and current intercompany liabilities (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals or replacements thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the incurrence thereof), to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (e) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (g) all payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (h) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and (i) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers acceptances. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof.
Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
Insurance Requirements shall mean all material terms of any insurance policy maintained by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date.
Interest Payment Date shall mean the last Business Day of each calendar month.
Interim DIP Order shall mean shall mean an interim order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in each of the Cases pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, approving this Agreement and
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the other Loan Documents and authorizing the incurrence by the Loan Parties of post-petition secured and super-priority debtor-in-possession Indebtedness in accordance with this Agreement, and as to which no stay has been entered and which has not been reversed, modified, vacated or overturned, and which is substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Retail Entities Guarantee Date, the Interim DIP Order shall be a collective reference to the Interim DIP Orders entered in the Cases of the Retail Entities and the Loan Parties other than the Retail Entities.
Investment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
Land shall mean the real property more particularly described in Exhibit G to this Agreement and including all appurtenant rights (including air rights) with respect thereto.
Lender shall mean Penn, as well as any person that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04, in such capacity.
Lender Group Expenses shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(a).
Lending Office shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities (other than securities representing an interest in a joint venture that is not a Subsidiary), any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities to the extent that any such right is intended to have an effect equivalent to that of a security interest in such securities.
Liquidity shall mean the aggregate balance of Unencumbered cash of the Loan Parties and Unencumbered Permitted Investments of the Loan Parties.
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the DIP Orders, any Note issued under Section 2.09(e) and any security agreements, mortgages and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, such term does not include the Sale Order, the Sale Procedures Order, the Asset Purchase Agreement or any documents, motions or orders relating directly thereto.
Loan Parties shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantor Loan Parties.
Loans shall mean the revolving loans made by each Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
Local Time shall mean New York City time.
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Margin Stock shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the assets of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole (other than the commencement of the Cases and the consequences that customarily result therefrom) or (b) a material impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document or of the rights and remedies, taken as a whole, of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents.
Maximum Rate shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
Mechanics Liens shall mean all mechanics and materialmens liens against the property or assets of the Loan Parties.
Mechanics Lienholders shall mean the holders of the Mechanics Liens.
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
Net Proceeds shall mean:
(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by any Loan Party (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of real property) to any person of, any asset or assets of any Loan Party (other than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a)(ii)), net of (i) attorneys fees, accountants fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset (other than pursuant hereto or pursuant to the documents governing the Primed Debt), other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith and (ii) Taxes paid or payable by or on behalf of the Loan Parties as a result thereof;
(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, and reasonable costs and other expenses, in each case incurred by or on behalf of the Loan Parties in connection with such incurrence, issuance or sale;
(c) 100% of the cash proceeds from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests in any Loan Party or any capital contribution to any Loan Party, net of, in the case of an issuance or sale
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of Equity Interests, underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Loan Parties in connection therewith; and
(d) 100% of Extraordinary Receipts.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any of them shall be disregarded.
NGV shall mean Nevada Gaming Ventures, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
Obligations shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense and reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.
OFAC shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21(b).
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors shall mean the official statutory committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Cases pursuant to Section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Other Taxes shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents, and any and all interest and penalties related thereto.
Participant shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
Permits shall mean the collective reference to any and all consents, orders, franchises, licenses, leases, permits, approvals, notifications, certifications, registrations, regulatory filings or notices, authorizations, exemptions, variances, qualifications, easements, rights of way, Liens and other rights, privileges and approvals required under any Requirement of Law.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or
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any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250,000,000 and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding companys long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act);
(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;
(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moodys, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P;
(e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moodys;
(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (d) above;
(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 1/2 of 1% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrowers most recently completed fiscal year.
Person or person shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Petition Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
Platform shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16(b).
primary obligor shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term Guarantee.
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Prepetition Secured Parties shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the DIP Order.
Primed Debt shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the DIP Order.
Project shall mean the proposed hotel, casino and entertainment resort to be developed on the Land. The Project shall include the Land and the Improvements.
Purchased Assets shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Purchase Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
Purchaser shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Purchase Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
Register shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such persons Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such persons Affiliates.
Release shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the environment.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to an ERISA Plan (other than an ERISA Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
Required Lenders shall mean, at any time Lenders having Loans and Commitments outstanding, that taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding.
Requirements of Law shall mean (i) as to any Person, the Governing Documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, order, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority (including zoning and subdivision ordinances, building codes and Environmental Laws and Gaming Laws), 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; and (ii) as to the Project, and all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, and rules relating to the construction, development and design of the Project, and all building, zoning, planning, subdivision, fire, traffic, safety, health, disability, labor, discrimination, environmental, air quality, wetlands, shoreline, and flood plain laws, ordinances, regulations and rules relating to the Project.
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Responsible Officer of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Examiner shall not be deemed to be a Responsible Officer.
Retail Entities shall mean Retail Holdings, Retail Mezzanine, Retail LLC, and any other subsidiaries of Retail Holdings.
Retail Entities Guarantee Date shall mean the later to occur of (a) the date upon which Retail Holdings, Retail Mezzanine and Retail LLC become parties hereto by executing one or more Joinder Agreements and (b) the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Interim DIP Order in the Cases of Retail Holdings, Retail Mezzanine and Retail LLC.
Retail Entity Cases shall mean the cases of the Retail Entities under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Retail Holdings shall mean Fontainebleau Las Vegas Retail Parent, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware.
Retail LLC shall mean Fontainebleau Las Vegas Retail, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware.
Retail Master Lease shall mean that certain Master Lease Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, by and between Borrower and Fontainebleau Las Vegas II, LLC, as lessors, and Retail LLC, as lessee.
Retail Mezzanine shall mean Fontainebleau Las Vegas Retail Mezzanine, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware.
Revolving Lender shall mean a Revolving Lender as defined in the Existing Credit Facility, as in effect on the date hereof.
S&P shall mean Standard & Poors Ratings Group, Inc.
Sale shall mean the sale of the assets of the Loan Parties on the terms set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
Sale Effective Date shall mean the consummation of the sale of the assets of the Loan Parties, which sale is undertaken pursuant to the Sale Procedures Order.
Sale Order shall mean an order of the Bankruptcy Court in the Cases confirming the winning bid in the auction held pursuant to the Sale Procedures Order and approving the sale of the assets of the Loan Parties to that bidder.
Sale Procedures Motion shall mean a motion in form and substance reasonably acceptable to NGV, to be filed by the Loan Parties in their Cases, seeking an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving NGV as a stalking horse and the bidding protections and sale procedures for a sale of the assets of the Loan Parties under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
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Sale Procedures Order shall mean an order of the Bankruptcy Court in the Cases, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to NGV, approving NGV as a stalking horse and the bidding protections and sale procedures for a sale of the assets of the Loan Parties under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Secured Parties shall mean (a) the Lenders (and any Affiliate of a Lender), (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Social Security Act shall mean the Social Security Act of 1965 as set forth in Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and regulations issued thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Social Security Act shall be construed to refer to any successor sections.
Sellers shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
Specified APA Material Adverse Effect shall mean an APA Material Adverse Effect of the type described in clause (z)(2) of the definition of Material Adverse Effect in the Asset Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
Sponsor shall mean Jeffrey Soffer.
Stabilization Plan shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.14.
Stated Maturity Date shall mean February 9, 2010.
Statutory Reserves shall mean, with respect to any currency, any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements established by any Governmental Authority of the United States of America or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined.
subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the parent), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Successful Bidder shall have meaning assigned to such term in the Bidding Procedures attached to the Sale Procedures Order as entered on the date hereof.
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Swap Agreement shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, 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; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be a Swap Agreement.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad valorem charges) or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto.
Term Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Existing Credit Facility, as in effect on the date hereof.
Termination Date shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) the Stated Maturity Date, (ii) (a) the closing date of a sale pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise of all or substantially all of the of the Loan Parties assets or (b) the sale of any Purchased Assets with a value in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date, (iii) the date that is fifteen (15) Business Days after the date of entry of the Interim DIP Order in the Borrowers Case if the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Final DIP Order in each of the Cases on or before such date and (iv) the acceleration of the Loans upon the occurrence or the continuance of an Event of Default.
Title Policy Exceptions shall mean (i) minor discrepancies, conflicts in boundary lines, shortage in area and encroachments which in each case do not affect the value, use or utility of the Land, (ii) any state of facts shown on any accurate survey prepared by a professionally licensed land surveyor and made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, and (iii) any easements, rights of way, covenants, conditions, limitations and restrictions of record that are shown on Schedule B-2 of that certain current title report from First American Title Insurance Company, with a commitment date of October 1, 2009, provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof
Unencumbered shall mean, with respect to any property, that such property is not subject to any Liens or other contractual restrictions and that the owner of such property is not restricted in exercising its rights with respect to such property other than Liens pursuant to Section 6.02(b).
Unused Cash Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the DIP Order.
Upfront Fee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(a).
Used Cash Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the DIP Order.
Variance Report shall mean a report prepared by the Borrower for the weekly period ending on the Friday preceding the delivery of such Variance Report and on a cumulative basis for the period from the Closing Date to the date of such report, comparing on a weekly line-by-line basis actual cash receipts and disbursements to the corresponding amounts projected in the Agreed Budget, which report shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Loans outstanding at such time exceeding such Lenders Commitment at such time, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding at such time exceeding the total Commitments at such time; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Loans made on and from the Closing Date and prior to the Retail Entities Guarantee Date shall not exceed $6,815,129.00, and the aggregate principal amount of the Loans made prior to the date upon which the Final DIP Order is entered in each of the Cases shall not exceed $31,044,587.00 or (iii) a default in the observance or performance of Section 6.10 hereof. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, two Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings.
SECTION 2.05. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
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SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
SECTION 2.07. Prepayment of Loans.
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SECTION 2.08. Fees.
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(e) The fees and expenses of NGV (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and any local counsel) contemplated pursuant to the Agreed Budget to be paid by the Loan Parties on the Closing Date shall be automatically added, without any further action of any Person, to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately upon the occurrence of the Closing Date.
SECTION 2.09. Interest.
SECTION 2.10. Reports of Fees and Interest. As soon as reasonably practicable following the request of the Borrower (but no more often than once per calendar month), the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower a statement of outstanding Loans, Fees and Interest, which statement shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11. Taxes.
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SECTION 2.12. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
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SECTION 2.13. Mitigation Obligations. If the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.11, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.11, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
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SECTION 2.14. Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any change in law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make or maintain any Loans, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to maintain its Loan shall be terminated. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), immediately prepay such Lenders Loan. Upon any such prepayment, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid..
SECTION 2.15. Waiver of Any Priming Rights. Upon the Closing Date, and on behalf of themselves and their estates, and for so long as any Obligations shall be outstanding, the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably waive any right, pursuant to Section 364(c) or 364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, to grant any Lien on any of the Collateral having priority senior to or pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent.
Each of the Loan Parties represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that (it being understood that for the purposes of this Article III, any of the following representations and warranties that are made as to the Loan Parties shall be deemed made as to the Loan Parties (including the Retail Entities) notwithstanding the fact that as of the date that such representation and warranty is made, the Retail Entities may not yet be Loan Parties), as of the Closing Date and as of the date of any Borrowing:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, each of the Loan Parties (a) is a limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) subject to the entry of the DIP Order by the Bankruptcy Court, has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow hereunder.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder (a) subject to the entry of the DIP Order by the Bankruptcy Court, have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder or limited liability company action required to be obtained by such Loan Party and (b) will not (i) violate (A) subject to the entry of the DIP Order by the Bankruptcy Court, any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of such Loan Party, (B) subject to the entry of the DIP Order by the Bankruptcy Court, any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any post-petition indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which such Loan Party is a party or by which any of the Loan Parties or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such post-petition indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument,
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where any such post-petition conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02, could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Loan Parties, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Liens permitted by Section 6.02.
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, subject to the entry of the DIP Order by the Bankruptcy Court, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms and the terms of the DIP Order.
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) the entry of the DIP Orders by the Bankruptcy Court, (b) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (c) such actions, consents and approvals the failure to be obtained or made which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (d) the filing of the Retail Entity Cases and (e) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 3.04.
SECTION 3.05. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Change or Material Adverse Effect. Since the Closing Date, there has been no event, circumstance or condition that has or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.
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SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations.
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SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act. None of the Loan Parties is an investment company as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans solely: (a) to fund (by way of one or more intercompany loans) the costs and expenses related to the restructuring of the Retail Entities in accordance with and up to the amount set forth therefor in the Agreed Budget, (b) to pay the costs and expenses related to the restructuring of Holdings and its subsidiaries in accordance with and up to the amount set forth therefor in the Agreed Budget, (c) to fund the stabilization of the Project in accordance with and up to the amount set forth therefor in the Agreed Budget and the Stabilization Plan, (d) for the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties in accordance with and up to the amount set forth therefor the Agreed Budget, (e) within two Business Days after the Retail Entities Guarantee Date, to indefeasibly pay in full in cash the Used Cash Collateral, (f) to pay Fees and expenses related to the Facility when, as and to the extent provided for herein and (g) to pay all present and future costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, including all reasonable fees and expenses of consultants, advisors and attorneys paid or incurred at any time in connection with the financing transactions when, as and to the extent provided for in herein.
SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13:
(a) Each Loan Party has filed or caused to be filed all material federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it, and each such Tax return is true and correct in all material respects;
(b) Each Loan Party has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes required to be paid by or with respect to it, except (i) for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 or (ii) to the extent failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes payable by or with respect to any of the Loan Parties.
SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements. The information (other than estimates and information of a general economic nature) (the Information) concerning the Land, Improvements, any Loan Party or any transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, with respect to liabilities of the Loan Parties) prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby did not contain any intentionally untrue statement of a material fact as of the date such Information was furnished or intentionally omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.
SECTION 3.15. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.16 and except as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
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Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice, request for information, claim, demand, order, complaint or penalty has been received by any of the Loan Parties, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrowers knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to any Loan Party, (ii) each Loan Party has all authorizations and permits necessary for its operations to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and is, and during the term of all applicable statutes of limitation, has been, in compliance with the terms of such permits and with all other applicable Environmental Laws, and (iii) no Hazardous Material is located at, in, or under any property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability or obligation of any Loan Party under any Environmental Laws, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned or controlled by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and has been transported to or released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability or obligation of any Loan Party under any Environmental Laws.
SECTION 3.17. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises.
SECTION 3.18. Agreed Budget. The Agreed Budget includes and contains all fees, costs and expenses that are projected in the Loan Parties commercially reasonable judgment to be payable by the Loan Parties during the period covered by such Agreed Budget (it being understood that the Unused Cash Collateral shall be repaid as described in the DIP Order using Unused Cash Collateral, which repayment is not described in the Agreed Budget).
SECTION 3.19. Labor Matters. Except (i) as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) for claims giving rise to the Mechanics Liens, and (iii) as set forth on Schedule 3.19: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against any of the Loan Parties; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of each Loan Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from each Loan Party or for which any claim may be made against any of the Loan Parties, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which any Loan Party (or any predecessor of any Loan Party) is a party or by which any Loan Party (or any predecessor of any Loan Party) is bound.
SECTION 3.20. Insurance. Schedule 3.20 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of any Loan Party as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.20, Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties is adequate in light of the current status of the Project.
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SECTION 3.21. Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 3.22. Licensing and Permits. The Borrower and each Loan Party has, to the extent applicable and subject to the exceptions set forth on Schedule 3.22, obtained and maintained, or has had obtained and maintained on its behalf, in good standing all required material licenses, permits, certificates, registrations, authorizations and approvals necessary for the operation of the Project as currently conducted. To the knowledge of the Borrower, all such required material licenses, permits, certificates, registrations, authorizations and approvals are in full force and effect on the Closing Date and have not been revoked or suspended or otherwise limited.
SECTION 3.23. Certain Real Estate Matters.
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SECTION 3.24. Reorganization Matters.
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SECTION 4.01. Conditions Precedent to Closing Date. The Closing Date shall not occur until the following conditions have been met or waived by the Administrative Agent:
(a) The Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that (x) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date (unless such representations and warranties relate to an earlier time, in which case as of such earlier time) and (y) as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the execution of the Loan Documents), no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of, or an e-mail containing a pdf of, a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(c) The Lenders shall have received the Agreed Budget.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the Interim DIP Order, which Interim DIP Order (i) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been vacated, stayed, reversed, modified or amended in any respect; and, if the Interim DIP Order is the subject of a pending appeal in any respect, neither the making of the Loans, nor the performance by the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder, under the other Loan Documents or under any other instrument or agreement referred to herein shall be the subject of a presently effective stay pending appeal.
(e) The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Sale Procedures Order in each of the Cases of the Loan Parties.
(f) The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of obligations under the Existing Credit Facility shall have, subject to the terms of paragraph 32 of the DIP Order, consented to the Subject Transactions (as defined in the DIP Order). For the avoidance of doubt, such consent shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any Prepetition Secured Partys right to provide the Loan Parties the funds necessary to repay the Obligations in full in cash pursuant to the terms hereof.
(g) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the execution of the Loan Documents, (x) the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date (unless such representations and warranties relate to an earlier time, in which case as of such earlier time) and (y) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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SECTION 4.02. Conditions Precedent to each Borrowing. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 hereof.
(b) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing, (x) the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date (unless such representations and warranties relate to an earlier time, in which case as of such earlier time) and (y) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) (i) In respect of any Borrowing to be made at any time prior to the date that is 15 Business Days after the Bankruptcy Court enters the Interim DIP Order in the Case of the Borrower, the Interim DIP Order shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been vacated, stayed, reversed, modified or amended in any respect; and, if the Interim DIP Order is the subject of a pending appeal in any respect, neither the making of the Loans, nor the performance by the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder, under the other Loan Documents or under any other instrument or agreement referred to herein shall be the subject of a presently effective stay pending appeal; and (ii) in respect of any Borrowing to be made at any time on or after the date that is 15 Business Days after the Bankruptcy Court enters the Interim DIP Order in the Case of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the Final DIP Order, which Final DIP Order (x) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (y) shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been vacated, stayed, reversed, modified or amended in any respect; and, if the Final DIP Order is the subject of a pending appeal in any respect, neither the making of the Loans, nor the performance by the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder, under the other Loan Documents or under any other instrument or agreement referred to herein shall be the subject of a presently effective stay pending appeal.
(d) Each of the Loan Parties shall have taken all requisite company or corporate action, as applicable, to approve the sale of the assets of the Loan Parties on the terms described in the Asset Purchase Agreement, such approval shall be in full force and effect, and the Loan Parties shall be diligently pursuing the prosecution of the sale of all or substantially all of the Purchased Assets on the terms described in the Sale Procedures Order.
Each of the Loan Parties covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each of the Loan Parties will:
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SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties.
SECTION 5.02. Insurance.
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SECTION 5.03. Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof that would be senior to or pari passu with the Liens on the assets of the Loan Parties securing the Obligations; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) With in one Business Day after such report is filed with the court, a copy of the monthly operating reports any Loan Party files in any of the Cases;
(b) [Reserved].
(c) concurrently with any delivery of the reports under paragraph (a) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any
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corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by any Loan Party with the SEC;
(e) as soon as available and in any event not later than the Wednesday of each week, (i) the Variance Report for the week ending the preceding Friday, and (ii) a report of the Liquidity as of the close of business of each day during the previous calendar week;
(f) promptly, a copy of all reports submitted to the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of any Loan Party in connection with any material interim or special audit that solely affects any one or more of the Loan Parties and is made by independent accountants of the books of any Loan Party (excluding any reports which have been identified as confidential or privileged work product);
(g) promptly following a request therefor, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender in order to comply with ongoing obligations under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act; and
(h) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the Project or the financial condition of any Loan Party, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidated financial statements, as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender.
SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against any Loan Party as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any other development specific to any Loan Party that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with all laws (including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code), rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental
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Authority applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, all orders and rulings of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.
SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of any of the Loan Parties at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of any of the Loan Parties with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract).
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans solely for the purposes set forth in Section 3.12.
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.09, comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances.
SECTION 5.11. Fiscal Year; Accounting. Cause its fiscal year to end on December 31.
SECTION 5.12. Cash Management. Maintain its cash management systems pursuant to the Cash Management Order.
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SECTION 5.13. Reorganization Matters. Deliver to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective counsel, prior to the filing thereof, all pleadings, motions and other documents to be filed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and relating directly to the Facility; it being understood that this Section 5.13 shall not require the Loan Parties to deliver to the Administrative Agent any such information about a bidder for the Purchased Assets other than the Purchaser or a bid other than Purchasers bid prior to the dates described in the Bidding Procedures attached to the Sale Procedures Order.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each of the Loan Parties covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Loan Parties will not:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and either (i) set forth on Schedule 6.01 hereto or (ii) pursuant to the Existing Facilities;
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor and of any Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
(d) all premium (if any), interest, fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (c) above.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including each Loan Party) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens on property or assets of the Loan Parties existing on the Closing Date and either (i) arising pursuant to the Existing Facilities or (ii) set forth on Schedule 6.02 hereof; provided in each case that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of any Loan Party;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents, including the DIP Orders;
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(c) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(d) mechanics, materialmens, repairmens, or construction Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with work completed prior to or after the Petition Date, but solely to the extent that such Liens are junior to the Liens granted to the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations pursuant hereto and the DIP Order;
(e) [Reserved];
(f) [Reserved];
(g) Liens pursuant to Sections 546 and 362(b)(18) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(h) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment in the ordinary course of business of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness or (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Loan Parties to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties;
(i) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;
(j) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business and necessary to the work contemplated by the Agreed Budget.
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an Investment), in any other person, except:
(a) intercompany loans from the Borrower to the Retail Entities to fund the costs and expenses related to the restructuring of the Retail Entities in accordance with and up to the amount set forth in the Agreed Budget;
(b) Permitted Investments;
(c) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business, consistent with the practices of Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent
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or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business, consistent with the practices of Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses;
(d) Investments existing on the Closing Date.
SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Equity Interests any Loan Party (other than Holdings or Retail Holdings), or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person, except that this Section 6.05 shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase of building supplies in the ordinary course of business by any Loan Party (other any Retail Entity) in amounts and in a manner consistent with the expenditures therefor in the Agreed Budget or (ii) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business; and
(b) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and Dividends permitted by Section 6.06
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.05 above, (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for fair market value and (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by paragraph (a) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for 100% cash consideration.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not prohibit the sale of substantially all of the Purchased Assets pursuant to the Bidding Procedures attached to the Sale Procedures Order provided that all of the Obligations are repaid prior to or simultaneously with the consummation of such sale.
SECTION 6.06. Dividends, Distributions and Repayments of Debt. Declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of its Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose, or make any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment with respect to any Indebtedness other than (a) the Obligations and (b) the payment of the Used Cash Collateral and the payment of the Unused Cash Collateral, in each case to the Existing Credit Facility Agent (as defined in the DIP Order) for the account of the Prepetition Secured Parties in each case pursuant to the terms hereof and of the DIP Order; provided, however, that any Loan Party that is a subsidiary of Holdings may declare and pay dividends to or make other distributions to the Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party that is a subsidiary of Holdings, and any subsidiary of Retail Holdings may declare and pay dividends to or make other distributions to Retail Holdings or any other Loan Party that is a subsidiary of Retail Holdings.
SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates and Certain Bonus Payments.
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SECTION 6.08. Business of the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than any business or business activity contemplated by the Agreed Budget.
SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Prepayments of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.
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SECTION 6.10. Maximum Budget Variance. Permit (i) the actual cumulative cash disbursements of the Loan Parties in respect of any line item in the Agreed Budget (from the period beginning with the Closing Date) as of the end of any week, beginning with the fourth calendar week to occur after the Closing Date, to be greater than the product of (x) 105% (or, at any time after the occurrence of the Auction, 100%) and (y) the projected amount of cumulative cash disbursements in respect of such line item set forth in the Agreed Budget (as amended, following the Auction, by the Budget Amendment) for such period; or (ii) the cumulative principal amount of outstanding Loans as of the close of business on Friday of each week to exceed the product of (x) 105% (or, at any time after the occurrence of the Auction, 100%) and (y) the projected cumulative principal amount of Loans outstanding set forth in the Agreed Budget (as amended, following the Auction, by the Budget Amendment) for such date (which amount shall be deemed reduced, for the avoidance of doubt, by the amount of any Loans repaid prior to such date). For the purpose of this Section 6.10, the projected amount of cash disbursements in respect of any line item set forth in the Agreed Budget for any week shall be deemed increased by an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount of cash disbursements projected by the Agreed Budget for such line item for all weeks prior to such week addressed in the Agreed Budget over the amount of actual cash disbursements in respect of such line item made during all weeks prior to such week addressed in the Agreed Budget.
SECTION 6.11. Minimum Cash Balance. From and after the date that the Final DIP Order is entered in each of the Cases, permit, at any time, Liquidity to be less than an amount equal to the amount necessary to satisfy all cash disbursements reasonably projected by the Loan Parties to be required to be made during the full calendar week following such time.
SECTION 6.12. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement.
SECTION 6.13. Super-Priority Claims. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any administrative expense, unsecured claim, or other super-priority claim or Lien which is senior to or pari passu with the super-priority claims or Liens of the Secured Parties against the Loan Parties hereunder, except for the Carve-Out Expenses or as otherwise provided herein or in the DIP Order, or apply to the Bankruptcy Court for authority to do so.
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SECTION 6.14. DIP Order. Make, permit to be made or seek any change, amendment or modification, or any application or motion for any change, amendment or modification, to the DIP Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court with respect to the Facility without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (who shall give such consent only upon the direction of the Required Lenders acting in their sole discretion).
ARTICLE VIA
HOLDINGS NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each of Holdings, Retail Holdings and Retail Mezzanine covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, Holdings, Retail Holdings and Retail Mezzanine will not engage at any time in any business or business activity other than (a) ownership and acquisition of Equity Interests in the Borrower (in the case of Holdings), Retail Mezzanine (in the case of Retail Holdings) or Retail LLC (in the case of Retail Mezzanine), together with activities directly related thereto, (b) the incurrence of and performance of its obligations related to Indebtedness and Guarantees incurred by such Person after the Closing Date, (c) actions required by law to maintain its existence, (d) the payment of taxes, (e) the issuance of Equity Interests and (f) activities incidental to its existence and to the foregoing activities, in each case only to the extent permitted by this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) Holdings shall at all times own directly 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, Retail Holdings shall at all times own directly 100% of the Equity Interests of Retail Mezzanine, and Retail Mezzanine shall at all times own directly 100% of the Equity Interests of Retail LLC and (ii) Holdings, Retail Holdings and Retail Mezzanine shall not sell, dispose of, grant, permit or suffer to exist a Lien on or otherwise transfer such Equity Interests in the Borrower, Retail Mezzanine or Retail LLC, as applicable, excepting any Liens on Equity Interests in the Borrower, Retail Mezzanine or Retail LLC created by the Loan Documents.
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an Event of Default):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document, or any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished by any Loan Party;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
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(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days (it being understood that the payment of interest or any Fee or other amount by the automatic addition such amount to the principal amount of Loans outstanding hereunder pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a default under this clause (c));
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a) (with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), 5.04(e), 5.05(a), 5.08, 5.14 or in Article VI or Article VIA;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower;
(f) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(g) [Reserved];
(h) (i) a Reportable Event or Reportable Events, other than as a result of the filing of the Cases, shall have occurred with respect to any ERISA Plan or a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any ERISA Plan, (ii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any ERISA Plan or ERISA Plans, (iii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such person does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner, (iv) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or (v) any Loan Party shall engage in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any ERISA Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any Lien, security interest or super-priority claim purported to be created by the Loan Documents and the DIP Order in favor of the Secured Parties shall for any reason cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a legal, valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement and the DIP Order and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in such assets in all respects, (iii) the Obligations of the Borrower or the Guarantees by any Guarantor of the Obligations shall be invalidated or otherwise cease, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party to be invalid or to cease to be legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms;
(j) an order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be entered in any of the Cases amending, supplementing, staying for a period in excess of 10 days, vacating or otherwise modifying any of the DIP
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Orders, or amending any Loan Document, or any Loan Party shall apply for authority to do so, in any case without the consent of the Required Lenders;
(k) any Loan Party shall fail to comply with the terms of the DIP Order in any material respect;
(l) (i) unless the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree, any Case shall be dismissed (or the Bankruptcy Court shall make a ruling requiring the dismissal of any Case) or suspended or any Loan Party shall file any pleading requesting any such relief; (ii) any Case shall be converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any Loan Party shall file any pleading requesting any such relief; (iii) the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order appointing an interim or permanent trustee in any Case, a responsible officer (other than a professional person employed by the Loan Parties restructuring advisor, who may be appointed as a responsible officer in the Cases) or examiner (other than the Examiner) with powers beyond the duty to investigate and report, as set forth in Section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code; or (iv) the venue of any of the Cases shall be transferred to any court other than the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida; provided that any event described in this subclauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this clause (l) shall not constitute an Event of Default if the motion giving rise to such event was brought by the Existing Credit Facility Lenders and if the order giving effect thereto includes language expressly confirming that the DIP Order, Sale Procedures Order and Sale Order shall remain binding (based upon language satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) upon the applicable United States Bankruptcy Court or trustee, responsible officer or examiner;
(m) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court granting relief from or modifying the automatic stay applicable under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code to any holder or holders of any security interest to permit foreclosure or enforcement on any material assets of any Loan Party;
(n) the entry of any order by the Bankruptcy Court granting (i) any other claim having priority senior to or pari passu with the claims of the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents or any other claim having priority over any or all administrative expenses of the kind specified in Section 503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than the Carve-Out Expenses or (ii) any other Lien on the Collateral having a priority senior to or pari passu with the Liens and security interests granted herein and in the DIP Order, except as expressly provided herein and therein;
(o) the making of, or the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving the making of, any cash adequate protection payments with respect to any prepetition Indebtedness, other than the repayment of the Used Cash Collateral and the payment of the Unused Cash Collateral to the Existing Credit Facility Agent for the benefit of the Prepetition Secured Parties, in each case pursuant to the DIP Order;
(p) the Loan Parties shall make, agree to make or promise to make any payment of any kind or nature to or on behalf of any lender under the Primed Debt other than the repayment of the Used Cash Collateral and the payment of the Unused Cash Collateral to the Existing Credit Facility Agent for the benefit of the Prepetition Secured Parties, in each case pursuant to the DIP Order;
(q) from and after the date of entry thereof, the Interim DIP Order shall cease to be in full force and effect (or shall have been vacated, stayed, reversed, modified or amended), in each case without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Final DIP Order shall not have been entered prior to such cessation (or vacatur, stay, reversal, modification or amendment);
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(r) from and after the date of entry thereof, the Final DIP Order shall cease to be in full force and effect (or shall have been vacated, stayed, reversed, modified or amended), in each case without the consent of the Required Lenders;
(s) the failure to occur of any of the following events:
(i) each of the Loan Parties shall have taken all requisite company or corporate action, as applicable, to have approved the Sale (it being understood that the Loan Parties consummation of the Sale shall be subject to entry of the Sale Order), such approval shall be in full force and effect, and the Loan Parties shall be diligently pursuing the prosecution of the sale of all or substantially all of the Purchased Assets on the terms described in the Sale Procedures Order as in effect on the date hereof, the bidding procedures attached thereto, as in effect on the date hereof and, when entered, the Sale Order,
(ii) on or prior to the date that is 7 Business Days after the Closing Date, the Retail Entities shall have become debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in cases before the Bankruptcy Court, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Interim DIP Order and the Sale Procedures Order in such cases, and the Retail Entities Guarantee Date shall have occurred,
(iii) on or prior to January 29, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Sale Order, or
(iv) on or prior to February 9, 2010, the Obligors shall have consummated the sale of all or substantially all of the Purchased Assets; or
then, and in every such event, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may and, at the request of the Required Lenders shall, upon notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition, subject only to any limitations set forth in the DIP Order, the automatic stay provided in Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed automatically vacated without further action or order of the Bankruptcy Court, and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to exercise all of their respective rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, including without limitation, all rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral and the Guarantors, or any other remedies provided by applicable law. In addition to the remedies set forth above, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may
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exercise any other remedies provided for by this Agreement and the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof or any other remedies provided by applicable law.
The Lenders hereby agree that in the event that (a) the Purchaser is named the Successful Bidder, (b) the Purchaser fails to close the Sale on or before the Stated Maturity Date, (c) an Event of Default occurs on the Stated Maturity Date as a result of the failure by the Borrower to repay all Obligations hereunder (the Specified Event of Default) and (d) the Sellers allege in good faith in a written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent that the Purchasers failure to close was in violation of its obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Lenders shall not accelerate the maturity of the Loans or otherwise enforce payment of the Obligations or exercise any other rights and remedies available to them hereunder or under applicable law (other than the right to terminate the Commitments) on account of the Specified Event of Default until the earliest of (i) the date that is 60 days from the Stated Maturity Date, (ii) the date that the Debtors or any other Person commence a suit against the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates relating to its failure to close the Sale, (iii) the date upon which the any Event of Default (other than the failure to repay all Obligations on the Stated Maturity Date) has occurred and is continuing and (iv) the date upon which the Debtors sell all or substantially all of their assets or any Purchased Assets to another Person or Persons.
The Lenders hereby agree that in the event that (a) (i) the Auction has not yet occurred or (ii) the Auction has occurred and the Purchaser was named the Successful Bidder at the Auction, (b) the Purchaser alleges in good faith in a written notice delivered to the Sellers (the MAE Notice) that Purchaser is not obligated to close the Sale pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement because of a Specified APA Material Adverse Effect, (c) the Sellers acknowledge and agree in a written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent within 5 Business Days of the delivery of the MAE Notice that the Purchaser is not obligated to close the Sale pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement because of the occurrence of such a Material Adverse Effect and (d) an Event of Default occurs on the Stated Maturity Date as a result of the failure by the Borrower to repay all Obligations hereunder (the Agreed Non-Payment Event of Default), the Lenders shall not accelerate the maturity of the Loans or otherwise enforce payment of the Obligations or exercise any other rights and remedies available to them hereunder or under applicable law (other than the right to terminate the Commitments) on account of the Agreed Non-Payment Event of Default (or, to the extent that the Lenders begin to exercise remedies on account of the Agreed Non-Payment Event of Default prior to receipt of the Sellers notice described in clause (c) above, shall forbear from exercising further remedies) until the earliest of (i) the later of (a) the Stated Maturity Date and (b) the date that is 60 days from the date that the Purchaser delivers the MAE Notice to the Sellers, (ii) the date upon which any Event of Default (other than the failure to repay all Obligations on the Stated Maturity Date) has occurred and is continuing and (iii) the date upon which the Debtors sell all or substantially all of their assets or any Purchased Assets to another Person or Persons.
Upon the delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice, the right of the Loan Parties to pay professional fees outside the Carve-Out shall terminate (a Carve-Out Event), and, upon such occurrence, the Loan Parties shall provide immediate notice by facsimile to all professionals informing them that a Carve-Out Event has occurred and further advising them that the Loan Parties ability to pay professionals is subject to the Carve-Out.
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SECTION 8.01. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties 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. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent; it being expressly understood and agreed that the use of the word Administrative Agent is for convenience only and that the Administrative Agent is merely the representative of the Lenders and only has the contractual duties set forth herein. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that the Administrative Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, payments and proceeds of Collateral, and related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Loans, on behalf of the Lenders, as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the payments and proceeds of Collateral of the Loan Parties as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as the Administrative Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the payments and proceeds of Collateral, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Loan Parties, the Obligations, the Collateral, payments and proceeds of Collateral, or otherwise related to any of the same as provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Administrative Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents.
SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it, so long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates (collectively, the Administrative Agent-Related Persons) shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person
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under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent-Related Persons shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings or the Borrower or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and 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 or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty
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by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents 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 credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
SECTION 8.07. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to (a) reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for all Lender Group Expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), and (b) indemnify the Administrative Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), in each case in an amount equal to its pro rata share (based on the respective principal amounts of its applicable outstanding Loan) thereof, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing (including without limitation any and all Indemnified Liabilities); provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 8.08. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though the Administrative Agent were not an Administrative Agent. With respect to its Loans made by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Administrative Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent and its affiliates may receive information regarding the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Document that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge that, in such circumstances, the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them.
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SECTION 8.09. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days notice to the Lenders and the Borrower (unless the right to receive such notice is waived by the Lenders and the Borrower); provided, that Nevada Gaming Ventures, Inc., shall not be permitted to resign at any time prior to the Auction, but shall be permitted to resign at any time following the Auction if it is not named the Successful Bidder. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b) or (c) shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term Administrative Agent shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agents rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agents notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agents resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agents resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.01. Notices.
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SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Section 9.05) shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.
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(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
For the purposes of this Section 9.04, Approved Fund means any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder
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shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.11 and 9.05). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 9.04.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; provided, however, in the case of an assignment to an Affiliate of the assigning Lender, such assignment shall be effective between such Lender and its Affiliate immediately without compliance with the conditions for assignment under this Section 9.04, but shall not be effective with respect to any other party hereto, and each other party hereto shall be entitled to deal solely with such assigning Lender under any such assignment, in each case until the conditions for assignment under this Section 9.04 have been satisfied. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (b)(v).
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(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10 or 2.11 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent.
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity.
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SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of and all the obligations of such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND, AS APPLICABLE, THE BANKRUPTCY CODE.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:
(i) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND, IF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT DOES NOT HAVE (OR ABSTAINS FROM) JURISDICTION, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK;
(ii) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO;
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(iii) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN TELECOPIER) IN SECTION 9.01(A); AND
(iv) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent acting as such at the effective date of such agreement, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any assignee of such Lender.
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intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.
SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties 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.
SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.15. Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to the Loan Parties furnished to it by or on behalf of the Loan Parties (other than information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, without violating this Section 9.15 or (c) was available to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, from a third party having, to such persons knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to any Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.15), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of the reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (C) to its parent companies, Affiliates or auditors (so long as each such person shall have
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been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.15), (D) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, and (E) to any pledgee under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16).
SECTION 9.16. Direct Website Communications.
(ii) The Administrative Agent agrees that receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at each of the following e-mail addresses jordan.savitch@pnggaming.com, bill.clifford@pnggaming.com and desiree.burke@pnggaming.com and such other e-mail addresses specified by the Administration to the Borrower shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform (as defined below) or delivery to it of such Communications at the e-mail specified to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the next sentence shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
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SECTION 9.17. Release of Liens. The Administrative Agent agrees to take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Borrower and at the Borrowers expense to terminate the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents promptly after all Commitments are terminated and the Obligations are paid in full.
SECTION 9.18. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Act), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 9.19. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the DIP Order, the DIP Order shall govern.
SECTION 10.01. Security Interest.
SECTION 10.02. Guarantee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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