CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of January 28, 2016 among MGM NATIONAL HARBOR, LLC, as the Borrower, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an L/C Issuer, FIFTH THIRD BANK and BNP PARIBAS, as...
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Published Deal CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Published Revolver CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Published Term A CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Dated as of January 28, 2016
among
MGM NATIONAL HARBOR, LLC,
as the Borrower,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as an L/C Issuer,
FIFTH THIRD BANK and BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Lead Arranger and Physical Book Manager
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
Section |
Page |
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Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
1 |
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1.01 |
Defined Terms |
1 |
1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: |
52 |
1.03 |
Accounting Terms. |
52 |
1.04 |
Rounding |
53 |
1.05 |
Times of Day; Rates |
53 |
1.06 |
Letter of Credit Amounts |
53 |
1.07 |
Certain Calculations |
53 |
Article II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
54 |
|
2.01 |
The Loans |
54 |
2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
54 |
2.03 |
Letters of Credit |
56 |
2.04 |
Prepayments |
66 |
2.05 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
71 |
2.06 |
Repayment of Loans |
72 |
2.07 |
Interest |
72 |
2.08 |
Fees |
73 |
2.09 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
73 |
2.10 |
Evidence of Debt |
74 |
2.11 |
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
74 |
2.12 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
76 |
2.13 |
Increase in Commitments |
77 |
2.14 |
Defaulting Lenders |
80 |
Article III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
83 |
|
3.01 |
Taxes |
83 |
3.02 |
Illegality |
87 |
3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates |
88 |
3.04 |
Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans |
88 |
3.05 |
Compensation for Losses |
90 |
3.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
91 |
3.07 |
Survival |
91 |
Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
91 |
|
4.01 |
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
91 |
4.02 |
Conditions to all Credit Extensions |
95 |
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
97 |
|
5.01 |
Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance With Laws. |
97 |
5.02 |
Authority; Compliance With Other Agreements and Instruments and Government Regulations |
97 |
5.03 |
No Governmental Approvals Required |
98 |
5.04 |
Subsidiaries |
98 |
5.05 |
Financial Statements; Plans and Specifications; In-Balance Test Certificate |
98 |
i
Litigation |
99 |
|
5.07 |
Binding Obligations |
99 |
5.08 |
No Default |
99 |
5.09 |
ERISA |
99 |
5.10 |
Margin Stock; Investment Company Act |
99 |
5.11 |
Disclosure |
99 |
5.12 |
Tax Liability |
99 |
5.13 |
Hazardous Materials |
100 |
5.14 |
Solvency |
100 |
5.15 |
Material Adverse Effect |
100 |
5.16 |
Licenses and Permits |
100 |
5.17 |
Ownership of Property; Liens |
100 |
5.18 |
Security Interest; Absence of Financing Statements; Etc |
101 |
5.19 |
Insurance |
101 |
5.20 |
Compliance with Law |
101 |
5.21 |
Intellectual Property |
101 |
5.22 |
Anti-Terrorism Laws |
102 |
5.23 |
OFAC; Anti-Corruption Laws |
102 |
Article VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
102 |
|
6.01 |
Preservation of Existence |
102 |
6.02 |
Maintenance of Properties |
103 |
6.03 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
103 |
6.04 |
Compliance With Laws |
104 |
6.05 |
Inspection Rights |
104 |
6.06 |
Keeping of Records and Books of Account |
105 |
6.07 |
Use of Proceeds |
105 |
6.08 |
Additional Loan Parties |
105 |
6.09 |
Collateral Matters |
106 |
6.10 |
Security Interests; Further Assurances |
107 |
6.11 |
Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
108 |
6.12 |
Post-Closing Items |
108 |
6.13 |
Compliance with Environmental Law |
108 |
6.14 |
MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee |
109 |
Article VII INFORMATION AND REPORTING COVENANTS |
109 |
|
7.01 |
Financial Statements, Etc |
109 |
7.02 |
Compliance Certificates |
112 |
Article VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
113 |
|
8.01 |
Mergers, Consolidations and Asset Sales |
113 |
8.02 |
Limitation on Lines of Business |
115 |
8.03 |
Liens |
115 |
8.04 |
Indebtedness |
116 |
8.05 |
Payments of Certain Indebtedness |
117 |
8.06 |
Investments, Loans and Advances |
118 |
8.07 |
Restricted Payments |
120 |
8.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
121 |
8.09 |
Limitation on Changes to Fiscal Year |
122 |
ii
Modifications of Organization Documents and Other Documents; Etc. |
122 |
|
8.11 |
Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio |
122 |
8.12 |
Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio |
123 |
8.13 |
MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease |
123 |
8.14 |
OFAC; Anti-Corruption Laws |
123 |
Article IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
124 |
|
9.01 |
Events of Default |
124 |
9.02 |
Remedies upon Event of Default |
126 |
9.03 |
Application of Funds |
127 |
Article X AGENCY |
128 |
|
10.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
128 |
10.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
129 |
10.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
129 |
10.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent |
130 |
10.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
131 |
10.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or L/C Issuer |
131 |
10.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Other Lenders and Arrangers |
133 |
10.08 |
No Other Duties, Etc |
133 |
10.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding |
133 |
10.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
135 |
10.11 |
Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements |
136 |
10.12 |
Withholding Tax |
136 |
Article XI MISCELLANEOUS |
137 |
|
11.01 |
Amendments, Etc |
137 |
11.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
139 |
11.03 |
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
141 |
11.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
142 |
11.05 |
Payments Set Aside |
145 |
11.06 |
Successors and Assigns |
145 |
11.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
151 |
11.08 |
Right of Setoff |
153 |
11.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
153 |
11.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
153 |
11.11 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
154 |
11.12 |
Severability |
154 |
11.13 |
Replacement of Lenders |
154 |
11.14 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc |
155 |
11.15 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
156 |
11.16 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
157 |
11.17 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
157 |
11.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act |
158 |
11.19 |
Keepwell |
158 |
11.20 |
Gaming Law |
158 |
11.21 |
ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
159 |
11.22 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
159 |
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160 |
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12.01 |
SNDA and Estoppel |
160 |
12.02 |
Required Notices |
160 |
12.03 |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants |
160 |
12.04 |
Lot Line Adjustment. |
161 |
SCHEDULES
1.01 |
Mortgaged Real Property |
2.01 |
Commitments |
5.04 |
Subsidiaries |
5.06 |
Litigation |
6.12 |
Post-Closing Items |
8.08 |
MGM Resorts Agreements |
11.02 |
Notice Addresses |
EXHIBITS
A |
Form of Committed Loan Notice |
B |
Form of In-Balance Test Certificate |
C-1 |
Form of Term A Note |
C-2 |
Form of Revolving Note |
D |
Form of Compliance Certificate |
E-1 |
Form of Administrative Questionnaire |
E-2 |
Form of Assignment and Assumption |
F |
Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
G |
Form of Opening Date Certificate |
H |
Form of Completion of Construction Certificate |
I |
Form of Guaranty |
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of January 28, 2016, among MGM NATIONAL HARBOR LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer. The parties hereto hereby agree with reference to the following facts:
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties propose to develop, construct, own and operate MGM National Harbor (as defined below);
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of multi- draw Initial Term A Loans, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $425,000,000 and Revolving Commitments, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $100,000,000;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Initial Term A Loans and Revolving Loans are to be used in accordance with Section 6.07;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acceptable Land Use Arrangements” means the provisions of any easement agreements, street dedications and vacations, public and/or private utility easements, licenses, declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions, and other similar provisions granted by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in furtherance of MGM National Harbor which now exist, are required to be entered into under the terms of the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease or which are approved as to their form and substance by the Collateral Agent in writing, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
“Account Control Agreements” means, collectively, the Term A Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement, the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement, the Operating Account Control Agreement and the Company Equity Contribution Account Control Agreement.
“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.18.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent in such capacity.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
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“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit E-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided, that the Creditor Parties and their Affiliates shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates.
“Agency Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrower and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
“Agent Accounts” means the Term A Loan Proceeds Account, the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account, the Operating Account and the Company Equity Contribution Account.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c).
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and “Agent” means any of them.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ALTA” means American Land Title Association.
“Anticipated Investment Income” means, at any time, with respect to any Agent Account, the amount of investment income which the Borrower reasonably determines will accrue on the funds in such Agent Account through the Scheduled Completion Date, taking into account the current and future anticipated rates of return on investments in each such account permitted under the Loan Documents and the anticipated times and amounts of draws from each such account or the payment of Project Costs.
“Applicable ECF Percentage” means, for any Fiscal Year, subject to Section 1.07, (a) 50% if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is greater than 3.00:1.00, (b) 25% if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00 and greater than 2.00:1:00 and (c) 0% if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is less than or equal to 2.00:1.00.
“Applicable Percentage” means, as to each Lender at any time, the percentage of the Commitments and Loans under a given Facility held by that Lender at such time. If the commitment of each Term A Lender to make Term A Loans or Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, or if the Term A Commitments or Revolving Commitments
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have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the applicable Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender in respect of such Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means, (a) in respect of the Revolving Loans and the Initial Term A Loans, (i) prior to the Opening Date, 1.25% per annum for Base Rate Loans and 2.25% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans and (ii) from time to time on the Opening Date and after the end of each full Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter for which Borrower has delivered a Compliance Certificate (provided that, at the Borrower’s option and solely for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio test set forth below, the Borrower may deliver Compliance Certificates for Fiscal Quarters ending prior to the Initial Calculation Date) and subject to Section 1.07, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as set forth below:
Applicable Rate |
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Pricing |
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio |
Eurodollar Rate; |
Base Rate |
1 |
≤ 3.00:1.00 |
2.00% |
1.00% |
2 |
> 3.00:1.00 |
2.25% |
1.25% |
and (b) in respect of any Class of Incremental Term Loans, the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the applicable Increase Joinder pursuant to Section 2.13.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02; provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, Pricing Level 2 shall apply in respect of the Revolving Loans and the Initial Term A Loans, in each case, as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and in each case shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
In the event that any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.02 is shown to be inaccurate when delivered (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Rate applied for such Applicable Period, and only in such case, then the Company shall immediately (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) determine the Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period based upon the corrected Compliance Certificate and (iii) pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.12.
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This provision is in addition to other respective rights of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
“Applicable Revolving Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Facility at such time.
“Applicable Term A Percentage” means with respect to any Term A Lender at any time, such Term A Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of a Term A Facility at such time.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or Loan thereunder at such time and (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) an L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) a Person or an Affiliate of a Person that administers or manages a Lender.
“Approved Lot Line Adjustment” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.
“Appurtenant Rights” means all and singular tenements, hereditaments, rights, reversions, remainders, development rights, privileges, benefits, easements (in gross or appurtenant), rights-of-way, licenses, gores or strips of land, streets, ways, alleys, passages, sewer rights, water courses, water rights and powers, and all appurtenances whatsoever and claims or demands of Trustor at law or in equity in any way belonging, benefiting, relating or appertaining to the Land, the Site, the MGM National Harbor area which is located on the Land, the airspace over the Land, the Improvements or any of the Trust Estate encumbered by the Deed of Trust, or which hereinafter shall in any way belong, relate or be appurtenant thereto, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by Trustor.
“Arrangers” means, collectively, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lead Arranger. The Arrangers are not parties to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than the Engagement Letter, to which certain Joint Lead Arrangers are party) in their capacities as Arrangers, and their sole contractual relationship in relation to the Loan Documents is with the Borrower (and not with any other Loan Party).
“Aspire Program” means the investment opportunity to be provided to certain minority and county investors; provided that the aggregate value of such investment opportunity shall not exceed $40,000,000 in equity capital and that any dividends paid pursuant to the Aspire Program shall be limited to 0.5% of the Borrower’s net gaming revenue per annum.
“Asset Sale” means (a) any conveyance, sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (including by way of merger or consolidation and including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any Property (including accounts receivable and Equity Interests of any person owned by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries), but not any issuance of Indebtedness by any Person or any issuance of Equity Interests of Borrower, whether owned on the Closing Date or thereafter acquired, by the
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Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person and (b) any issuance or sale by any Restricted Subsidiary of its Equity Interests to any Person, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), to the extent that the aggregate value of the interest in such Property conveyed, sold, leased, transferred, or otherwise disposed of or the Equity Interests issued or sold, in each case whether in any single transaction or related series of transactions, is greater than or equal to $15,000,000.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(d)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable and documented in reasonable detail fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Availability Period” means (x) in respect of the Revolving Loans, the period from and including the earlier of (i) the date on which there are no undrawn Initial Term A Commitments outstanding and (ii) the Initial Term A Commitment Termination Date, to the earliest of (A) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Loans, (B) the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 and (C) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02 and (y) in respect of the Initial Term A Loans, (i) with respect to the first $250,000,000 of Term A Commitments, the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to the remaining $175,000,000 of Term A Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to the Initial Term A Commitment Termination Date.
“Available Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (A) $25,000,000 plus (B) (x) the cumulative amount of Excess Cash Flow for each Fiscal Year of the Borrower commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2017, minus (y) the portion of Excess Cash Flow that has been (or is required to be or to have been) used to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(iv), plus (C) the amount of cash dividends, distributions and returns of capital and other payments (excluding any expense reimbursements, indemnification payments, the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, Matching Equity Contributions and payments or contributions made pursuant to the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee) actually received in cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and prior to such date of determination from any Person which is not a Restricted Subsidiary plus (D) the net cash proceeds (excluding the Available Excluded Contribution Amount) of any issuance by the Borrower of common Equity Interests or preferred Qualified Equity Interests after the Closing Date and prior to such date of determination plus (E) any Declined Proceeds, plus (F) proceeds from any Asset Sale pursuant to Section 8.01 not otherwise required to be applied to prepay the Term A Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b). The Available Amount will be decreased by any amounts thereof (i) used to make Investments pursuant to Section 8.06(j), (ii) used to prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or satisfy Indebtedness pursuant to Section 8.05(d) and
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(iii) used to make any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 8.07(f), effective immediately upon any such use.
“Available Excluded Contribution Amount” means the cash or Cash Equivalents or the fair market value of other assets or property (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from:
(1) contributions in respect of Qualified Equity Interests, and
(2) the sale (other than to any Subsidiary of the Borrower or pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan) of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower,
in each case, designated as Available Excluded Contribution Amounts pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or proceeds are received, as the case may be, and which are excluded from the calculation of the Available Amount, but excluding any Matching Equity Contribution, and payments or contributions made pursuant to the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee. The Available Excluded Contribution Amount will be decreased by any amounts thereof (i) used to make Investments pursuant to Section 8.06(q) and (ii) used to make any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 8.07(j), effective immediately upon any such use.
“Available Funds” means, at any given time, the sum of (a) the amounts then on deposit in the Company Equity Contribution Account, the Term A Loan Proceeds Account and the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account, collectively, (b) the Anticipated Investment Income at such time, (c) aggregate undrawn Term A Commitments and Revolving Commitments to the extent available to be drawn pursuant to this Agreement, (d) the lesser of (i) MGM Resorts’ capacity to make investments in the Borrower under the agreements governing its outstanding Indebtedness and (ii) the sum of MGM Resorts’ unrestricted cash on hand (excluding cage cash) and unused availability under revolving lines of credit and (e) Net Available Proceeds attributable to any Casualty Event not otherwise required to be applied to prepay the Term A Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(iii).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is
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used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Beneficiary” means Bank of America, in its capacity as Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Borrower Party” means the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Borrowing” means, in respect of any Facility, a borrowing under that Facility of the same Class and Type.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, (i) the State of New York or (ii) the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, with respect to any Person, any expenditures by such person for the acquisition or leasing of fixed or capital assets that should be capitalized in accordance with GAAP and any expenditures by such person for maintenance, repairs, restoration or refurbishment of the condition or usefulness of Property of such person that should be capitalized in accordance with GAAP; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not include (i) any such expenditures funded with the proceeds of insurance received in connection with any Casualty Event, (ii) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (x) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (y) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (iii) any Investment made under Section 8.06, (iv) any expenditures funded by MGM Resorts or (v) any Project Costs paid on or after the Opening Date (regardless of when such Project Costs were incurred).
“Capital Lease” as applied to any Person, means any lease of any Property by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, any lease that is accounted for by any Person as an operating lease as of the Closing Date and any similar lease entered into after the Closing Date by any Person may, in the sole discretion of the Borrower, be accounted for as an operating lease and not as a Capital Lease.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, for any Person, all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a Capital Lease, and, for purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments:
(a)Government Securities due within one year after the date of the making of the Investment;
(b)readily marketable direct obligations of any State of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such State or any public agency or instrumentality thereof given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Xxxxx’x or AA by S&P in each case due within one year from the making of the Investment;
(c)time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (g) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d)certificates of deposit issued by, bank deposits in, eurodollar deposits through, bankers’ acceptances of, and repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed by any bank incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and having on the date of such Investment combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $250,000,000, or total assets of at least $5,000,000,000, in each case due within one year after the date of the making of the Investment;
(e)certificates of deposit issued by, bank deposits in, eurodollar deposits through, bankers’ acceptances of, and repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed by any branch or office located in the United States of America of a bank incorporated under the Laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America having on the date of such Investment combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $500,000,000, or total assets of at least $15,000,000,000, in each case due within one year after the date of the making of the Investment;
(f)repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed by a broker or dealer registered under Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act, having on the date of the Investment capital of at least $50,000,000, due within 90 days after the date of the making of the Investment; provided that the maker of the Investment receives written confirmation of the transfer to it of record ownership of the Government Securities on the books of a “primary dealer” in such Government Securities or on the books of such registered broker or dealer, as soon as practicable after the making of the Investment;
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(g)commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Xxxxx’x or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(h)“money market preferred stock” issued by a corporation incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America or any State thereof (i) given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Xxxxx’x and AA by S&P, in each case having an investment period not exceeding 50 days or (ii) to the extent that investors therein have the benefit of a standby letter of credit issued by a Lender or a bank described in clauses (c) or (d) above;
(i)a readily redeemable “money market mutual fund” sponsored by a bank described in clause (d) or (e) hereof, or a registered broker or dealer described in clause (f) hereof, that has and maintains an investment policy limiting its investments primarily to instruments of the types described in clauses (a) through (h) hereof and given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Xxxxx’x and AA by S&P;
(j)corporate notes or bonds having an original term to maturity of not more than one year issued by a corporation incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, or a participation interest therein; provided that any commercial paper issued by such corporation is given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Xxxxx’x and AA by S&P; and
(k)Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (c) and (g) of this definition.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“Cash Management Obligations” means all obligations of any Loan Party under a Cash Management Agreement.
“Casualty Bridge Capital” means (a) any unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Loans; provided that such Indebtedness (i) is not scheduled to mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of that Indebtedness, (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of
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then outstanding Term A Loans and (iii) does not require the making of cash principal or interest payments prior to the Final Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of that Indebtedness, and (b) any contributions by MGM Resorts to the equity capital of the Borrower, in each case which are made following any casualty to MGM National Harbor, provided that, within ten Business Days following the receipt by the Borrower thereof, MGM Resorts identifies the amount thereof to the Administrative Agent, and agree in writing that such amounts are in addition to, and do not constitute utilization of, the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee.
“Casualty Event” means any loss of title or any loss of or damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any Property for which the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries receive cash insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award or other similar compensation (excluding proceeds of business interruption insurance); provided no such event shall constitute a “Casualty Event” if such proceeds or other compensation in respect thereof is less than $10,000,000.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or implementation of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a) MGM Resorts ceases to own and control (legally and beneficially and either directly or indirectly) Equity Interests in Borrower representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of all of Equity Interests entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Borrower on a fully-diluted basis; or
(b) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than MGM Resorts in connection with which MGM Resorts is not or ceases to be the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of all of Equity Interests entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the transferee Person in such sale or transfer of assets on a fully-diluted basis.
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“Change Order” means any change order, equitable adjustment, claim or similar provisions under any Construction Contract which has the effect of increasing the price or which results in additional payment by the Borrower to the other party thereunder.
“Class” means (i) with respect to any Commitment, its character as a Commitment for Revolving Loans, a Commitment for Initial Term A Loans or an Incremental Term Commitment (which may be part of an existing Class of Term A Commitments) designated as a “Class” in an amendment to this Agreement providing for any Incremental Commitments pursuant to Section 2.13 related to such Loans and (ii) with respect to any Loans, its character as a Revolving Loan, an Initial Term A Loan or an Incremental Term Loan designated as a “Class” in an amendment to this Agreement providing for any Incremental Commitments pursuant to Section 2.13 related to such Loans; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the borrowing and repayment of Revolving Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis across all Classes of Revolving Loans (except to the extent that any applicable amendment pursuant to Section 2.13 provides that the Class of Revolving Loans established thereunder shall be entitled to less than pro rata repayments), and any termination of Revolving Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis across all Classes of Revolving Commitments (except to the extent that any applicable amendment pursuant to Section 2.13 provides that the Class of Revolving Commitments established thereunder shall be entitled to less than pro rata treatment). Commitments or Loans that have different maturity dates, pricing (other than upfront fees) or other terms shall be designated separate Classes.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.
“Co-Documentation Agents” means, collectively, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
“Co-Syndication Agents” means, collectively, Fifth Third Bank and BNP Paribas.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means, at any date, all of the “Collateral”, “Mortgage Estates” and “Trust Estates” then referred to in the Collateral Documents, and all other assets a Lien on which is granted pursuant to any Collateral Document, including the Mortgaged Real Property. For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Assets shall constitute Collateral.
“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, when acting in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents, and any successor to Bank of America in that capacity.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Account Control Agreements, and any supplements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.09 and Section 6.10, and each other agreement, instrument or document that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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“Commitment” means a commitment to make Loans (and, in the case of the Revolving Facility, to participate in Letters of Credit) under a Facility.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term A Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Community Benefit Agreement” means that certain Community Benefit Agreement dated as of June 9, 2014, between Prince George’s County, Maryland, a body corporate and politic, acting through its duly authorized County Chief Executive Officer, having its principal place of business at Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland and the Borrower, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in a manner not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.
“Company Equity Contribution Account” means account number 501014701810 in the name of the Borrower established at Bank of America, N.A. or such account in replacement or substitution thereof, which is subject to the Company Equity Contribution Account Control Agreement.
“Company Equity Contribution Account Control Agreement” means that certain Account Control Agreement dated as of January 28, 2016, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any securities intermediary or depositary bank that may be party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or replaced from time to time in which case such Account Control Agreement may give effect to the customary provisions required by the replacement deposit bank or securities intermediary.
“Competitor” means a Person (other than, subject to the other limitations set forth in this definition, the Borrower, (x) MGM Resorts and its respective Subsidiaries and (y) any financial institution that is a creditor to such Person or has exercised its remedies in respect thereof) which is (i) among the top 25 global gaming companies by annual revenues or (ii) any Person that has or is proposing to build, own or operate a lodging company having a hotel business in Macau, Singapore or Xxxxx County, Nevada, or any Person proposing to build, own or operate a casino resort in any jurisdiction in which the Borrower, MGM Resorts or any of their respective Subsidiaries does any business or has proposed to do business, in each case designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including by posting such notice to the Platform) prior to the Closing Date (or as updated by the Borrower in writing after the Closing Date).
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“Completion Obligations” has the meaning specified in the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Conforming Space Lease” means a Space Lease that is permitted or not prohibited by this Agreement, is not with an Affiliate of Trustor, and provides for market rate rents and market terms.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, as of the last day of any fiscal period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all Interest Charges for such period.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of the Total Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (b) the EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.
“Construction Completion Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Final Completion Date”.
“Construction Contracts” means collectively, the contracts entered into from time to time between any Loan Party (or the General Contractor on behalf of any Loan Party) and any Contractor in connection with the design, engineering, installation and construction of MGM National Harbor or the supply of materials, fixtures, equipment or services in connection with the construction of MGM National Harbor, including the General Construction Agreement.
“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Contractor” means any architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors or other Persons engaged by Borrower or the General Contractor on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with the design, engineering, installation and construction of MGM National Harbor.
“Contractual Obligation” means as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any contractual obligation to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound or subject.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
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“Creditor Parties” means each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender, and to the extent relevant, each Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank and Arranger.
“Debt Issuance” means the incurrence by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by Section 8.04).
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c).
“Deed of Trust” means that certain Leasehold Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of January 28, 2016, by the Borrower, as Trustor, to Lawyers Title Realty Services, Inc., as Trustee, for the benefit of Bank of America, as Beneficiary, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means subject to Section 2.14, any Lender (a) that has failed to fund any portion of the Term A Loans, Revolving Loans or participations in L/C Obligations required to be funded by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) that has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) for which the Administrative Agent has received notification that such Lender has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that is (i) insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (ii) the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, or such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
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appointment or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender, (d) that has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied) or (e) that has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (e) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower). Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (e) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.14(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the L/C Issuers and each Lender promptly following such determination.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings in, with or involving such country or territory.
“Designation” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(a).
“Disqualification” means with respect to any Lender:
(a)the failure of that Lender timely to file when required pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i) any application requested of that Lender by any Gaming Authority in connection with any licensing required of that Lender as a lender to Borrower or (ii) any application or other papers requested of that Lender by any Gaming Authority in connection with determination of the suitability of that Lender as a lender to Borrower (unless any such request has been withdrawn or rescinded by the applicable Gaming Authority);
(b)the withdrawal by that Lender (except where requested or permitted by the Gaming Authority) of any such application or other required papers; or
(c)any determination by a Gaming Authority pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i) that such Lender is “unsuitable” as a lender to Borrower, (ii) that such Person shall be “disqualified” as a lender to Borrower or (iii) denying the issuance to that Lender of any license required under applicable Gaming Laws to be held by such Lender.
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“Disqualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures (excluding any maturity (i) as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof or (ii) that is mandatorily redeemable or redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof) (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests or upon a sale of assets or a change of control that constitutes an Asset Sale or a Change of Control and is subject to the prior payment in full of the Obligations or as a result of a redemption required by Gaming Laws), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interest) or exchangeable or convertible into debt securities of the issuer thereof at the sole option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 181 days after the Final Maturity Date then in effect at the time of issuance thereof; provided, that Class A-1 Membership Interests (as defined in the Operating Agreement) and Class A-2 Membership Interests (as defined in the Operating Agreement) shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Disqualified Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(i).
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“DQ List” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(i).
“EBITDA” means, for any period, Net Income for such period plus (a) to the extent deducted in calculating such Net Income (but without duplication) (i) extraordinary losses, (ii) Interest Charges, (iii) the expense for United States federal, state, local and foreign taxes on or measured by income, whether or not payable during that period, (iv) depreciation, amortization and all non-recurring and/or other non-cash expenses, (v) items classified as property transactions or pre-opening and start-up expenses on the financial statements for that period, (vi) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement, (vii) net income attributable to non-controlling interests, (viii) non-recurring expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, (ix) without duplication of clause (iii) above, Permitted Tax Distributions and (x) the amount of any Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.07(i)(A) and any fees, expenses or charges related thereto (provided that amounts added back pursuant to this clause (x) shall be limited to mandatory distributions not otherwise included as Interest Charges) and minus (b) to the extent such items have increased Net Income (but without duplication) (i) extraordinary gains, (ii) the benefit for United States federal, state, local and foreign taxes, whether or not receivable during that period, (iii) net loss attributable to non-controlling interests and (iv) items classified as property transactions.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(d)), which Person (to the extent required under applicable Gaming Laws) is not the subject of a Disqualification; provided, no Defaulting Lender shall be an Eligible Assignee for the purposes of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Facility or undrawn Term A Commitment.
“Engagement Letter” means the letter agreement, dated December 3, 2015, among the Borrower and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata or natural resources.
“Environmental Law” means any and all applicable treaties, Federal, state, local, and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, decrees, judgments, directives, orders, consent orders, consent decrees, permits, licenses, and the common law, relating to pollution or protection of public health or the Environment, Hazardous Materials, natural resource damages, or occupational safety or human health to the extent related to exposure to Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract or agreement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), of equity of such Person, including, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued after the Closing Date.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated and rulings issued pursuant thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (or any trade or business, whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with that Person within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
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“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement is waived); (b) with respect to any Pension Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived, the failure by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice indicating an intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (f) the occurrence of any event or condition which would reasonably constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability on the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (i) with respect to any Pension Plan, the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code; (j) the withdrawal of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; or (k) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Rate” means:
(a)for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(b)for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
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Days prior to such date for U.S. Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; and
(c)if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement;
provided that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Revolving Loan or a Term A Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate.”
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means for any Fiscal Year of the Borrower ending on or after December 31, 2017, the excess (if any) of (a) the EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year minus, without duplication, (b) the sum (for such Fiscal Year) of (i) Interest Charges and transaction-related fees actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (net of interest income received during such Fiscal Year), (ii) scheduled principal repayments to the extent actually made, of Total Funded Indebtedness (including the Term A Loans) (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (iii) all Federal, state, local and foreign taxes on or measured by income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (net of any tax rebates or credits received in cash by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year), (iv) any Permitted Tax Distributions made by Borrower during such Fiscal Year, (v) Capital Expenditures made by Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such Fiscal Year (other than (x) Capital Expenditures financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness and (y) Capital Expenditures financed with the Net Available Proceeds from any Asset Sale (removing the monetary threshold set forth in the definition of “Asset Sale”)), (vi) to the extent not reducing EBITDA for such Fiscal Year, any fees, expenses or charges related to litigation in connection with the construction of MGM National Harbor and (vii) to the extent not reducing EBITDA for such Fiscal Year, the amount of any Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.07(i) and any fees, expenses or charges related thereto.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Assets” means (i) any real property other than the Mortgaged Real Property; and (ii) any asset or property constituting “Excluded Assets” as defined in the Security Agreement.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means each (a) Foreign Subsidiary, (b) FSHCO, and (c) Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC.
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“Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligations, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason not to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 11.19 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or a grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by such recipient’s net income (however denominated), and franchise Taxes imposed on such recipient, in each case imposed by a jurisdiction (i) as a result of such recipient being organized or having its principal office or applicable Lending Office in such jurisdiction, or (ii) as a result of any other present or former connection between such recipient and such jurisdiction (other than any connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to and/or enforced any Loan Documents), (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed under Section 884(a) of the Code or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in (a) above, (c) any Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e), (d) in the case of a Lender, any United States federal withholding Tax imposed on amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 11.13) 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 the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a), and (e) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Exempted Asset Sale” means any Asset Sale permitted by Sections 8.01(a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g), inclusive.
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash or other property received by the Loan Parties by way of condemnation awards or similar awards in connection with any taking (and payments in lieu thereof), or similar amounts of other insurance or casualty proceeds (other than proceeds in respect of business interruption insurance).
“Facility” means a Term A Facility or the Revolving Facility, as the context may require, it being understood that, as of the Closing Date, there are two Facilities (i.e. the Initial Term A Facility and the Revolving Facility).
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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any intergovernmental agreement (and any related Laws or official administrative rules or guidance) implementing the foregoing.
“FCPA” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FF&E” means all furniture, fixtures, equipment, appurtenances and personal property now or in the future contained in, used in connection with, attached to, or otherwise useful or convenient to the use, operation, or occupancy of, or placed on, but unattached to, any part of the Site, Improvements or any of the Trust Estate whether or not the same constitutes real property or fixtures in the State, including all removable window and floor coverings, all furniture and furnishings, all kitchen, restaurant and cocktail lounge equipment and supplies, pool and other recreational equipment, heating, lighting, plumbing, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigerating, incinerating and elevator and escalator plants, cooking facilities, vacuum cleaning systems, public address and communications systems, sprinkler systems and other fire prevention and extinguishing apparatus and materials, motors, machinery, pipes, appliances, equipment, fittings, fixtures, and building materials, all gaming and financial equipment, computer equipment, calculators, adding machines, gaming tables, video game and slot machines, and any other electronic equipment of every nature used or located on any part of the Site, Improvements or any of the Trust Estate, together with all blinds, shades, draperies, drapery and curtain rods, brackets, bulbs, cleaning apparatus, mirrors, lamps, ornaments, cooling apparatus and equipment, ranges and ovens, garbage disposals, dishwashers, mantels, and any and all such property which is at any time installed in, affixed to or placed upon the Site, Improvements or any of the Trust Estate, and all extensions, additions, accessions, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutions, and replacements to any of the foregoing, and all of the right, title and interest of Trustor in and to any such property, which, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be conclusively deemed fixtures and improvements and a part of the real property hereby encumbered.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Final Completion Date” means the first date on which each of the following has occurred:
(a)the Opening Date shall have occurred;
(b)the final completion of construction of MGM National Harbor substantially in accordance with the Final Plans and Specifications then in effect as certified by the
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Borrower and the General Contractor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H (the “Construction Completion Date”);
(c)all mechanics Liens associated with MGM National Harbor in excess of $25 million shall have been discharged (provided that for purposes of this clause (c), multiple Liens for the same work or services shall be considered a single Lien) through the Construction Completion Date (such undischarged mechanics Liens, “Permitted Mechanics Liens”);
(d)the applicable title company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an updated title search identifying all Liens of record through a date reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that is reasonably close to the Final Completion Date confirming that there are no intervening Liens or encumbrances which may then or thereafter take priority over the Lien of each Mortgage, other than Permitted Encumbrances, Permitted Mechanics Liens and any other exceptions to title that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(e)no default or Event of Default under Section 9.01(a), (b) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(f)the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (c) and (e) above.
“Final Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date for any of the Facilities or Loans then governed by this Agreement.
“Final Plans and Specifications” means, with respect to any particular work or improvement that constitutes a portion of MGM National Harbor, the Plans and Specifications for such work or improvement to the extent such Plans and Specifications:
(a)have received all approvals from all Governmental Authorities required to approve such Plans and Specifications that are reasonably necessary to commence construction of such work or improvements, if any; and
(b)contain sufficient specificity to permit the completion of such work or improvement;
provided, however, that the Final Plans and Specifications may be modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Financial Institution” means any bank or Lending Institution that makes or holds loans or holds mortgages or other liens acquired in the ordinary course of its business.
“FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
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“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any collateral pursuant to any Loan Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such collateral is subject, other than any Lien permitted under this Agreement.
“Fiscal Quarter” means the fiscal quarter of the Borrower consisting of the three calendar month periods ending on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower consisting of the twelve-month period ending on each December 31.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (e) Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Force Majeure Event” means any of the following events that causes a delay in the construction of MGM National Harbor and is outside any Loan Party’s control: (a) an act of God (including, without limitation, a tornado, flood, earthquake, hurricane, etc.); (b) fires, explosions or other casualties and accidents of a nature that would reasonably result in a delay in construction for an extended period of time; (c) work stoppages, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances; (d) acts of war, riots, insurrections, civil commotions, acts of terrorism or similar acts of destruction; (e) Requirements of Law enacted after the Closing Date; or (f) embargoes, shortages or unavailability of materials, supplies, labor, equipment, systems loss or malfunctions of utilities for an extended period of time, in each case that first arise after the Closing Date.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s pro rata portion of the L/C Obligations issued by the L/C Issuer other than such L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“FSHCO” means any Subsidiary (i) that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) that has no material assets other than the capital stock of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification® and rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission under authority of federal securities laws, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Gaming Approval” means any and all licenses, permits, certifications, registrations, notifications, waivers, findings of suitability, approvals, authorizations, consents, rulings, orders or directives of any Governmental Authority (a) necessary for the ownership or control (directly or indirectly) of MGM National Harbor or the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) necessary to commence or continue casino gambling or gaming operations at MGM National Harbor, (c) required by any Gaming Law, or (d) required to accomplish the financing and other transactions contemplated hereby.
“Gaming Authority” means any governmental agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality (a) with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over any casino, gaming, racing, lottery or wagering operations or enterprise or any Gaming Facility or (b) with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over any casino, gaming, racing, lottery or wagering operations (or proposed casino, gaming, racing, lottery or wagering operations) owned, managed or operated by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission and Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency and Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission.
“Gaming Facility” means any casino, hotel, resort, race track, off-track wagering site, or other venue at which casino, gaming, racing, lottery or wagering operations are conducted, and all related or ancillary property and assets.
“Gaming Laws” means all applicable provisions of all (a) constitutions, treaties, statutes or Laws governing Gaming Facilities (including, without limitation, card club casinos and race tracks at which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted) and rules, regulations, codes and ordinances of, and all administrative or judicial orders or decrees or other laws pursuant to which, any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over casino, gaming, racing, lottery or wagering operations or any Gaming Facility; (b) Gaming Approvals; and (c) orders, decisions, determinations, directives, judgments, advisory opinions, opinions, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.
“General Construction Agreement” means that certain agreement between the Borrower and the General Contractor dated as of September 25, 2014, together with all riders, addenda and other instruments referred to therein, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof (except Change Orders that are, in each instance, for an amount less than $10,000,000 and, in the aggregate (taken together with all such other Change Orders) less than $150,000,000).
“General Contractor” means Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Contracting Company.
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“Government Securities” means readily marketable (a) direct full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America or obligations guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America and (b) obligations of an agency or instrumentality of, or corporation owned, controlled or sponsored by, the United States of America that are generally considered in the securities industry to be implicit obligations of the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means any government or political subdivision of the United States or any other country, whether national, federal, state, provincial, local or otherwise, or any agency, authority, board, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof or therein, including, without limitation, any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to such government or political subdivision (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) including, without limitation, any Gaming Authority.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(p).
“Grantor” means, as of any date of determination, each Loan Party that has granted a Lien to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in any of its Property pursuant to any Collateral Document.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) each wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) of the Borrower that is a party to the Guaranty on the Closing Date, if any, or a Restricted Subsidiary that executes and delivers the Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.08 and (b) with respect to the payment and performance by each Specified Loan Party of its obligations under its Guaranty with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower. No Excluded Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor.
“Guaranty” means a guaranty agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I delivered pursuant to Section 6.08.
“Guaranty Obligation” means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, that the term Guaranty Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or Excluded Swap Obligations. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing
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such Guaranty Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated potential liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Hazardous Material” means any hazardous or toxic material, substance, waste, constituent, compound, pollutant or contaminant in any form, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof or any petroleum product or waste), listed under any Environmental Law or subject to regulation under Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract, is an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.
“Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period on or prior to the date of determination, does not have assets (when combined with the assets of all other Immaterial Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) in excess of $5,000,000.
“Impacted Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
“Improvements” means (1) all buildings, structures, facilities and improvements of every nature whatsoever now or hereafter situated on the Site or any real property encumbered hereby, and (2) all FF&E that is determined to be real property.
“In-Balance Projections” means with respect to the In-Balance Test, good faith projections of the Available Funds and the aggregate Remaining Costs for MGM National Harbor from the first day of the calendar month in which the In-Balance Test is being made through the Scheduled Completion Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include a “contingency” line item reflecting a fixed dollar amount (which shall be based upon a percentage of Remaining Costs consistent with the Project Budget initially delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(xiii)) of Remaining Costs (excluding such “contingency” line item)).
“In-Balance Test” means that, at the time of calculation and after giving effect to any requested Credit Extension, the Available Funds for MGM National Harbor equal or exceed the aggregate Remaining Costs for MGM National Harbor to be incurred prior to the Final Completion Date.
“In-Balance Test Certificate” means, with respect to MGM National Harbor, an Officer’s Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B, setting forth the calculation of the Available Funds and the aggregate Remaining Costs for MGM National Harbor as of the date of such certificate.
“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).
“Increase Joinder” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(c).
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“Incremental Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Revolving Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Term Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Term Loans” means any loans made pursuant to any Incremental Term Commitments.
“incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (including by conversion, exchange or otherwise), permit to exist, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation (and “incurrence,” “incurred” and “incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person; (d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (x) trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or other accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with ordinary trade terms and (y) financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business); (e) all Indebtedness of others to the extent secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed; provided, that if such obligations have not been assumed, the amount of such Indebtedness included for the purposes of this definition will be the amount equal to the lesser of the fair market value of such property and the amount of the Indebtedness secured; (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (g) the net amount of the obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements or other interest or exchange rate hedging arrangements (including Swap Contracts); (h) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, except obligations in respect of letters of credit issued in support of obligations not otherwise constituting Indebtedness shall not constitute Indebtedness except to the extent such letter of credit is drawn and not reimbursed within ten Business Days; (i) the amount of all mandatory obligations of such Person to redeem, repay or purchase any Disqualified Equity Interests (excluding accrued dividends of such Disqualified Equity Interests); and (j) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above; provided, that for purposes of this definition, deferred purchase obligations shall be calculated based on the net present value thereof. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner unless recourse is limited, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the amount such Person is liable therefor (except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor). The amount of Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (g) above of any Person shall be zero unless and until such Indebtedness becomes due, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the amount due that is payable by such Person. The
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amount of Indebtedness of the type described in clause (d) shall be calculated based on the net present value thereof.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) all Taxes, other than “Excluded Taxes”, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by on or account of any obligation of a Loan Party under the Loan Documents and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), all Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Initial Calculation Date” means the last day of the second full Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower commenced on or following the Opening Date.
“Initial Term A Commitment” means, as to each Term A Lender, its obligation to make Term A Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term A Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Term A Commitments as of the Closing Date is $425,000,000.
“Initial Term A Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest of (i) December 31, 2016, (ii) the Opening Date and (iii) the date on which an aggregate principal amount of Initial Term A Loans equal to $425,000,000 has been made.
“Initial Term A Facility” means the Initial Term A Commitments and the Initial Term A Loans made hereunder.
“Initial Term A Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Interest Charges” means, for any Person, as of the last day of any fiscal period, the sum of (a) all interest, fees, prepayment premiums, debt discount, charges and related expenses paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person to a lender in connection with borrowed money (including any obligations for fees, charges and related expenses payable to the issuer of any letter of credit) or the deferred purchase price of assets that are considered “interest expense” under GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person under Capital Lease Obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
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“Interest Period” means as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months or, in the case of Revolving Loans only, one week thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in the relevant Committed Loan Notice, or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and consented to by all Appropriate Lenders; provided, that:
(a)any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b)any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c)no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Investments” of any Person means (a) any loan or advance of funds or credit by such Person to any other Person, (b) any Guaranty Obligation by such Person in respect of the Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (provided that upon termination of any such Guaranty Obligation, no Investment in respect thereof shall be deemed outstanding, except as contemplated in clause (e) below), (c) any purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interests or indebtedness or obligations of any other Person, (d) any capital contribution by such Person to any other Person, (e) any payment under any Guaranty Obligation by such Person in respect of the Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, (f) the acquisition of Cash Equivalents or (g) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. The amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested (minus any return of capital with respect to such investment which has actually been received in cash or Cash Equivalents or has been converted into cash or Cash Equivalents), without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment. For the avoidance of doubt, the granting of tenant allowances to retail tenants for shops, restaurants, night clubs and other venues at arm’s length will not be deemed to constitute the making of an Investment in such retail tenant except to the extent of any purchase of the securities of the retail tenant.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C
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Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means, collectively, Bank of America, N.A., Fifth Third Bank, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
“Joint Venture” means any Person, other than an individual or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary holds or acquires an ownership interest (whether by way of capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interest, or other evidence of ownership).
“Land” means the leasehold estate in the land described in Schedule A to the Deed of Trust created by the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease, together with all of the Trustor’s rights in and to any and all easements, rights-of-way, strips and gores of land, water rights, mineral, gas and oil rights and other rights, estates, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, servitudes, licenses, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever, in any way belonging, relating or appertaining thereto, or any part thereof, or which hereafter shall in any way belong, relate or be appurtenant thereto and together with any greater or additional estate therein as may be acquired by Trustor.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities (including, without limitation, all Gaming Laws, Liquor Laws and Environmental Laws), including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America and each other L/C Issuer designated pursuant to Section 2.03(m), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 11.06(a). An L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such L/C Issuer, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one L/C Issuer at any time, references herein
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and in the other Loan Documents to the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the L/C Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all L/C Issuers, as the context requires.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lead Arranger” means Bank of America, N.A.
“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of any Loan Party as lessee under any lease of real property, including but not limited to the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease, other than any such leasehold interest designated from time to time by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as not being required to be included in the Collateral.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Lending Institution” means a person, other than a bank or natural Person, which makes or holds loans or holds mortgages or other liens acquired in the ordinary course of its business.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Lessor” means National Harbor Grand LLC, a Maryland limited liability company as successor in interest to National Harbor Beltway L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, as Lessor under the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit; provided, that commercial letters of credit will only be issued for cash payment upon presentation of a sight draft and other customary terms acceptable to the L/C Issuer for that Letter of Credit. Letters of Credit may only be issued in Dollars.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).
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“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $30,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.
“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate.”
“License Revocation” means the revocation, failure to renew, denial or suspension of any Gaming Approval or Liquor License of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary necessary for the ownership, use or operation of any Gaming Facility or MGM National Harbor, or the appointment of a trustee, receiver, conservator, supervisor or similar official with respect to any portion of any Gaming Facility, MGM National Harbor, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, security interest, encumbrance or lien of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of Law or otherwise, affecting any Property, including any agreement to grant any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature of a security interest, and/or the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement (other than a precautionary financing statement with respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security interest) under the UCC or comparable Law of any jurisdiction with respect to any Property.
“Liquor Authority” means any Governmental Authority administering, applying or enforcing Liquor Laws.
“Liquor Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 11.20(a).
“Liquor License” means, in any jurisdiction in which Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells and/or distributes beer, wine or liquor, or proposes to sell and/or distribute beer, wine or liquor, any and all licenses, permits, certifications, registrations, notifications, waivers, findings of suitability, approvals, authorizations, consents, rulings, orders or directives to sell and/or distribute beer, wine or liquor that is granted or issued by any Liquor Authority to the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include tenant liquor licenses).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term A Loan or a Revolving Loan.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, the Engagement Letter, the Agency Fee Letter, each Issuer Document and any other instruments, certificates, documents or agreements executed and delivered by any Loan Party with or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in its capacity as such pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith (in each case as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
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“Major Contractor” means the General Contractor and each other Contractor performing work for an amount not less than $15,000,000.
“Mandatory Prepayment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c).
“Margin Stock” means margin stock within the meaning of Regulation T, Regulation U and Regulation X.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Matching Equity Contribution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02(e).
“Material Adverse Effect” means an event, circumstance, occurrence or condition which has caused any of (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower or any material Guarantor, taken as a whole, to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole.
“Material Agreement” means the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee, the Plans and Specifications, the Project Budget, the General Construction Agreement and the Borrower’s Organization Documents.
“Material Change” means any material change in the Plans and Specifications which materially alters the nature of MGM National Harbor or any other material change to the design, layout, architecture or quality of MGM National Harbor from that which is contemplated on the Closing Date (unless such change is due to or related to a Requirement of Law); provided that it is acknowledged that any further refinement or embellishment to the Plans and Specifications (including any adjustment to the size or number of contemplated facilities, gaming positions or the other amenities associated therewith) in a manner which is not materially inconsistent with such Plans and Specification or any subsequent refinement or embellishment thereof shall not be considered a “Material Change.”
“Material Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which is in excess of $25,000,000.
“Material Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 5.16.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Loans, January 28, 2021, (b) with respect to the Initial Term A Loans, January 28, 2021 and (c) with respect to any other Term A Loans or Revolving Loans that constitute Incremental Commitments, the date specified as the maturity date for such Loans in the amendment to this Agreement (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, be in the form of an amendment and
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restatement of this Agreement) providing for any Incremental Commitments pursuant to Section 2.13 related to such Loans; provided, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.
“MGM National Harbor” means the 23.0635 acre mixed use hotel and casino in National Harbor, Maryland commonly known as MGM National Harbor on the property described in the Mortgage related thereto.
“MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease” means that certain Hotel and Casino Ground Lease, dated as of April 26, 2013, as amended by the (i) First Amendment to Hotel and Casino Ground Lease, dated as of July 23, 2014, by and between National Harbor Beltway L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, as landlord, and MGM National Harbor, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company as tenant, (ii) Second Amendment to Hotel and Casino Ground Lease, dated as of November 24, 2015, and (iii) as further amended from time to time in a manner which is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.
“MGM Resorts” means MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
“MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee” means the Completion Guarantee, dated as of January 28, 2016, executed by MGM Resorts in favor of Borrower and the Collateral Agent, as at any time amended.
“Minimum Opening Date Facilities” means, with respect to MGM National Harbor, the following specifications:
(a)a casino with no less than approximately 3,000 slot machines and 90 live table games;
(b)(i) no less than approximately 6 restaurants, bars and lounges, collectively, and (ii) retail locations;
(c)a resort hotel with no less than approximately 200 rooms, which rooms are fully-furnished for occupancy;
(d)[reserved];
(e)a convention space;
(f)a theater; and
(g)a parking garage with no less than approximately 4,000 parking spaces.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
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“Mortgage” means an agreement, including, but not limited to, a deed of trust, trust deed, deed to secure debt, mortgage or any other document creating, and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Real Property (including the Deed of Trust).
“Mortgaged Real Property” means (a) each Real Property identified on Schedule 1.01 and (b) each Real Property, if any, which shall be subject to a Mortgage delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.08, Section 6.09 or Section 6.10, other than any such property subsequently released from the Lien of the Collateral Documents in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (a) to which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, (b) to which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has within the preceding five plan years made or had an obligation to make contributions, including any Person which ceased to be an ERISA Affiliate during such five-year period or (c) with respect to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is reasonably likely to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA.
“Net Available Proceeds” means:
(a)in the case of any Asset Sale, the aggregate amount of all cash payments (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or otherwise, but only as and when received) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly in connection with such Asset Sale, net (without duplication) of (A) the amount of all fees and expenses and transaction costs paid by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof) in connection with such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any underwriting, brokerage or other customary selling commissions and legal, advisory and other fees and expenses, including survey, title and recording expenses, transfer taxes and expenses incurred for preparing such assets for sale, associated therewith); (B) any Taxes paid or estimated in good faith to be payable by or on behalf of any Borrower Party as a result of such Asset Sale (after application of all credits and other offsets that arise from such Asset Sale); (C) any repayments by or on behalf of any Borrower Party of Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) to the extent that such Indebtedness is secured by a Permitted Encumbrance or any other Lien permitted by Section 8.03 on the subject Property required to be repaid as a condition to the purchase or sale of such Property; (D) amounts required to be paid to any Person (other than any Borrower Party) owning a beneficial interest in the subject Property; and (E) amounts reserved, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after such Asset Sale and related thereto, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, purchase price adjustments, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(b)in the case of any Casualty Event, the aggregate amount of cash proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards and other compensation (excluding proceeds
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constituting business interruption insurance or other similar compensation for loss of revenue) received by the Person whose Property was subject to such Casualty Event in respect of such Casualty Event net of (A) fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than those payable to the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof) in connection with recovery thereof, (B) repayments of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) to the extent secured by a Lien on such Property that is permitted by the Loan Documents, and (C) any Taxes paid or payable by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the amount so recovered (after application of all credits and other offsets arising from such Casualty Event) and amounts required to be paid to any Person (other than any Borrower Party) owning a beneficial interest in the subject Property; and
(c)in the case of any Debt Issuance, the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect thereof by the Person consummating such Debt Issuance in respect thereof net of all investment banking fees, discounts and commissions, legal fees, consulting fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses, actually incurred in connection therewith.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to any Person, the net income (or net loss) of that Person from continuing operations for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
“New Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Non-Compliant Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Note” means a Term Note or a Revolving Note, as the context may require.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of Credit, Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding and also including reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnitees, costs and expenses (including without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Secured Parties that are required to be paid by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documentation), excluding with respect to any Guarantor, in each case, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Officer’s Certificate” means, as applied to any entity, a certificate executed on behalf of such entity by its Responsible Officer.
“Opening Date” means the first date on which each of the following has occurred:
(a)all material permits and licenses necessary for opening and operation of MGM National Harbor with the Minimum Opening Date Facilities have been issued and are in full force and effect;
(b)MGM National Harbor is open to the public and operating with the Minimum Opening Date Facilities; and
(c)the Borrower has delivered a confirmation to the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G, confirming the Opening Date has occurred.
“Operating Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Borrower, dated as of April 10, 2015, as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended from time to time in a manner which is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect; provided that that certain amendment to give effect to the Aspire Program substantially in the form provided to the Lead Arranger on December 1, 2015 shall be deemed not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.
“Operating Account” means account number 501014701807 in the name of the Borrower established at Bank of America, N.A. or such account in replacement or substitution thereof, which is subject to the Operating Account Control Agreement.
“Operating Account Control Agreement” means that certain Account Control Agreement dated as of January 28, 2016, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any securities intermediary or depositary bank that may be party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or replaced from time to time in which case such Account Control Agreement may give effect to the customary provisions required by the replacement deposit bank or securities intermediary.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Operating Agreement in the case of the Borrower); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
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“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, filing, recording or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment by a Lender (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 11.13) that are imposed as a result of a present or former connection of the assignor or assignee with the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than any connection arising solely from having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to and/or enforced any Loan Documents).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Term A Loans and Revolving Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term A Loans and Revolving Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(l).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(m).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is maintained by the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates or to which the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates contributes or has an obligation to contribute.
“Perfection Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a)(xvii).
“Permitted Acquisitions” means any acquisition, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all the business, property or assets of, or Equity Interests in, a Person or any division or line of business of a Person or any Joint Venture, or which results in the Borrower owning (directly or indirectly) more than 50% of the Equity Interests in a Person, provided, that (a) such acquisition shall not have been consummated pursuant to a tender offer that has not been approved by the board of directors (or functional equivalent) of such Person, (b) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition (and the related incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness), as of the most recently ended Test Period, as if such acquisition (and any related incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness) had occurred on the first day of such relevant Test Period, does not exceed 4.50:1.00, (c) with respect to an acquisition for consideration in excess of $25,000,000, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above, together with all relevant financial
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information for the Person or assets to be acquired and (d) each Person acquired or formed in connection with, or holding the assets acquired pursuant to, such acquisitions shall become a Guarantor to the extent required by, and in accordance with, Section 6.08.
“Permitted Debt Conditions” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, that such Indebtedness (i) is not scheduled to mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of that Indebtedness and (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of then outstanding Term A Loans.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a)Liens incident to construction on or maintenance of Property now or hereafter filed of record for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP (or deposits made pursuant to applicable Law) and which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and have not proceeded to judgment; provided that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such Liens, no such Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
(b)Liens for Taxes and assessments on Property which are not yet past due; or Liens for Taxes and assessments on Property for which adequate reserves (in accordance with GAAP) have been set aside and are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and have not proceeded to judgment, provided that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such Liens, no such Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
(c)minor defects and irregularities in title to any Property which individually or in the aggregate do not materially impair or burden the fair market value or use of the Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(d)easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for the purpose of pipelines, conduits, cables, wire communication lines, power lines and substations, streets, trails, walkways, traffic signals, drainage, irrigation, water, and sewerage purposes, dikes, canals, ditches, the removal of oil, gas, coal, or other minerals, and other like purposes affecting Property, facilities, or equipment which individually or in the aggregate do not materially burden or impair the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(e)easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for the purpose of facilitating the joint or common use of Property (i) in or adjacent to a neighboring development, shopping center, utility company, public facility or (ii) within the National Harbor Beltway L.L.C. community, or other projects affecting Property which individually or in the aggregate do not materially burden or impair the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(f)easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting MGM National Harbor or minor defects and irregularities of title which are
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disclosed in the policy of title insurance referred to in Article IV or which, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of MGM National Harbor or materially interfere with the operation of MGM National Harbor;
(g)rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate, or obligations or duties to any Governmental Authority with respect to, any right, power, franchise, grant, license, or permit;
(h)rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate, or obligations or duties to any Governmental Authority with respect to, the use of any Property;
(i)present or future zoning laws and ordinances or other laws and ordinances restricting the occupancy, use, or enjoyment of Property;
(j)statutory Liens, other than those described in clauses (a) or (b) above or any Lien imposed by ERISA, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not delinquent or are being contested in good faith, provided that, if delinquent, adequate reserves have been set aside with respect thereto and, by reason of nonpayment, no Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
(k)covenants, conditions, and restrictions affecting the use of Property which individually or in the aggregate do not materially impair or burden the fair market value or use of the Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(l)rights of tenants under leases and rental agreements covering Property entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Person owning such Property;
(m)Liens consisting of pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, including Liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable, other than Liens imposed by ERISA;
(n)Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of Property to secure performance in connection with operating leases made in the ordinary course of business to which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is a party as lessee; provided that the aggregate value of all such pledges and deposits in connection with any such lease does not at any time exceed 25% of the annual fixed rentals payable under such lease;
(o)Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure bids made with respect to, or performance of, contracts (other than contracts creating or evidencing an extension of credit to the depositor);
(p)Liens consisting of any right of offset, or statutory bankers’ lien, on bank deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business so long as such bank deposit
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accounts are not established or maintained for the purpose of providing such right of offset or bankers’ lien;
(q)Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure statutory obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(r)Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure (or in lieu of) surety, appeal or customs bonds in proceedings to which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is a party;
(s)Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceeding involving the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided, that adequate reserves have been set aside by the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary and no material Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
(t)non-consensual Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business but not in connection with an extension of credit, which do not in the aggregate, when taken together with all other Liens, materially impair the value or use of the Property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, taken as a whole;
(u)Liens arising under applicable Gaming Laws;
(v)Liens on each Mortgaged Real Property, which Liens are identified in the title policies delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv);
(w)Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(x)Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements filings regarding operating leases or consignment of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(y)Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents deposited to discharge, redeem or defease Indebtedness;
(z)Liens in favor of the Lessor under the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease; and
(aa)licenses, leases or subleases granted to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided that such licenses, leases or subleases are in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Borrower remains the primary operator of MGM National Harbor.
“Permitted Mechanics Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Final Completion Date.”
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“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof substantially contemporaneous with the application of the proceeds of the Indebtedness incurred to effect the refinancing; provided, that: (a) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would arise therefrom; (b) any such refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) not have a stated maturity or Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than that of the Indebtedness being refinanced (provided that the stated maturity or Weighted Average Life to Maturity may be shorter if the stated maturity of any principal payment (including any amortization payments) is not earlier than the earlier of (1) the stated maturity in effect prior to such refinancing or (2) 91 days after the Final Maturity Date then in effect at the time of issuance), (ii) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is subordinated by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness, be at least as subordinate to the Obligations as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (iii) be in a principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount so refinanced, plus accrued interest, plus any premium or other payment required to be paid in connection with such refinancing, plus, in either case, the amount of fees and expenses of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with such refinancing and (iv) in the case of the refinancing of any unsecured Indebtedness, the Permitted Debt Conditions are satisfied; and (c) the sole obligor on such refinancing Indebtedness shall be the Borrower or the original obligor on such Indebtedness being refinanced; provided, that (i) any guarantor of the Indebtedness being refinanced shall be permitted to guarantee the refinancing Indebtedness and (ii) any Loan Party shall be permitted to guarantee any such refinancing Indebtedness of any other Loan Party.
“Permitted Sale Leaseback” means any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 8.01(h).
“Permitted Tax Distributions” means (A) with respect to any taxable period ending after the Closing Date for which Borrower is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the payment of distributions to Borrower’s equity owners in an aggregate amount equal to the product of (x) the taxable income attributable to the activities of Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries that are treated as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes for such taxable period, reduced by any taxable loss with respect to any prior taxable periods ending after the Closing Date (to the extent such loss was not previously taken into account in determining the amount of any Permitted Tax Distribution pursuant to this definition) to the extent such taxable loss would be deductible if such loss had been incurred in the current taxable period and (y) the highest combined marginal U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to any direct or indirect equity owner of Borrower for such taxable period (taking into account the character of the taxable income in question (long term capital gain, qualified dividend income, etc.) and the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and any applicable limitation thereon)), and (B) with respect to any taxable period ending before the Closing Date for which Borrower was treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the payment of distributions to Borrower’s equity owners in an aggregate amount equal to the product of (x) any additional taxable income attributable to the activities of Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries that are treated as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes for such taxable period resulting from a tax audit adjustment made after the Closing Date and (y) the highest combined marginal U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to any direct or indirect equity owner of Borrower for such taxable period (taking into account the character of the additional taxable
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income in question (long term capital gain, qualified dividend income, etc.) and the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and any applicable limitations thereon)) plus any penalties, additions to tax or interest that may be imposed as a result of such audit adjustment.
“Person” means any natural Person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other Person.
“Plans and Specifications” means the then current drawings, plans and specifications for MGM National Harbor prepared by a Loan Party, a Loan Party’s architects or the General Contractor and made available to the Administrative Agent.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Prepayment Restricted Indebtedness” means any series, class or issue of Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations hereunder or is unsecured.
“Project Budget” means the project budget required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(xiii), as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Project Costs” means the costs, expenses and uses associated with the construction and development of the MGM National Harbor, as more fully described in the Project Budget.
“Project Documents” means the Construction Contracts, and each other material agreement to which the Borrower, the General Contractor or MGM Resorts is a party relating to the development, construction, maintenance or operation of MGM National Harbor (other than the Loan Documents).
“Property” means any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including all contract rights, income or revenue rights, real property interests, trademarks, trade names, equipment and proceeds of the foregoing and, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests or other ownership interests of any other Person owned by the first Person.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Qualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Real Property” means (i) each parcel of real property leased or operated by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by lease, license or other use or occupancy agreement, and (ii) each parcel of real property owned by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, together with all easements, licenses, rights, privileges, appurtenances, interests and entitlements related thereto.
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“Refinance” means refinance, renew, extend, exchange, replace, defease (covenant or legal) (with proceeds of Indebtedness), discharge (with proceeds of Indebtedness) or refund (with proceeds of Indebtedness), in whole or in part, including successively; and “Refinancing” and “Refinanced” have correlative meanings.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(k).
“Regulations T, U and X” means Regulation T (12 C.F.R. Part 220), Regulation U (12 C.F.R. Part 221) and Regulation X (12 C.F.R. Part 224), respectively, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor), as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Rejection Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c).
“Related Indemnified Person” of an Indemnitee means (a) any controlling Person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnitee, (b) the respective directors, officers, or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling Persons or controlled Affiliates and (c) the respective agents of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled Affiliates, in the case of this clause (c), acting at the instructions of such Indemnitee, controlling Person or such controlled Affiliate; provided that each reference to a controlled Affiliate or controlling Person in this definition shall be limited to a controlled Affiliate or controlling Person involved in the negotiation or syndication of the Facility.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, that Person, its Affiliates and their respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material, into, from or through the Environment.
“Remaining Costs” means, at any date of determination, the amount of Project Costs the Borrower reasonably expects to be expended by the Loan Parties after such date of determination to complete the tasks set forth in the Project Budget as certified by the Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the “contingency” line item).
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(b).
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term A Loans or Revolving Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Revolving Commitments and (c) aggregate unfunded Term A Commitments; provided that Commitments of,
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and the Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Commitments; provided that the unused Revolving Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.
“Required Term A Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Term A Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (a) Total Term A Outstandings and (b) aggregate unused Term A Commitments; provided that the unused Term A Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Term A Outstandings held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Term A Lenders.
“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, any Law or determination of an arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, 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.
“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(a).
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, chairman, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, controller, or general counsel or other chief legal officer of the relevant Loan Party or of the ultimate managing member of the relevant Loan Party, and, solely for purposes of notices given to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and other action, as applicable, on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the holders of the Equity Interests in such Person.
“Restricted Subsidiaries” means all existing and future Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Revocation” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(b).
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“Revolver Equity Threshold” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02(e).
“Revolving Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrower hereunder, and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed, in the case of Revolving Commitments for Revolving Loans on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
“Revolving Facility” means a credit facility consisting of a Class of Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Commitment at such time.
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Loan Proceeds Account” means an account to be established in the name of the Borrower at Bank of America, N.A. or such account in replacement or substitution thereof, which is subject to the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement.
“Revolving Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement” means that certain Account Control Agreement related to the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any securities intermediary or depositary bank that may be party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or replaced from time to time in which case such Account Control Agreement may give effect to the customary provisions required by the replacement deposit bank or securities intermediary.
“Revolving Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Lender evidencing Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
“SNDA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.16.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sale Leaseback” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such
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transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed of.
“Sanction(s)” means any economic or financial sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or any other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over the Borrower.
“Scheduled Completion Date” means September 30, 2018 (or, solely in the event that a Force Majeure Event has occurred, March 31, 2019).
“Scheduled Opening Date” means September 30, 2017 (or, solely in the event that a Force Majeure Event has occurred, March 31, 2018).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Article VIII that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.05, and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2016, made by Borrower and each Guarantor party thereto from time to time in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended from time to time.
“Site” means the Land and the Appurtenant Rights.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” means, for any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts and liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s Property would constitute an unreasonably small capital and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts as they become due and payable. For purposes of this definition, the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and
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circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability, without duplication.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(p).
“Space Leases” means any and all leases, subleases, lettings, licenses, concessions, operating agreements, management agreements, and all other agreements affecting the Trust Estate that Trustor has entered into, taken by assignment, taken subject to, or assumed, or has otherwise become bound by, now or in the future, that give any person the right to conduct its business on, or otherwise use, operate or occupy, all or any portion of the Site (as defined in the Deed of Trust) or Improvements (as defined in the Deed of Trust) and any leases, agreements or arrangements permitting anyone to enter upon or use any of the Trust Estate to extract or remove natural resources of any kind, together with all amendments, extensions, and renewals of the foregoing entered into in compliance with the Deed of Trust, together with all rental, occupancy, or other similar agreements pertaining to use or occupation of the Site, the Improvements or any part thereof.
“Specified Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 11.19).
“Sponsor Capital Calls” means any contribution of capital by the Sponsor Entities.
“Sponsor Entities” means MGM Resorts itself and its Subsidiaries and includes any Person in which Persons which qualify as Sponsor Entities own 50% or more of the aggregate Equity Interests of such Person; provided, however, that neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary of Borrower shall be a Sponsor Entity.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, Joint Venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.,
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any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term A Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term A Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Term A Commitment” means the commitment of a Term A Lender to make Term A Loans, including Initial Term A Loans and/or Incremental Term Loans, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 2.01.
“Term A Facility” means a credit facility consisting of a Class of Term A Loans.
“Term A Funding Date” means any date on which the Term A Loans are funded hereunder, which in the case of Initial Term A Loans, shall in no event be later than the Initial Term A Commitment Termination Date.
“Term A Lender” means at any time, (a) on the Closing Date, the Lenders set forth as Term A Lenders on Schedule 2.01 and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that holds Term A Loans or has a Term A Commitment at such time.
“Term A Loan” means Initial Term A Loans and/or Incremental Term Loans, as the context requires.
“Term A Loan Proceeds Account” means account number 501014701797 in the name of the Borrower established at Bank of America, N.A. or such account in replacement or substitution thereof, which is subject to the Term A Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement.
“Term A Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement” means that certain Account Control Agreement dated as of January 28, 2016, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any securities intermediary or depositary bank that may be party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or replaced from time to time in which case such Account Control Agreement may give effect to the customary provisions required by the replacement deposit bank or securities intermediary.
“Term A Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term A Lender, evidencing Term A Loans made by such Term A Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.
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“Termination Conditions” means, collectively, (a) the payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations) and (b) the termination of the Commitments and the termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit under this Agreement (unless backstopped or Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of L/C Obligations with respect to any such Letter of Credit or otherwise in an amount and/or in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer).
“Test Period” means for any date of determination the period of the four most recently ended consecutive Fiscal Quarters of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for which financial statements are available.
“Title Policy” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(iv)(B).
“Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered in accordance with Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(b).
“Total Funded Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, on each date of determination, the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit to the extent undrawn) consisting of (a) Capital Lease Obligations, (b) Indebtedness for borrowed money, (c) mandatory obligations of such Person to redeem, repay or purchase any Disqualified Equity Interests, and (d) Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services of such Person and its Subsidiaries (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt (x) trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or other accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with ordinary trade terms and (y) financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business), in each case, determined on a consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations.
“Total Term A Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Term A Loans.
“Trust Estate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Deed of Trust.
“Trustee” means Lawyers Title Realty Services, Inc., whose address is 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, as Trustee under the Deed of Trust.
“Trustor” means MGM National Harbor LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, as Trustor under the Deed of Trust.
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“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means (a) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.04 as a “Specified Unrestricted Subsidiary”, (b) each Subsidiary of the Borrower designated as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.11 and Section 8.06, and (c) any Subsidiary of a Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) above.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(III).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, on any date and with respect to the aggregate amount of any Indebtedness, an amount equal to (a) the scheduled repayments of such Indebtedness to be made after such date, multiplied by the number of days from such date to the date of such scheduled repayments divided by (b) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which all of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares, nominee shares or other similar securities) are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, all references to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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1.02Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a)The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to 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.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time in one or more agreements (in each case with the same or new lenders, institutional investors or agents), including any agreement extending the maturity thereof or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness thereunder, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vii) the word “lease” shall be construed to mean any lease, sublease, franchise agreement, license, occupancy or concession agreement.
(b)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c)Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(a)Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements), as in effect from time to time.
(b)Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower or the Required Revolving Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
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Required Revolving Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Revolving Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(c)Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 810 “Consolidation,” as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
1.04Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05Times of Day; Rates. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06Letter of Credit Amounts (a). Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.07Certain Calculations. For purposes of determining the Applicable Rate and the Applicable ECF Percentage pursuant to the respective definition thereof, determining capacity to incur Incremental Commitments pursuant to Section 2.13(a) and complying with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 8.11 and 8.12, EBITDA within the definition of “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” shall be calculated with respect to the applicable Test Period as follows: with respect to each calculation made at any time after the time when one full Fiscal Quarter shall have elapsed after the Opening Date but prior to the time when four full Fiscal Quarters shall have elapsed after the Opening Date, EBITDA shall be equal to (1) for the first full Fiscal Quarter after the Opening Date, (i) the actual EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarter, multiplied by (ii) four; (2) for the second full Fiscal Quarter after the Opening Date, (i) the actual EBITDA for the preceding two Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of the applicable Fiscal Quarter, multiplied by (ii) two; and (3) for the third full Fiscal Quarter after the Opening Date, (i) the actual EBITDA for the preceding three Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of the applicable Fiscal Quarter, multiplied by (ii) 1.33.
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Article II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
(a)The Initial Term A Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender with an Initial Term A Commitment severally agrees to make term loans (the “Initial Term A Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period; provided, that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Initial Term A Loans, (i) the Total Term A Outstandings shall not exceed the total Initial Term A Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Initial Term A Loans of any Lender shall not exceed such Term A Lender’s Initial Term A Commitment. Each Lender with an Incremental Term Commitment severally agrees to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower in an amount equal to such Lender’s applicable Incremental Term Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) on or after the Closing Date shall be deposited and held in the Term A Loan Proceeds Account until applied in accordance with Section 6.07. Amounts borrowed in respect of Term A Loans and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans as further provided herein.
(b)The Revolving Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to any Revolving Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) prior to the Opening Date shall be deposited and held in the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account until applied in accordance with Section 6.07. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a)Each Term A Borrowing, each Revolving Borrowing, each conversion of Term A Loans or Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, or (ii) 10:00 a.m. on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, that, if the Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months or, in the case of Revolving Loans only, one week, the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four
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Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them, and not later than 11:00 a.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all Appropriate Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c)(ii), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Term A Borrowing shall be in a principal amount of $100,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the remaining Term A Commitments. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term A Borrowing, a Revolving Borrowing, a Borrowing of any other Class (specifying the Class thereof) a conversion of Term A Loans or Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term A Loans or Revolving Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term A Loans or Revolving Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b)Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the applicable Class of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Term A Loans or Revolving Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of a Term A Borrowing or a Revolving Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 11:00 a.m. (in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans) or 1:00 p.m. (in the case of Base Rate Loans) on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower, as specified in such Committed Loan Notice, on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided
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to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.
(c)Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Required Lenders may require by notice to the Borrower that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans while such Event of Default is continuing.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e)Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that after giving effect to all Term A Borrowings, all conversions of Term A Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term A Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 10 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term A Facilities. After giving effect to all Revolving Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 8 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Revolving Facility.
(a)The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested
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complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii)No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B)the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii)No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C)except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D)such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(E)a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements, including the
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delivery of Cash Collateral in an amount equal to 103% of L/C Obligations with respect to any such Letter of Credit or otherwise in an amount and/or in a manner reasonably acceptable to such L/C Issuer, with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.14(a)(iii)) with respect to such Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its reasonable discretion.
(iv)No L/C Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v)No L/C Issuer shall have any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi)Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(b)Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i)Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the applicable L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to such L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. at least three Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their reasonable discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing
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thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii)Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless such L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary), as specified in such Letter of Credit Application, or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii)If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (unless each Revolving Lender has approved such expiry date and such L/C Issuer shall be satisfied with the arrangements with respect to the period commencing on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and ending on such expiry date); provided, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or
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would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that any Revolving Lender has elected to not permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv)Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i)Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (such day, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, provided that the Borrower has received notice of such payment by 9:00 a.m. on such Honor Date, otherwise the Borrower shall make such payment not later than 11:00 a.m. on the following Business Day. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii)Each Revolving Lender (including each Revolving Lender that is an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in
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such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(iii)With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv)Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
(v)Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse each L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse such L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi)If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of any L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of such L/C Issuer submitted to
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any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)Repayment of Participations.
(i)At any time after any L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii)If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of any L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i)any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii)the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii)any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
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(iv)waiver by such L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for such L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by such L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;
(v)honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(vi)any payment made by such L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable;
(vii)any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(viii)any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f)Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of such L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of such L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of such L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of such L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
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clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 2.03(e); provided, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against such L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct, gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, such L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. Each L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
(g)Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if any L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations in an amount equal to 103% of such L/C Obligations or otherwise in an amount and/or in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer. Sections 2.04 and 9.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.04 and Section 9.02(c), “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of any L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and such L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of such L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. If at any time the Collateral Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent and Liens arising by operation of Law that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay to the Collateral Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Collateral Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse such L/C Issuer.
(h)Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP at the time of issuance
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shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no L/C Issuer shall be responsible to the Borrower for, and no L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall be impaired by, any action or inaction of any L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where any L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
(i)Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) (i) for each commercial Letter of Credit equal to the amounts set forth from time to time as that L/C Issuer’s published scheduled fees for such services and (ii) for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to the Revolving Facility times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (A) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (B) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each standby Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j)Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit at a rate of 0.125% per annum, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k)Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
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(l)Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse each L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(m)Additional L/C Issuers. From time to time, the Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Revolving Lender designate such Revolving Lender (in addition to Bank of America) to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder. In the event that there shall be more than one L/C Issuer hereunder, each reference to “the L/C Issuer” hereunder with respect to any L/C Issuer shall refer to the Person that issued such Letter of Credit and each such additional L/C Issuer shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement as an L/C Issuer to the same extent as if it had been originally named as the L/C Issuer hereunder. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, each L/C Issuer (other than Bank of America) will also deliver to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may request), each L/C Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time together with such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(a)Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term A Loans and Revolving Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and Types of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Periods of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Term A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments of the applicable Term A Facility in forward order of maturity, and each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of applicable Term A Facility.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such notice of prepayment indicates that such prepayment is to be funded with the proceeds of a new debt or equity financing that would result in the repayment of all Obligations in connection therewith, the termination of the Loans and Commitments under this Agreement and the release or termination of all Liens securing the Obligations hereunder (a “New Financing”), such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such New Financing is not consummated.
(i)Within ten Business Days after receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Net Available Proceeds from any Asset Sale (other than any Exempted Asset Sale) or series of related Asset Sales (other than any series of related Exempted Asset Sales or Asset Sales where the Net Available Proceeds therefrom do not exceed $25,000,000), the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Available Proceeds (with any prepayments of the Term A Loans to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below); provided, that at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days following the date of such Asset Sale), the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Available Proceeds in assets that are used or useful in the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including by way of merger or Investment) (x) within 365 days following the date of such Asset Sale or (y) if the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries enter into a legally binding commitment to use such Net Available Proceeds before the expiration of the 365-day period referred to in preceding clause (x), within 180 days after the end of such 365-day period; provided further, however, that any Net Available Proceeds not subject to such legally binding commitment or so reinvested within such 365-day period (as such period may be extended as permitted above) (or, in either case, such earlier date, if any, as the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to reinvest the Net Available Proceeds from such Asset Sale as set forth above) shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Term A Loans or other term Indebtedness as set forth in this Section 2.04(b)(i).
(ii)Within ten days after the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Net Available Proceeds from any Debt Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans equal to 100% of all such Net Available Proceeds (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(iii)Within ten days after the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Net Available Proceeds of any Casualty Event (other than Casualty Events in respect of assets or property that are not Collateral or where the Net Available Proceeds therefrom do not exceed $25,000,000), the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans equal to 100% of all Net Available Proceeds received therefrom (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below); provided, that, with respect to any Net Available Proceeds realized with respect to any such Casualty Event, at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent within 45 days following such Casualty Event), the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Available Proceeds in the
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replacement or restoration of any properties or assets in respect of which such Net Available Proceeds were paid or in assets that are used or useful in the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including by way of merger or Investment) (x) within 365 days following the date of such Casualty Event or (y) if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into a legally binding commitment to use such Net Available Proceeds before the expiration of the 365-day period referred to in preceding clause (x), within 180 days after the end of such 365-day period; and provided further, however, that any Net Available Proceeds not subject to such legally binding commitment or so reinvested within such 365-day period (as such period may be extended as permitted above) (or, in either case, such earlier date, if any, as the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to reinvest such Net Available Proceeds as set forth above) shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Term A Loans as set forth in this Section 2.04(b)(iii); and provided further, however, that with respect to any such replacement or restoration of property or assets constituting Collateral, the Borrower shall take all actions specified in Section 6.09 in order that such property or asset shall constitute Collateral upon the acquisition or construction thereof.
(iv)Commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2017, within ten Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(b) and the related Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 7.02 for such Fiscal Year, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans in an amount equal to (x) the Applicable ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for the Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements minus (y) the amount of any optional prepayments during such Fiscal Year of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(a) (to the extent such prepayments are of Revolving Loans, only to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in the Commitments under the Revolving Facility) to the extent not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness or from any Matching Equity Contribution (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(v)Each prepayment of Term A Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(b) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments of the Term A Facility on a pro-rata basis. In the event of any mandatory prepayment of Term A Borrowings made at a time when Term A Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term A Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayment is allocated among Borrowings of Term A Loans of each Class pro rata (or, to the extent provided in any amendment pursuant to Section 2.13 for any Class of Term A Loans, less than pro rata for such Class) based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class. Mandatory prepayments of Term A Loans shall be applied to the remaining amortization payments of such Term A Loans on a pro rata basis among all scheduled and outstanding payments.
(vi)If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Revolving Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans and L/C Borrowings and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to 103% of such excess or
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otherwise in an amount and/or in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(vii)Prepayments of the Revolving Facility made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i), first, shall be applied ratably to the L/C Borrowings, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving Loans, and, third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer or the Revolving Lenders, as applicable.
If the terms of any agreement, instrument or indenture pursuant to which any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Loans is outstanding (or pursuant to which such Indebtedness is guaranteed) require prepayment of such Indebtedness out of the Net Available Proceeds of any Asset Sale unless such Net Available Proceeds are used to prepay other Indebtedness, then, to the extent not otherwise required by this Section 2.04(b), if the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not have reinvested the Net Available Proceeds thereof as permitted by Section 2.04(b)(i) within the time frame permitted thereby (but prior to the date required to be applied to such Indebtedness), the Loans shall be repaid in an amount not less than the minimum amount that would be required to be prepaid not later than the latest time as and upon such terms so that such other Indebtedness will not be required to be prepaid pursuant to the terms of the agreement, indenture or instrument or guarantee governing such other Indebtedness.
(c)Right to Decline Proceeds. Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (who will notify each Lender) notice of each prepayment or offer required under Section 2.04(b) not less than three Business Days prior to the date such prepayment or offer shall be made (each such date, a “Mandatory Prepayment Date”). Such notice shall set forth (i) the Mandatory Prepayment Date, (ii) the principal amount of each Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid under Sections 2.04(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) and (iii) the Type of each Loan being prepaid. Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time of each prepayment required under Section 2.04(b) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term A Loans of the contents of Borrower’s prepayment or offer notice and of such Lender’s pro rata share of any prepayment or offer. Each such Lender may reject all or a portion of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment of, or offer with respect to, Term A Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04(b) (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment or offer. Each Rejection Notice shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory prepayment or offer of Term A Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver such Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term A Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment or offer of Term A Loans to
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which such Lender is otherwise entitled. Any Declined Proceeds remaining thereafter shall be retained by the Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.04, (i) to the extent that any Net Available Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States of America, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term A Loans at the times provided herein so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States of America (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected and an amount equal to such repatriated Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04, to the extent provided herein; (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow would have an adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the amount required to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) will be reduced by an amount equal to the Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected; provided, that in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which an amount equal to any Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so excluded would otherwise have been required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.04, (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such prepayments as if such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is applied to the permanent repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary; or (iii) to the extent the transfer of funds to fund the relevant prepayment would (as determined by counsel to the Borrower) present a material risk of liability for any Loan Party or the directors or officers of any Loan Party the Net Available Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be reduced by the applicable Loan Party.
2.05Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate a Term A Facility, the Revolving Facility or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce a Term A Facility, Revolving Facility or the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving
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Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Facility, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized (in an amount equal to 103% of such Outstanding Amount or otherwise in an amount and/or in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer) thereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (C) a Term A Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Term A Outstandings under such Term A Facility would exceed such Term A Facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such notice of reduction indicates that such reduction is to be funded with the proceeds of a New Financing, such notice of reduction may be revoked if such New Financing is not consummated.
(i)The aggregate Term A Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $300,000,000 after giving effect to the Borrowing of Initial Term A Loans (if any) on the Closing Date. The aggregate Term A Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the Initial Term A Commitment Termination Date.
(ii)If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.05, the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Facility at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(c)Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees.
(i)The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of the applicable Class of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Revolving Commitment or the Term A Commitment under this Section 2.05. Upon any reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of such reduction amount. Upon any reduction of the Term A Commitments of any Class, the Term A Commitment of each Term A Lender of the applicable Class shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Term A Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of a Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of such Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(a)Term A Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term A Lenders of Initial Term A Loans (x) on the last day of the fourth (4th) full Fiscal Quarter following the Opening Date and of the next seven (7) Fiscal Quarters thereafter, an amount equal to 1.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term A Loans funded, (y) on the last day of the twelfth (12th) full Fiscal Quarter following the Opening Date and of the next three (3) Fiscal Quarters thereafter, an amount equal to 1.875% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term A Loans funded, and (z) on the last day of the sixteenth (16th) full Fiscal Quarter following the Opening Date and for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, an amount equal to 2.5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term A Loans funded, in each case, on or after the Closing Date
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but prior to such repayment date; provided, that (i) such principal repayment installments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.04 and (ii) the final principal repayment installment of the Initial Term A Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Initial Term A Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term A Loans outstanding on such date. In the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made, the Borrower shall repay such Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the related amendment pursuant to Section 2.13.
(b)Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Facility the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
(a)Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(b), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility.
(b)(i)If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii)If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by a Loan Party under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii)Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default (other than as set forth in clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii) above) exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv)Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c)Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
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2.08Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(i) and (j):
(a)Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage, a commitment fee equal to 0.50% per annum times the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Facility exceeds the Total Revolving Outstandings and (ii) for the account of each Term A Lender of Initial Term A Loans in accordance with its Applicable Term A Percentage, until the Initial Term A Commitment Termination Date, a commitment fee equal to 0.50% per annum times the actual daily amount by which the Initial Term A Facility exceeds the Total Term A Outstandings. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the applicable Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of applicable Availability Period for the applicable Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.
(b)Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent, for their own respective accounts, fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Arrangers or the Administrative Agent (including those set forth in the Agency Fee Letter). Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.09Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(a)The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the
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Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.10(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.11Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 12:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b)(i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender (severally) and the Borrower (severally and not jointly with the applicable Lender) agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative
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Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or any L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this clause (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c)Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d)Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Initial Term A Loans and Revolving Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(e)Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
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(f)Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
2.12Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such time) of payment on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of the Facilities then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:
(i)if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)the provisions of this Section 2.12 shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 2.12 shall apply).
The provisions of this Section 2.12 are subject in all respects to the provisions of Section 2.14. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to
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such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(a)Borrower Request. After the Opening Date, the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request (x) prior to the Maturity Date for the Revolving Facility, an increase to the existing Revolving Commitments (each, an “Incremental Revolving Commitment”) and/or (y) the establishment of one or more Classes of new term loan commitments (each, an “Incremental Term Commitment” and, together with the Incremental Revolving Commitments, the “Incremental Commitments”), by an aggregate amount not in excess of (i)(x) $100,000,000 minus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Commitments incurred pursuant to this Section 2.13(a)(i) prior to such date plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount the Borrower would be in compliance on a pro forma basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition, but excluding any concurrent incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above (it being understood that the Borrower shall be deemed to have utilized this clause (ii) prior to utilization of amounts under clause (i) above) and without netting the cash proceeds of any Incremental Commitment) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (assuming that all Incremental Commitments incurred pursuant to this Section 2.13(a) on or prior to such date of determination are funded Indebtedness and would be included in the definition of Total Funded Indebtedness, whether or not such Indebtedness would otherwise be so included) does not exceed 3.00:1.00. Each such notice shall specify (i) the date (each, an “Increase Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Incremental Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and (ii) the identity of each Eligible Assignee to whom the Borrower proposes any portion of such Incremental Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that any existing Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the Incremental Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Commitment. Each Incremental Commitment shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the aggregate limit in respect of Incremental Commitments set forth in above).
(b)Conditions. The Incremental Commitments shall become effective as of the Increase Effective Date; provided that:
(i)unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the lenders providing the Incremental Commitments (and subject to clause (f) below), the Incremental Commitments will have the same Guarantees as, and be secured on a pari passu basis by the same Collateral securing, the then existing Term A Loans and Revolving Loans; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Incremental Commitments shall only be Guaranteed by the Loan Parties and shall be secured only by the Collateral securing, the then existing Term A Loans and Revolving Loans;
(ii)no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the borrowings to be made on the Increase Effective Date;
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(iii)the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, in all respects) on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13(b), the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 7.01; and
(iv)If the Increase Effective Date is prior to the Final Completion Date, any borrowings to be made on the Increase Effective Date shall be accompanied by the consummation of a Matching Equity Contribution by MGM Resorts to the Borrower (in the form of common Equity Interests) in an amount equal to the amount required by Section 4.02(e), with the proceeds thereof to be deposited in the Company Equity Contribution Account and available to be used in accordance with Section 6.07.
(c)Terms of New Loans and Commitments. The terms and provisions of Loans made pursuant to Incremental Commitments shall be as follows:
(i)terms and provisions of Incremental Term Loans shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or as otherwise determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Term Commitments (and set forth in the applicable Increase Joinder), substantially identical to the Initial Term A Loans (it being understood that Incremental Term Loans may be a part of the Initial Term A Loans) and to the extent that the terms and provisions of Incremental Term Loans are not substantially identical to the Initial Term A Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) below) they shall not be materially more favorable, taken as a whole, to the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans than the terms of the existing Term A Facility or shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that terms and conditions applicable after the Final Maturity Date are acceptable to the Administrative Agent); provided that in any event the Incremental Term Loans must comply with clauses (iii), (iv) and (vi) below;
(ii)the terms and provisions of Revolving Loans made pursuant to Incremental Revolving Commitments shall be identical to the Revolving Loans;
(iii)the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of then existing Term A Loans;
(iv)the maturity date of Incremental Term Loans shall not be earlier than the Final Maturity Date;
(v)the interest rate margins and (subject to clause (iii) above) amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders in respect thereof;
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(vi)Incremental Term Loans, for purposes of prepayments, shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the then existing Term A Loans; and
(vii)the Borrower shall make any breakage payments in connection with any adjustment of Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(d).
The Incremental Commitments shall be effected by a joinder agreement (the “Increase Joinder”) executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender making such Incremental Commitment reasonably satisfactory to each of them. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01, the Increase Joinder may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.13. In addition, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all references in Loan Documents to Revolving Loans or Term A Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to Revolving Loans made pursuant to Incremental Revolving Commitments and Incremental Term Loans that are Term A Loans, respectively, made pursuant to this Agreement. This Section 2.13 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.12 or Section 11.01 to the contrary.
(d)Adjustment of Revolving Loans. To the extent the Commitments being increased on the relevant Increase Effective Date are Incremental Revolving Commitments, then each Revolving Lender that is acquiring an Incremental Revolving Commitment on the Increase Effective Date shall make a Revolving Loan, the proceeds of which will be used to prepay the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders immediately prior to such Increase Effective Date, so that, after giving effect thereto, the Revolving Loans outstanding are held by the Revolving Lenders pro rata based on their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such Increase Effective Date. If there is a new borrowing of Revolving Loans on such Increase Effective Date, the Revolving Lenders after giving effect to such Increase Effective Date shall make such Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.01(b).
(e)Making of Incremental Term Loans. On any Increase Effective Date on which new Commitments for Term A Loans are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, each Lender of such new Commitment shall make a Term A Loan to the Borrower in an amount equal to its new Commitment.
(f)Equal and Ratable Benefit. The Loans and Commitments established pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute Loans and Commitments under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guaranties and security interests created by the Collateral Documents, except that the new Loans may be subordinated in right of payment or the Liens securing the new Loans may be subordinated, in each case, to the extent agreed by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Commitments (and set forth in the applicable Increase Joinder). The Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Liens and security interests granted by the Collateral Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after
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giving effect to the establishment of any such class of Term A Loans or any such new Commitments.
(a)Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i)Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.03 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to L/C Issuer hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.14(d); fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.14(d); sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or L/C Issuer as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or L/C Issuer against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied and waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the applicable Commitments without giving effect to
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Section 2.14(a)(iii). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.14(a)(i) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(A)No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee pursuant to Section 2.08(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and no Borrower shall be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B)Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to extent allocable to its pro rata portion of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.14(d).
(C)With respect to any fees not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit that have been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iii) below, (y) pay to L/C Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iii)Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata portion of the L/C Obligations but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Total Revolving Outstandings of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 11.22, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(A)Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (iii) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, Cash Collateralize L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.14(d).
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(b)Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer agrees in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the applicable Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.14(a)(iii), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender); provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c)New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the L/C Issuer shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that the participations in any new, extended, renewed or increased Letter of Credit have been or will be fully allocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with clause (a)(iii) above and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein except to the extent such Defaulting Lender’s participation has been or will be fully Cash Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.14(d).
(d)Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure in an amount equal to 103% of such Fronting Exposure or otherwise in an amount and/or in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 2.14(a)(iii) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender).
(i)Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of L/C Issuer, and agree to maintain, a First Priority Lien in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit, to be applied pursuant to clause (ii) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer as herein provided, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(ii)Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 2.14 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral
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was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(iii)Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.14 following (x) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (y) the determination by the Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.14, the Person providing Cash Collateral and L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Article III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
(a)Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i)Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.
(ii)If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by applicable Laws to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States federal backup withholding and withholding Taxes, with respect to any payment, then (A) the applicable withholding agent shall withhold or make such deductions and shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (B) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any such required withholding or required deductions have been made (including any such deductions of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the Lender (or, in case of payments made to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes been made.
(b)Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.
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(c)Tax Indemnifications. Without limiting the provisions of clause (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount and basis of calculation of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.01(c), the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.01(c) for any incremental interest, penalties or expenses resulting from the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to notify the Borrower of such possible indemnification claim within 180 days after the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, receives written notice from the applicable taxing authority of the specific tax assessment giving rise to such indemnification claim.
(d)Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e)Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i)Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other information reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any such documentation (including any specific documentation required below in this Section 3.01(e)) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
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Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A)any Lender that is a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding; and
(B)each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to any payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(I)executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(II)executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form),
(III)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments under any Loan Document are effectively connected with such Foreign Lender’s conduct of a United States trade or business (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor form),
(IV)to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of such direct and indirect partners, or
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(V)executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.01(e), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any documentation that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(f)Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This clause (f) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(g)FATCA. If a payment made to any Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements necessary for an exemption from withholding under such provisions (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or Section 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their FATCA obligations, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(h)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(i)Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 3.01, include any L/C Issuer.
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(j)Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3.01.
3.02Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03Inability to Determine Rates. If in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, (a) the Administrative Agent determines that (i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan (in each case with respect to this clause (a)(i), “Impacted Loans”), or (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (b) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar
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Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (a)(i) of this section, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans, in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (a) of the first sentence of this section, (2) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.
3.04Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a)Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii)subject any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or such L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes indemnifiable under Section 3.01 and any Excluded Taxes); or
(iii)impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder
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(whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that the Borrower shall not be treated less favorably with respect to such amounts than how other similarly situated borrowers of such Lender or L/C Issuer are generally treated (it being understood that this provision shall not be construed to obligate any Lender or L/C Issuer to make available any information that, in its sole discretion, it deems confidential).
(b)Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered; provided that the Borrower shall not be treated less favorably with respect to such amounts than how other similarly situated borrowers of such Lender or L/C Issuer are generally treated (it being understood that this provision shall not be construed to obligate any Lender or L/C Issuer to make available any information that, in its sole discretion, it deems confidential).
(c)Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or any L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 3.04 and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
(d)Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
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(e)Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurodollar funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurodollar liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 30 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 30 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 30 days from receipt of such notice.
3.05Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any actual loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a)any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b)any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c)any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;
excluding in each case any loss of anticipated profits. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing. A certificate of a Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in this Section 3.05 and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
3.06Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a)Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, 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 judgment of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The
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Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or 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 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.
3.07Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Borrower shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender under Section 3.02 or 3.04 for any costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the circumstances giving rise to such costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that if the event giving rise to such costs or reductions is given retroactive effect, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect therefor; (b) the Borrower shall not be obligated to compensate any Lender under Section 3.05 for any such losses, expenses or liabilities attributable to any such circumstance occurring prior to the date that is 30 days prior to the date on which such Lender requested such compensation from the Borrower.
Article IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a)The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the signing Loan Party to the extent execution thereof is contemplated thereby (and, if applicable, by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or the Lenders) each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i)executed counterparts of this Agreement, the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee and the Guaranty, to the extent there are any Guarantors on the Closing Date;
(ii)a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;
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(iii)the Security Agreement duly executed by each Loan Party, together with:
(A)to the extent certificated, certificates representing the Pledged Securities (as defined in the Security Agreement), if any, referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank,
(B)proper financing statements in form appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement, and
(C)the Term A Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement, the Operating Account Control Agreement and the Company Equity Contribution Account Control Agreement duly executed by the appropriate parties;
(iv)the Mortgages, duly executed and in a form suitable for recordation, along with:
(A)evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary in order to create a valid first Lien on the property described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing, documentary, stamp, intangible and recording taxes and fees have been paid or shall be paid substantially concurrently with the Closing Date,
(B)for each Mortgaged Real Property, ALTA mortgagee’s title insurance policies (the “Title Policy”), including customary endorsements thereto in favor of Collateral Agent, in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, dated as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting first priority Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent,
(C)for each Mortgaged Real Property either (I) a new and current ALTA survey (or equivalent) certified to the Collateral Agent sufficient for the issuers of the title insurance delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv)(B) above to remove all standard survey exceptions and issue the customary survey-related endorsements, or (II) the most recent ALTA survey (or equivalent) of such premises, together with an affidavit from Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, stating that there has been no change, in each case of clauses (I) and (II) such documentation being sufficient for the issuers of such title insurance policies to remove all standard survey exceptions and issue the customary survey-related endorsements,
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(E)opinions of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, confirming that each Mortgage creates a Lien on the Mortgaged Real Property purported to be covered by the related Mortgage, which shall be from local counsel in each state where a Mortgaged Real Property is located covering the enforceability, due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant Mortgages and any other opinions reasonably requested by Collateral Agent,
(F)with respect to each Mortgaged Real Property: (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination; (ii) if any Mortgaged Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) for each Mortgaged Real Property located in a special flood hazard area, evidence of flood insurance as required by Section 6.03 hereof,
(G)with respect to any Leasehold Property that is Closing Date Mortgaged Real Property, an estoppel certificate from the landlord under the applicable lease, including but not limited to an estoppel certificate from Lessor under the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
(H)evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that a memorandum of lease to the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Ground Lease has been recorded.
(v)such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer authorized to act in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(vi)such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization;
(vii)a favorable opinion of (x) Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, (y) local counsel to the Loan Parties in each jurisdiction in which the Loan Parties are formed and (z) Maryland local counsel to the Loan Parties with respect to Gaming Laws, in each case, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(viii)a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2014 that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) the accuracy of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.14;
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(ix)Phase I environmental assessment reports in respect of the Mortgaged Real Property reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which reports the Administrative Agent has received and acknowledges being satisfied with);
(x)current FIRREA appraisals of the Mortgaged Real Property prepared by an independent appraiser reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, at the sole expense of Borrower, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, showing the “as is” value, the “completed” value, the “completed and stabilized” value, and/or such other valuations as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent;
(xi)evidence that the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, has been named as an additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be, under all insurance policies specified in Section 5.19 pursuant to certificates of insurance or endorsements, as appropriate;
(xii)a copy of the General Construction Agreement (which General Construction Agreement the Administrative Agent has received);
(xiii)a copy of the substantially final Plans and Specifications and a Project Budget, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers (which Plans and Specifications the Administrative Agent has received);
(xiv)an In-Balance Test Certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming that the In-Balance Test will be satisfied as of the Closing Date;
(xv)the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower as of December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2015 (which consolidated balance sheets the Administrative Agent has received);
(xvi)certified copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, tax and judgment lien searches, or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents (together with copies of such financing statements and documents) that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business and such other searches that are required by the Perfection Certificate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Collateral Documents (other than Liens permitted under Section 8.03); and
(xvii)a Perfection Certificate (the “Perfection Certificate”), duly executed by each of the Loan Parties.
(b)(i) all fees required to be paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers on or before the Closing Date pursuant to any written agreement shall concurrently be paid; and (ii) all fees required to be paid to the Lenders by the Borrower on or before the Closing Date pursuant to any written agreement shall concurrently be paid;
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(c)unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all Attorney Costs to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced three Business Days prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent); and
(d)No later than three (3) Business Days in advance of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information reasonably requested with respect to any Loan Party in writing by any Lender at least ten (10) days in advance of the Closing Date, which documentation or other information is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.03(e), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
4.02Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (including any for any Term A Loans but other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a)The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements furnished pursuant to Sections 7.01(a) and (b).
(b)Except as otherwise provided for in the MGM Resorts Completion Guaranty, no Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c)The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuer shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
(d)Each Request for Credit Extension of Term A Loans or, to the extent the Total Revolving Outstandings after giving effect to such issuance would be greater than $25,000,000 (the “Revolver Equity Threshold”) Revolving Loans, following the Closing Date but
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on or prior to the Opening Date, shall be accompanied by the consummation of a cash equity contribution (a “Matching Equity Contribution”) by MGM Resorts to the Borrower (with all Matching Equity Contributions to the Borrower to be in the form of common Equity Interests) in an amount equal to the amount of the requested drawing under the Revolving Facility in excess of the Revolver Equity Threshold or a Term A Facility, as applicable, with the proceeds thereof to be deposited in the Company Equity Contribution Account and available to be used in accordance with Section 6.07.
(e)In the case of drawings under the Revolving Facility, prior to the initial Request for Credit Extension of Revolving Loans (unless a later time is otherwise agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent shall have received the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account Control Agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party.
(f)On the date of each Request for Credit Extension (i) of Term A Loans prior to the Final Completion Date and (ii) of Revolving Loans prior to the Opening Date, the In-Balance Test shall be satisfied as of such date and each such Request for Credit Extension shall be accompanied by an In-Balance Test Certificate, attaching the In-Balance Projections.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
Article V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
5.01Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance With Laws.
(a)The Borrower is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of Nevada. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries and there are no Guarantors.
(b)The Borrower and each Guarantor, if any, is duly qualified or registered to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its Properties makes such qualification or registration necessary, except where the failure so to qualify or register and to be in good standing would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and each Guarantor, if any, has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to conduct its business, to own and lease its Properties and to execute and deliver each Loan Document to which each is a party and to perform the Obligations, except where the failure to have such power and authority would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c)The Borrower and each Guarantor, if any, is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to its business as at present conducted, has obtained all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses and permits from, and has accomplished all filings, registrations and qualifications with, or obtained exemptions from any of the foregoing from, any Governmental Authority that are necessary for the transaction of its business as at present conducted, except where the failure so to comply, file, register, qualify or obtain exemptions would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02Authority; Compliance With Other Agreements and Instruments and Government Regulations. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each Guarantor, if any, of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not:
(i)require any consent or approval not heretofore obtained of any member, partner, director, stockholder or security holder of credit of such party;
(ii)violate or conflict with any provision of such party’s charter, articles of incorporation, operating agreement or bylaws, as applicable;
(iii)result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any Property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Liens permitted by Section 8.03;
(iv)violate any Requirement of Law applicable to such Loan Party, except where such violation or conflict would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v)violate or conflict with any provision of any contract or agreement applicable to such party, except where such violation or conflict would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(vi)none of the Borrower or Guarantors, if any, is in violation of, or default under, any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation, or any Material Agreement, indenture, loan or credit agreement, in any respect that constitutes a Material Adverse Effect.
5.03No Governmental Approvals Required. Except as obtained or made on or prior to the Closing Date and the approval of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, no material authorization, consent, approval, order, license or permit from, or filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Authority is or will be required to authorize or permit under applicable Laws the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or for the legality, validity or enforceability hereof or thereof or for the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated.
As of the Closing Date, Borrower has no Subsidiaries or other equity investments, other than those disclosed on Schedule 5.04 which shows, as of the Closing Date, with respect to each
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such Subsidiary, if any, or equity investment, if any, as of the Closing Date, the jurisdiction of its formation, the address of its principal place of business and its United States taxpayer identification number.
5.05Financial Statements; Plans and Specifications; In-Balance Test Certificate.
(a)Each of the most recent quarterly and annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Article VII hereof (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness as required by GAAP.
(b)The Plans and Specifications (a) are, to the Borrower’s knowledge based on reasonable assumptions as to all legal and factual matters material thereto, (b) are and will be from time to time, consistent with the provisions of the Loan Documents and the Project Documents in all material respects, (c) to the knowledge of the Borrower, have been prepared in good faith, and (d) fairly represent the Borrower’s reasonable expectation as to the matters covered thereby. The Final Plans and Specifications, if any, (i) to the knowledge of the Borrower, have been prepared in good faith, and (ii) are accurate in all material respects and fairly represent the Borrower’s reasonable expectation as to the matters covered thereby.
(c)Each In-Balance Test Certificate is a true and correct statement in all material respects of the proposed sources and uses for the development and completion of MGM National Harbor. The Project Budget and all of the amounts set forth therein represent a true statement in all material respects of all Project Costs reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to be incurred in connection with the development and completion of MGM National Harbor in accordance with this Agreement.
5.06Litigation. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.06, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending as to which the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries have been served or have received notice or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Property of any of them before any Governmental Authority which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.07Binding Obligations. This Agreement and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto. Each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party will, when executed and delivered by such Person, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, Gaming Laws or equitable principles relating to the granting of specific performance and other equitable remedies as a matter of judicial discretion.
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5.08No Default. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
5.09ERISA. Each Pension Plan complies with ERISA, the Code and any other applicable Laws, except to the extent that such noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10Margin Stock; Investment Company Act. Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Federal Reserve Board), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No part of the proceeds of any extension of credit (including any Loans and Letters of Credit) hereunder will be used directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or extend credit to others for such purpose or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or for any other purpose, in each case, that entails a violation of, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X. Neither Borrower nor the Restricted Subsidiaries is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.11Disclosure. All written factual statements made by a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement, or in connection with any Loan, as of the date thereof, taken as a whole, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading in light of all the circumstances existing at the date any statement was made.
5.12Tax Liability. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all Tax returns which are required to be filed (including in its capacity as a withholding agent), and have paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes with respect to the periods, Property or transactions covered by said returns, or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including, in each case, in its capacity as a withholding agent), except such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves (in accordance with GAAP) have been established and maintained, and so long as no Property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is in jeopardy of being seized, levied upon or forfeited as a result thereof. As of the Closing Date, there are no Tax sharing agreements or similar arrangements (including Tax indemnity arrangements) with respect to or involving the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than (i) those that are between the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) any customary indemnification obligations contained in commercial agreements not principally related to Taxes and (iii) those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.13Hazardous Materials. There has been no Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or from any property currently or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no condition exists that violates any Environmental Law affecting any Real Property,
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except for such Releases or violations that would not individually or in the aggregate be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14Solvency. As of the Closing Date and on any Term A Funding Date, immediately following the extensions of credit to occur on such date, the Borrower (on a combined basis with the Restricted Subsidiaries) is and will be Solvent.
5.15Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2014, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have, Material Adverse Effect.
5.16Licenses and Permits. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries hold all material governmental permits, licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals (including, without limitation, all other Gaming Approvals) necessary for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to construct, own, lease, and operate their respective Properties and to operate their respective businesses as now being conducted or contemplated (collectively, the “Material Permits”), except for (i) Material Permits the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) those Gaming Approvals which Borrower may not request or receive until after construction of MGM National Harbor and (iii) as authorized under Md. Code Xxx., State Gov’t, Section 9-1A-11(b)(2), an extension of the date by which the commencement of the operation of video lottery terminals in MGM National Harbor must occur. None of the Material Permits has been modified in any way since the Closing Date that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All Material Permits are in full force and effect except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has received written notice that any Gaming Authority has commenced proceedings to appoint a trustee to act for Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or to suspend, revoke or not renew any such Material Permits except where such suspension, revocation or failure to renew would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17Ownership of Property; Liens. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries each have good and valid title to, or valid leasehold interest in, all material Property owned by it, and all such assets and Property are subject to no Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens permitted under Section 8.03. The Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries have good record and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, its owned or leased Mortgaged Real Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the business nor the properties of any Loan Party is affected by any Force Majeure Event.
5.18Security Interest; Absence of Financing Statements; Etc. The Collateral Documents, once executed and delivered, will create, in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the obligations purported to be secured thereby, a valid and enforceable security interest in and Lien upon all of the Collateral, and upon (i) filing, recording, registering or taking such other actions as may be necessary with the appropriate Governmental Authorities (including payment of applicable filing and recording taxes), (ii) the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of the Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by
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the Security Agreement) and (iii) delivery of the applicable documents to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Collateral Documents, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such security interest shall be a perfected security interest in and Lien upon all of the Collateral (subject to any applicable provisions set forth in the Security Agreement with respect to limitations as to perfection of Liens on the Collateral described therein) prior to all Liens other than (x) Permitted Encumbrances and (y) any other Liens permitted by Section 8.03, in each case having priority by operation of Law; provided that certain Gaming Approvals may be required to enforce and/or exercise certain rights and remedies thereunder. Upon the execution of the Security Agreement and each Account Control Agreement, each such Account Control Agreement shall give rise to a perfected First Priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the accounts described therein and the proceeds and products thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case subject only to Permitted Encumbrances.
5.19Insurance. The Loan Parties maintain casualty, liability, builder’s all-risk and other insurance coverages in respect of MGM National Harbor and each such policy is maintained through financially sound and reputable insurance companies (which are not Sponsor Entities or Loan Parties) and is in such amounts and against such risks as is carried by responsible companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar assets in the general areas in which the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries operate.
5.20Compliance with Law. Each of the Loan Parties is in compliance in all material respects with all Requirements of Law and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such Requirement of Law or such order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.21Intellectual Property. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties own or have the right to use all patents, trademarks, permits, service marks, trade names, copyrights, franchises, licenses and other rights with respect thereto, that are necessary for the operation of their business as contemplated in the Loan Documents, which rights do not infringe any similar rights owned by any other Person in any respect.
No Loan Party is in material violation of any Requirement of Law relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, 31 U.S.C. § 5311 et seq., Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
5.23OFAC; Anti-Corruption Laws.
Neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is an individual or entity that is, or is 50% or more owned or controlled by any
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individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over the Borrower or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA in all material respects and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the FCPA and other applicable anti-corruption laws and regulations.
Article VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as the Termination Conditions have not been satisfied the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
6.01Preservation of Existence. Preserve and maintain their respective existences in the jurisdiction of their formation and all material authorizations, rights, franchises, privileges, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, permits, or registrations from any Governmental Authority that are necessary for the transaction of their respective business except (a) where the failure to so preserve and maintain the existence of any Restricted Subsidiary and such authorizations, rights, franchises, privileges, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, permits, or registrations would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) that a merger or Asset Sale permitted by Section 8.01 shall not constitute a violation of this covenant; and qualify and remain qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary in view of their respective business or the ownership or leasing of their respective Properties except where the failure to so qualify or remain qualified would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
6.02Maintenance of Properties. Maintain, preserve and protect all of their respective material Properties in good order and condition, subject to wear and tear in the ordinary course of business, and not permit any waste of their respective Properties, except that the failure to maintain, preserve and protect a particular item of Property that is not of significant value, either intrinsically or to the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall not constitute a violation of this covenant or where the failure to do so would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. In respect of any Mortgaged Real Property, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not (a) initiate or acquiesce in any change in zoning or any other land classification in a manner that would prohibit any casino, gaming, lottery or hotel business conducted on such Mortgaged Real Property or would otherwise materially impact the value of such Mortgaged Real Property as collateral, or (b) demolish any of the primary gaming or hotel features of such Mortgaged Real Property (except in connection with refreshments or remodeling thereof within their existing core and shell and temporary construction disruption which is reasonable in relation to the anticipated benefits of the development or redevelopment thereof), provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to demolish any portion of such Mortgaged Real Property in connection with the expansion or renovation of such Mortgaged Real Property or the construction of adjacent or adjoining features, provided that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such expansion, renovation, construction or similar
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project would not be expected to unreasonably interfere with the business conducted at such Mortgaged Real Property or materially impair its value as Collateral.
6.03Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain liability, casualty and other insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions), including with respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, with responsible insurance companies in such amounts and against such risks as is carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar assets in the general areas in which the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries operate; and furnish to the Administrative Agent, promptly upon reasonable written request, information evidencing compliance with this Section 6.03. The Collateral Agent shall be named as an additional insured on all liability insurance policies of each Loan Party (other than directors and officers liability insurance, insurance policies relating to employment practices liability, crime or fiduciary duties, kidnap and xxxxxx insurance policies, and insurance as to fraud, errors and omissions) and the Collateral Agent shall be named as a mortgagee/loss payee on all property insurance policies of each such Person relating to Property which is Collateral.
If any portion of any Mortgaged Real Property at any time is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), then the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer (determined at the time such insurance is obtained), flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, privileges, licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.03 shall prevent (A) sales, conveyances, transfers or other dispositions of assets, consolidations or mergers by or any other transaction in accordance with Section 8.01; (B) the withdrawal of qualification as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where such withdrawal, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (C) the abandonment of any rights, permits, authorizations, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, franchises, licenses and patents that the Borrower reasonably determines are not useful to its business.
In the event that the proceeds of any insurance claim are paid after the Administrative Agent has exercised its right to foreclose after an Event of Default, such proceeds shall be paid to the Administrative Agent to satisfy any deficiency remaining after such foreclosure. The Collateral Agent shall retain its interest in the policies required to be maintained pursuant to this Section 6.03 during any redemption period.
6.04Compliance With Laws. Comply, within the time period, if any, given for such compliance by the relevant Governmental Authority with enforcement authority, with all Requirements of Law (including ERISA, applicable tax laws and Gaming Laws and any and all
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zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Mortgaged Real Property) except to the extent that such non-compliance with such Requirements of Law would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, except that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries need not comply with a Requirement of Law then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings. The Borrower will maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with applicable Sanctions, with the FCPA and other applicable anti-corruption laws and regulations.
6.05Inspection Rights. Upon reasonable notice, at any time during regular business hours and as often as reasonably requested (but not so as to materially interfere with the business of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries) permit the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any authorized employee, agent or representative thereof, to examine, audit and make copies and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and to visit and inspect the Mortgaged Real Property of, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, MGM National Harbor) (provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (x) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise such visitation and inspection rights; provided that Lenders may accompany the Administrative Agent at their own expense on any visitation or inspection pursuant to this clause (x) and (y) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than (i) on or prior to the Final Completion Date, one time during any Fiscal Quarter and (ii) after the Final Completion Date, one time during any Fiscal Year) and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with any of their officers, managers, key employees (subject to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures) and, upon request, furnish promptly to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any advisor of the Administrative Agent or any Lender true copies of all financial information made available to the board of directors or audit committee of the board of directors of the Borrower, provided that no Borrower Party will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of extracts, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter in respect of which disclosure is then prohibited by law or contract. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter with any Competitor that (a) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (b) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (c) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
6.06Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Keep adequate records and books of account in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied, and in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
6.07Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of each Loan and other credit extension made hereunder, along with the amounts in the Company Equity Contribution Account, (a) to fund the costs and expenses of the construction and development of MGM National Harbor (including,
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without limitation, Project Costs), (b) to fund the costs and expenses in connection with the opening and initial operations of MGM National Harbor, (c) to fund the costs and expenses associated with the leasing, ownership and operations of MGM National Harbor, (d) to fund fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation, working capital, transaction costs and expenses and payment of transaction costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and (e) with respect to Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit, for working capital needs and general corporate purposes. All funds held in the Company Equity Contribution Account (including those funds transferred from the Company Equity Contribution Account to the Operating Account) shall be utilized to fund the construction of, or to provide working capital for, MGM National Harbor prior to the utilization of any funds held in the Term A Loan Proceeds Account or the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account. All funds held in the Term A Loan Proceeds Account (including those funds transferred from the Term A Loan Proceeds Account to the Operating Account) shall be utilized prior to the utilization of any funds held in the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account. Each of the Agent Accounts shall be segregated from each other and assets maintained in the Agent Accounts are owned beneficially by the Borrower, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Account Control Agreements; provided that funds held in the Company Equity Contribution Account, Term A Loan Proceeds Account and the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account may be transferred into the Operating Account to be utilized in accordance with sub-clauses (a)-(e) of this Section 6.07.
6.08Additional Loan Parties. Upon (i) any Loan Party creating or acquiring any Subsidiary that is a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary) after the Closing Date, (ii) any Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party ceasing to be an Immaterial Subsidiary, (iii) any Immaterial Subsidiary providing a guarantee of any Material Indebtedness or (iv) any Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary) pursuant to Section 6.11, such Loan Party shall, to the extent that it does not violate any Gaming Law, (A) cause each such Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary, except for any Immaterial Subsidiary listed in clause (iii) above)) to promptly (but in any event within 180 days after the later of such event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above or receipt of such approval (or such longer period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its reasonable discretion or as required to obtain any necessary Gaming Approval)), execute and deliver a Guaranty and all such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to have such Restricted Subsidiary become a Guarantor, (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent all legal opinions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent relating to the matters described above covering matters similar to those covered in the opinions delivered on the Closing Date with respect to such Guarantor, (C) deliver to the Administrative Agent an executed joinder to the Security Agreement and take all actions required by the Security Agreement or requested by the Administrative Agent to perfect the Liens created thereunder and (D) to the extent such Loan Party owns any Real Property having a fair market value greater than $25,000,000, execute and deliver the items required pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv)(A) – (F) hereof; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.08 to the contrary, any Immaterial Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries shall only be required to be a Guarantor until such time as its guaranty of such Material Indebtedness is released (at which time it shall be released by the
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Administrative Agent from the Guaranty on the request of the Borrower without further action by the Creditor Parties). To the extent any Gaming Approvals are required for any actions required by this Section 6.08, the Borrower and/or applicable Loan Party shall, at their own expense, promptly apply for and thereafter diligently pursue such Gaming Approvals; provided further, however, that (i) no funds held in the Term A Loan Proceeds Account or the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account may be transferred into the Operating Account until all funds in the Company Equity Contribution Account have been exhausted and (ii) no funds held in the Revolving Loan Proceeds Account may be transferred into the Operating Account until all funds in the Term A Loan Proceeds Account have been exhausted.
6.09Collateral Matters. Subject to compliance with applicable Gaming Laws, if any Grantor shall acquire any Property (other than any Excluded Assets or any Property that is subject to a Lien permitted under Section 8.03(f) to the extent and for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such Property after giving effect to the applicable provisions of the UCC) or Real Property after the Closing Date as to which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected Lien and as to which the Collateral Documents purport to xxxxx x Xxxx or the Loan Documents require the grant of a Lien, that Grantor shall (subject to any applicable provisions set forth in the Security Agreement with respect to limitations on grant of security interests in certain types of assets or Collateral and perfection of Liens on such assets or Collateral) promptly (and in any event within 180 days or such longer period of time as the Collateral Agent may agree to in its reasonable discretion or as required to obtain any necessary Gaming Approval) (i) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Collateral Documents or such other documents as Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, liens and security interests in such Property, including with respect to any Mortgaged Real Property having a fair market value greater than $25,000,000, the items required pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv)(A) – (F) hereof and (ii) take all actions reasonably necessary to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected First Priority Lien. To the extent any Gaming Approvals are required for any actions required by this Section 6.09, the Borrower and/or applicable Loan Party shall, at their own expense, promptly apply for and thereafter diligently pursue such Gaming Approvals.
6.10Security Interests; Further Assurances. Each Grantor shall, promptly, upon the reasonable request of Collateral Agent, and assuming the request does not violate any Gaming Law or, if necessary, is approved by the Gaming Authority, at Borrower’s expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to be registered, filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental office, any deed of trust, financing statement or other document, or deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing Equity Interests, which are reasonably necessary to create, protect or perfect or for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby (subject to any applicable provisions set forth in the Collateral Documents with respect to limitations on grant of security interests in certain types of Collateral and perfection of Liens on such Collateral) subject to no Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.03. With respect to the Pledged Securities (as defined in the Security Agreement) referred to in the Security Agreement, to the extent any Gaming Approvals are required for any actions required by the Security Agreement, the Borrower and/or applicable Loan
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Party shall, at their own expense, promptly apply for and thereafter diligently pursue such Gaming Approvals. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan Document following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders may be so required to obtain. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to order, with prior written notice to the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense, appraisals that satisfy the applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a), (b) or (i).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Collateral Document, no Grantor shall be required to perfect any security interests, or make any filings or take any other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect security interests, in (a)(i) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or (ii) any letter of credit rights, other than the filing of UCC-1s pursuant to the Security Agreement or (b) assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree in writing that the cost of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 6.09 or this Section 6.10 to the contrary, this Section 6.10 shall not require the creation, perfection or maintenance of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, abstracts or appraisals with respect to, Excluded Assets, or the taking of any actions to perfect security interests in Excluded Assets apart from the filing of financing statements under the UCC.
Furthermore, the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
6.11Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a)The Borrower may hereafter designate any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Restricted Subsidiary which, as of the date of designation, owns any Collateral) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Agreement (a “Designation”) only if: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or immediately after giving effect to such Designation; and (ii) such Designation complies with Section 8.06. If the Borrower designates a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Section 6.11, the Obligations of such Guarantor under the Loan Documents shall terminate and be of no further force and effect without any action required by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent; and, at the Borrower’s request, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent will execute and deliver any instrument evidencing such termination.
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(b)The Borrower may hereafter designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a “Restricted Subsidiary” under this Agreement or revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (in either case, a “Revocation”), whereupon such Subsidiary shall then constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, if: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time and immediately after giving effect to such Revocation; (ii) after giving effect to such Revocation as of the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements were required to have been delivered under Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(b) on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default would exist under the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 and Section 8.12; and (iii) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately following such Revocation would, if incurred at the time of such Revocation, have been permitted to be incurred for all purposes of this Agreement. All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent with the Responsible Officer so executing such certificate certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.11.
6.12Post-Closing Items. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall comply with the post-closing requirements set forth on Schedule 6.12 hereto.
6.13Compliance with Environmental Law. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (a) comply with Environmental Law, and will keep or cause all Mortgaged Real Property to be kept free of any Liens under Environmental Law, unless, in each case, failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) in the event of any Release of Hazardous Material at, on, under or emanating from any Real Property which would result in liability under or a violation of any Environmental Law, in each case which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, undertake, and/or take reasonable efforts to cause any of their respective tenants or occupants to undertake, at no cost or expense to Administrative Agent or any Creditor Party, any action required pursuant to Environmental Law to mitigate and eliminate such condition; provided, however, that no Borrower Party shall be required to comply with any order or directive then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and (c) if a Release of Hazardous Materials has occurred at any Mortgaged Real Property that reasonably could be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Liability against the Borrower, Restricted Subsidiary or Mortgaged Real Property and which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, provide, at the written request of Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion, and at no cost or expense to Administrative Agent or any Creditor Party, an environmental site assessment (including, without limitation, the results of any soil or groundwater or other testing conducted at Administrative Agent’s request) concerning such Mortgaged Real Property, conducted by an environmental consulting firm proposed by the Borrower and approved by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Material and the potential cost of any required action in connection with any Hazardous Material on, at, under or emanating from such Mortgaged Real Property.
6.14MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee. At all times from the Closing Date to the Final Completion Date, the Borrower shall cause MGM Resorts to be in compliance with the MGM Resorts Completion Guarantee.
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Article VII
INFORMATION AND REPORTING COVENANTS
So long as the Termination Conditions have not been satisfied, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
7.01Financial Statements, Etc. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (for distribution by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders):
(a)Quarterly Financials. Within 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (other than the fourth Fiscal Quarter in any Fiscal Year), the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the consolidated statement of operations for such Fiscal Quarter, and its consolidated statement of cash flows for the portion of the Fiscal Year ended with such Fiscal Quarter, all in reasonable detail;
(b)Annual Financials. Commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2015, within 150 days after the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2015 and within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year thereafter, the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows, in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each case as at the end of and for the Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail. Such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and such consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements shall be accompanied by a report of one of the four largest public accounting firms in the United States of America or other independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which report shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as at such date, and shall not be subject to any qualification or exception expressing substantial doubt about the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to continue as a “going concern” or any exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception or explanatory paragraph, but not a qualification, that is expressly and solely with respect to, or expressly and solely resulting from, the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Initial Term A Loans or any other Term A Loans occurring within one year from the time such audit is delivered);
(c)Annual Projections. As soon as practicable, and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower (but no earlier than 60 days before the end of each fiscal year), projections for the upcoming fiscal year (in form customary to projections required to be delivered by MGM Resorts in the ordinary course of its business), which projections shall be accompanied by a certificate of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Borrower or the Managing Member stating that, at the time made, such projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions;
(d)SEC Filings. Promptly after the same are available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7.01;
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(e)Environmental Matters. Promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, written notice of any Environmental Liability or Release of Hazardous Material which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)Default. Promptly after a Responsible Officer becomes aware of the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default, telephonic notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, and, no more than three Business Days after such telephonic notice, written notice again specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and specifying what action the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with respect thereto;
(g)Auditors’ Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any management letter related to any material weakness commenting on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s internal controls issued by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;
(h)Mandatory Prepayment Events. Promptly after the (i) occurrence of any Asset Sale for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) or b(iv), (ii) incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii), or (iii) receipt of any Net Available Proceeds with respect to any Casualty Event for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(iii), written notice thereof;
(i)ERISA Information. Promptly after the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate in an aggregate amount exceeding $25,000,000, a written notice specifying the nature thereof;
(j)Material Changes. Prior to the Construction Completion Date, promptly after any Material Change to the Plans and Specifications or the Project Budget, an Officer’s Certificate of the Borrower certifying that (i) such changes are not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and (ii) the Borrower will remain in compliance with the In-Balance Test after giving effect to such change.
(k)Mechanics Liens. Prior to the Final Completion Date, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements required pursuant to Section 7.01(a) (or such later time agreed to by the Administrative Agent), a summary of outstanding mechanics Liens as evidenced by lien searches consistent with those provided on the Closing Date.
(l)Development Status Updates. (i) Within (5) five Business Days of the end of each month prior to the Opening Date (or such later time agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and (ii) within (5) five Business Days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter after the Opening Date but prior to the Construction Completion Date (or such later time agreed to by the Administrative Agent), a summary of the status of MGM National Harbor substantively consistent with that provided senior officers of MGM Resorts.
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(m)Subcontractors. At the request of the Administrative Agent following the occurrence of any Event of Default, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of any Major Contractor engaged by the General Contractor and Major Contractor engaged by Borrower, under one or more contracts or work orders with respect to the construction of MGM National Harbor.
(n)Other Information. Such other data and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) or by the Required Lenders.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a), Section 7.01(b) or Section 7.01(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Except for Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have