0000950123-11-051674 Sample Contracts

AMERISTAR CASINOS, INC. (a Nevada corporation) 4,560,055 Shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Underwriting Agreement • May 18th, 2011 • Ameristar Casinos Inc • Hotels & motels • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  May 18th, 2011
• Company
  Ameristar Casinos Inc
• Industry
  Hotels & motels
• Jurisdiction
  New York

The Estate of Craig H. Neilsen (the “Selling Stockholder”), a stockholder of Ameristar Casinos, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of 4,560,055 shares (the “Securities”) of common stock, $0.01 par value per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”).